Diphthongs are sounds formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another

1. Diphthongs
There are eight diphthongs sounds
in the English Language which are:
eɪ aɪ ɔɪ əʊ
aʊ ɪə eə ʊə

2. /eɪ/
Claim, straight
feteGreat, break
They, grey
make, bass
ai
e
ey
ea
a
ei ay
Tray
Say
Weight
Veil

3. Tongue Twisters
I know a boy named Tate who dined
with his girl at eight eight. I'm unable to
state what Tate ate at eight eight or
what Tate's tête à tête ate at eight eight.
/eɪ/

4. /aɪ/
i
is
ais
aye
ei
eye
ie
uy
y
ye
Ice, mike, find
isle, island
aisle
aye
eye
Skies, die
buy, guy
Rhyme, try
either, sleight
bye, dye

5. Tongue Twisters
When you write copy you have the right
to copyright the copy you write. ...
/aɪ/ Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in
my eye. If cows could fly I'd have a cow
pie in my eye.
Little Mike left his bike like Tike at
Spike's.

6. /ɔɪ/
Oyster, toy, ploybuoy
Oil, toil, join
oyuoy
oi

7. Tongue Twisters
How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if
a gum boil can boil oil?
/ɔɪ/
What noise annoys an oyster most? A
noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

8. /əʊ/
o
oa
oe
oh
ou
ow
au
eau
ew
oo
Old, comb
Oak, boat
Foe, doe
oh
Own, bowl
mauve
Beau
Sow
Mould, soul
Brooch

9. A tree toad loved a she-toad, Who lived up in a tree.
He was a three-toed tree toad, But a two-toed toad
was she. The three-toed tree toad tried to win, The
two-toed she-toad's heart, For the three-toed tree
toad loved the ground, That the two-toed tree toad
trod. But the three-toed tree toad tried in vain. He
couldn't please her whim. From her tree toad bower,
With her two-toed power, The she-toad vetoed him.
If you notice this notice, you will notice that
this notice is not worth noticing.
Tongue Twisters
/əʊ/

10. /aʊ/ou ow
Brown
How
Bout
Mouth

11. Tongue Twisters
Sounding by sound is a sound method of
sounding sounds./aʊ/

12. /ɪə/
Theatre, idea
Ear, clear
Sheer, compeer
Weird
Theorem, theory
Here, severemuseum
Ian, India
Fierce, bier
Period
Serious, ampious
Aquarium
Serious, period
eer
ier
ea
ear
eir
eo
ereeu
ia
io
ious
iu e

13. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
Deer, deer, oh dear, oh dear, your career as a
deer is over here no, no, oh no, although your
career as a skellytun's begun.
Tongue Twisters
/ɪə/

14. /eə/
aerobics, aeroplane
ScarcePear, wear
There, compere
Area, Mary
Airport
Chair
Declare, stare
ae
ar
ere
ear
a
eir air
are
Their
heir

15. Tongue Twisters
Mary, the lady sitting on that chair, lives
close to the airport which is close to my
area.
/eə/

16. /ʊə/
Pour, gourmet
Dual, casual
Fluent, affluence
Pure, cure
Poor, moor
our
ua
ure
ue
oor
uou u
Rural
Luxurious
Tortuous

17. Tongue Twisters
Although he is mature, his accent is not
purely fluent./ʊə/