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Diphthongs

Last Updated on February 16, 2023 By Mrs Shilpi Nagpal

Diphthongs

A diphthong is the double vowel sound that can occur when there are two vowels side by side. The sound begins as one vowel sound and moves towards another. Diphthong is a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of 2 vowels.

There are many diphthongs commonly used in English, which are as follows :-

aw, au, ew, oo, oi, oy, ow, ou, ai, oe, oa, ay, ea, ue, ui, ie

 

aw au
straw hault
claw fault
law vault
thaw pauper
hawk author
saw cause
draw pause
crawl applause
awful autumn
yawn caught
awesome faucet
dawn laundry
jaw sauce
shawl August
pawn haunt
squawk because
raw audio
prawn auction
spawn automobile
trawl trauma
scrawl gauze
withdraw fraud

ew oo
brew food
chew room
blew soon
cashew zoo
stew taboo
few kazoo
dew bamboo
drew shampoo
screw spoon
dew baboon
new tooth
knew broom
pew school
stew poodle
view raccoon
nephew tool
interview moose
curfew wood
review mood
news wool

 

oi oy
boil boy
point toy
coin coy
broil joy
spoil soy
noise oyster
oil decoy
join enjoy
moist destroy
poison employ
soil royal
joint envoy
void joyful
voice voyage
point joyous
coil royalty

ow ou
cow out
howl house
bow found
growl round
down cloud
brown loud
plow ouch
flower cough
own around
slow mouse
row pouch
low mouth
blow spout
yellow account
pillow bounty
below drought
crow doubt
snow founder
arrow fountain
know blackout
flow compound
bowl discount
show foul
hollow blouse
fellow ground

 

ai oa
main oak
plain coach
stain throat
paint boat
pain road
rain toast
mail float
hair coat
fair foam
stairs goal
chain loan
tail coast
hail cloak
fail toad
pair bloat
jail goat
chain loaf
again coal
laid load
paid board

oe ue
toe glue
foe blue
hoe clue
doe due
poet argue
shoe value
woe statue
aloe rescue
poem barbecue
shoes cue
woes duel
toes sue
phoenix fuel
does cruel
foes value
goes guess
poetic torque
loess true
noel cruel

 

ay ea
day beach
relay teach
stay reach
pray fear
play real
clay steal
yesterday beak
say seat
hay ear
holiday near
bay fear
always gear
spray seal
away feast
pay bread
ray already
okay healthy
lay sweat
sway heavy
tray thread

 

ui ei ie
fluid neigh relief
fruit beige replied
juice ceiling belief
quiz eight lie
quit protein thief
ruin neither pies
bruit either shriek
louis receipt cashier
fluid conceit shield
guilt heir die
quint reign newbie
quill weigh fried
quilt weird field
build either diet
guide their niece
fruit heist tie
suite being movie
guilty receive brief
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  1. Judith dziwornu says

    August 18, 2021 at 2:23 am

    I like this website because of the simplicity of the words used in explaining the topics which makes it very easy to understand. God bless you Mrs
    Shilpi
    Nagpal

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