NAME:_____ TEACHER: SERGIO MENDOZA

DATE:_____________________ BASIC PRONUNCIATION

DIPHTHONGS - PATTERNS

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Examples:
a - Ape, late, lady, waste, bass
ai, ay- day, may, waist, rail, aim, rain
ei, ey- eight, veil, weigh, they, whey
ea- great, steak, break
gauge – gaol
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Examples:
o- so, old, home, both, folk
oa - oak, road, foal, toast, soap
oe – toe, doe, sloe, hoe
ou, ow- soul, though, shoulder, know, blow
don’t – won’t – beau

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Examples: Examples:
i, y – time, write, climb, cry, dry, by Ou, ow- house, sound,out, town, allow
igh, eigh- high, light, fight, might, height Macleod.
ie, ye- die, lie, pie, tried, dye
ei, ai- either, eider, aisle
eye - buy

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Examples: Examples:
Oi,oy- boy, toy, noise, voice, boil, point eer, ear, ere- deer, dear, tear(liquid) , hear
Buoy eir, ier, ir- weird, fierce, fakir
ea, ia, eu, eo- idea, Ian, museum,
theological
hero- year

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Examples: oor- poor, moor
are- care, rare, share, mare ure- pure, endure, cure, sure
air- air, fair, pair, chair ur- curious, spurious, during, security
ear- bear, pear, wear, tear ewer- sewer
our- tour, dour, gourd
heir- there- their- Mary- Sarah- Scarce jewel- fluent- truent