Vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs

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English Vowels

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English Vowels

Transcribe the following words.

bread rough foot hymnfriend cough bird course

Practice

here hairtouristwaitmyboyshowcow

What do they have in common?

What are diphthongs?What’s their basic characteristic?How can we classify them?Give examples of each of them.

DIPHTHONGS

They are sounds which consist of a movement (glide) from one vowel to another.

DIPHTHONGS

Their FIRST part is much LONGER and STRONGER than the second part.

DIPHTHONGS

DIPHTHONG

CENTRING CLOSING

ending in // ending in /I/ ending in /U/

1- phone – load – loud 2- say – mind – price 3- near – square – beer4- house – sure – cure 5- coin – choice – fair 6- lay – gray – cry 7- hear – bear – pair 8- no – now – brown

ODD ONE OUTFind the odd one out.

1- tourist2- home3- enjoy4- throne5- aerological6- analyse

TRANSCRIPTIONTranscribe the following words.

Why are they difficult?TRIPHTHONGS

Transcribe the following words.TRIPHTHONGS

liarlowerpowerroyalhighergiantshowerwidowerflour

AUTONOMY:Practice

Listen to the song and read its lyrics to find examples of diphthongs.

Lyrics: http://goo.gl/d2SgoN

Song: http://goo.gl/Fzvzl9