Unit 4: English Diphthongs and Triphthongs
liduaeka.weebly.com › 0Unit 4: English Diphthongs and Triphthongs 1 INTRODUCTION This unit will undertake the description of the English diphthongs and triphthongs. A diphthong is a glide from on pure vowel (monophthong) to another pure vowel. There are eight, but the first five are traditionally called the closing diphthongs. There are also centering diphthongs.
Diphthong Worksheets
www.mathworksheets4kids.com › diphthongsThe word "diphthong" has its origin in Greek and means "two sounds". Although diphthongs are also called compound vowels, moving vowels, and gliding vowels, the name "diphthongs" is far ahead in popularity. Our exercise pdfs work well for kids to practice identifying, matching, and writing diphthongs.
Practical Phonetics Exercises
platea.pntic.mec.es › ffernand › elynxDiphthongs Diphthong n. 1: /CB/ Words: lake play Spain late day cake Diphthong n. 2: /N/ Words: clothes road home old stone go Diphthong n. 3: /O/ Words: time right knife eye wr wine ite Diphthong n. 4: /P/ Words: grou ndhouse cow mouse dow n mouth Diphthong n. 5: /Q/ Words: boy choice toy voice point noise Diphthong n. 6: /BL/
Pronunciation exercises - VOBS
www2.vobs.at › ludescher › pdf filesVowel - Practice : Diphthongs A diphthong is a vowel-sound containing two elements, during the articulation of which the tongue, jaws and lips change their position. In all English diphthongs the first element is considerably stronger than the second. The first element in [ei] is produced with the jaws closer together than for the monophthong [e]
Language - dipthongs
www.worksheetweb.com › ws › diphthongsDiphthongs Reading/discussion Vowels are ‘old hat’, we learnt about them years ago. But here is a new take on vowels – the diphthong. Do you remember what a syllable is? It is a single, uninterrupted sound which forms all or part of a word. We can break a word down into its separate sounds, or syllables, for example, paper has two syllables:
Language - dipthongs
www.worksheetweb.com/ws/diphthongs.pdfActivities: A. Brainstorming In groups see how many words containing diphthongs you can think of in 5 minutes. Each group, or set of groups, can look at one diphthong sound: oi/oy; au/aw; and ou/ow. Put the lists up on the wall and then spend another 5 to 10
Diphthong Worksheets
https://www.mathworksheets4kids.com/diphthongs.phpAlthough diphthongs are also called compound vowels, moving vowels, and gliding vowels, the name "diphthongs" is far ahead in popularity. Our exercise pdfs work well for kids to practice identifying, matching, and writing diphthongs. Try our free diphthong worksheets, and come back for …