THE DIPHTHONGS
I. The teacher writes these sentences on the board.
II. The pp. read the sentences and deducing the sound repeated.
III. The teacher writes the symbol of the diphthong; the transcription after each sentence. E.g.
1. Jane and Kate baked eight cakes.
2. Simon and Mike arrive on time.
3. Roy is a noisy boy.
4. Jones shows his noble nose.
5. Out of the house Mr Brown found a mouse on the ground.
6. Where were Mary’s pearls?
7. At the rear they hear the peer and the jeer.
8. Mr Muir is curious about the tour.
IV. The teacher writes down on the board all the diphthong sound symbols.
V. Copy a word from each of the sentences above.
cake Mike boy Show house where hear tour
Some explanations:A diphthong is a one-syllable sound that is made up
of two vowels. In Received Pronunciation English there are eight diphthongs
sounds.
[Link] the word which has the same diphthong:
eɪ aɪ ɔɪ əʊ aʊ eə ɪə əʊ
a. dear a. buy a. soap a. about a. chose a. vowel a. behind a. came
b. chase b. cloud b. vo b. home b. how b. There b. sure b. pure
b. shy c. mail ice c. coin c. point c. plural c. here c. height
c. wrote
VII. Match the words that have same diphthong:
1. An old child
2. A loud choice
3. A usual goat
4. Enjoy your hair
5. Near here
6. A kind shout
7. Fair the cake
8. Taste tour
[Link] boxes according to the diphthong sound symbols:
greeneɪ yellowaɪ orange ɔɪ redəʊ brownaʊ purpleeə pinkɪə blueʊə
our join during cage cloud prepare fry town
point newer mail bowl dear engineer chair sign
surely voice chose gate zone year tie share
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