// and / / and / a /

Overview

/ /
/ / is a monophthong. It is the vowel sound in the following words:

walk

short

law

/ /position
walk short law

//
// is a diphthong. It is the vowel sound associated with the following words:

boy

point

oil

/ / position

boy

point

oil

/ a /
/ a / is a diphthong. It is the vowel sound in the following words:

found

now

cow

/ a / position

found

now

cow

Spot the difference / /+ // or / a / or neither

caught ointment sound brown thought frown coin toy mound foil blimey taught drain boyish loud

Spot the difference

Here are the answers:

//
caught thought

//
ointment coin

/a/
sound brown

neither
blimey /aI/ drain /eI/

taught

toy
boyish foil

mound
frown loud

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