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Monday 8 October 2012

English Diphthongs 1

Sound symbol

This is a diphthong, a double vowel sound. Watch the video and practice the pronunciation of this sound. You can also download a poster with examples. Click here.

The usual spellings are 'a' as in name, make; 'ai' as in rain, paint; 'ay' as in play, day.
But also 'ea' 'eigh' 'ey' as in break, steak, great, eight, they, grey.

Source: BBC Learning English

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