A funny presentation to introduce English dyphthongs with U2's song "One". Download it to see the whole presentation with sound.

3. ARE YOU GOOD AT ANSWERING RIDDLES? Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , or Sunday ? | ˈjestəd ei | təˈ d eɪ | təˈmɒr əʊ |

4. What can you catch but not throw? | ə k əʊ ld |

5. Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, when I have flown. What am I? | t aɪ m |

6. In the answers to the riddles above you found some words containing diphthongs. Diphthongs consist of two vowel sounds. We find seven different diphthongs in English:

7. S P A I N

9. C OI N

10. C OW

13. B EE R

14. /eɪ/ /ɑɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /ɑu/ /ǝu/ /eǝ/ /ɪǝ/ note pound great grow destroy pair fear plain low spy noise pear aisle prey coin loud beard their shout pie dear note pound great grow destroy pair fear plain low spy noise pear aisle prey coin loud beard their shout pie dear

15. Now, listen to the song “One” by the Irish band u2 and fill in the gaps to complete the lyrics in your copy. Then, listen again and check while you sing along.

16. Is it getting better or do you feel the same ? Will it make it easier on you now you got someone to blame ? You say ...

17. One love One life When it's one need in the night One love, we get to share it leaves you baby if you don't care for it

18. Did I disappoint you or leave a bad taste in your mouth ? You act like you never had love and you want me to go without Well it's...

19. Too late Tonight To drag the past out into the light We're one, but we're not the same We get to carry each other carry each other One...

20. Have you come here for forgiveness? Have you come to raise the dead? Have you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head?

21. Did I ask too much, more than a lot? You gave me nothing Now it's all I got We're one But we're not the same Well we hurt each other Then we do it again You say

22. Love is a temple Love a higher law Love is a temple Love the higher law You ask me to enter but then you make me crawl

23. And I can't be holding on to what you got When all you got is hurt

24. One love One blood One life You got to do what you should One life with each other Sisters Brothers

25. One life But we're not the same We get to carry each other Carry each other One...life One

26. Could you now match the following phonetic transcriptions with some of the words you wrote in the lyrics? /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/ /wɪðˈaʊt/ /ʃeə/ /reɪz/ /laɪt/ /ˈhaɪə/ /maʊ θ / / hɪə/