D I P H T H O N G S
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DIPHTHONGOIDS
[i:] 1.Easy, eager, sea, tea, seem, please, meat, weak
2.me – meal – meat tea – team – teeth
fee – feed – feet lea – leave – leaf
3.áèò – beat; ñèò – seat ìèë – meal
4. They keep their streets clean. These trees need heat to keep them green.
Each teacher needs to be free to teach as he pleases.
[ɪ] – [i:] 1.pill – peal; sin – seen; slip – sleep; sit – seat
2.She sits in the pit having one of the cheapest seats. I'm feeling a bit chilly. It
isn't easy to please Lizzy. Fish and chips are cheap and easy to eat.
[u:] 1.do, who, rule, move, roof, group
2.cue – queued – cute; you – use (v) – use (n)
3.ðóëü – rule; ñòóë – stool ãðóïï – group ñyï – soup
4.Hugh's tooth is loose. Sue is beautiful. I'd like some fruit juice.
[υ] – [u:] 1.pull – pool; full – fool; should – shooed; would – wooed
2.A: Could you get my cookery book from the bathroom?
B: The bathroom? That's a curious place for a cooking book.
A: I usually plan the cooking in the bath. It's soothing, and it puts me in
a good mood for the actual cooking.
B: Good for you.
[eɪ] 1.aim, aid, day, bay, name, same, late, fate
2.lay – lain – lake; bay – bade – bake; hay – haze – hate
3.áåé – bay; ëåé – lay; êëåé – clay; ðåéä – raid
4.A train is waiting at a railway station. It rained and rained on that grey
April day. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
[aɪ] 1.ice, my, by, time, five, like, kite
2.lie – lied – light; die – died – dike
3.ìàé – my; äàé – die; ëàé – lie; òàéì – time
4.A white kite is flying high in the sky. A stitch in time saves nine. I like
to write to my wife and child.
[ɔɪ] 1.boy, toy, boil, coin, choice, voice, oil, oiler
2.boy – boys – boyhood; toy – toys – toyshop
3.áîé – boy; ðîé – roy; ñîéêà – soil; áîéëåð – boiler
4.The boy joined us with joy. Does this noise annoy those boys?
Joyce enjoys annoying Roy.
[çυ] 1.so, go, tone, home, note, hope, old, only
2.go – goal – goat; foe – phone – photo; row – road – wrote
3.êëîóí – close; ñîóñ – soak; øîó – show
4.A minute ago he spoke to Mr. Snow over the phone. Don't poke your
nose into things you don't know
[aυ] 1.now, how, loud, proud, house, mouse, out, owl
2.bow, how, bowed, howl, about, house'
3.êàó÷óê – couch ôàóíà – found
ñêàóò – scout íîêàóò – knockout
[ ɪə] 1.ear, earing, near, dear, nearer, period, serious
2.We are near the end of the year. Oh, dear! I hear the sky will be sunny and
clear. The museum is near the theatre.
[ ƐƏ ] 1.air, chair, care, chairs, dared, careful
2.Sarah has fair hair. The boy went up one pair of stairs and there he found a
teddy-bear.
[υə] 1.Poor, tour, poorer, tourist, curious, furious
2.Curious tourists. The jury were sure the poor man was innocent.
A large group of students graduates each year. I heard that splendid speech you made last night. They answered correctly, and the instructor thanked them. I request that all the books be removed from the desks.
Put the pens and pencils in their proper places. Busy brown bees are buzzing in the bluebells. Travel by tram to the station, and take the second turning to the right. In the middle of the night, a sudden fear that he had failed invaded his mind.
Three brown thrushes flew in through the window. Three million, three hundred and thirty-three thousand, three hundred and thirty-three.
1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked,
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
Where is a peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?
2. One busy housewife sweeping the floor,
Two busy housewives polishing the door,
Three busy housewives washing the socks,
Four busy housewives winding the clocks,
Five busy housewives cleaning with the broom,
Six busy housewives tidying up the room,
Seven busy housewives washing in the sink,
Eight busy housewives giving the cat a drink,
Nine busy housewives cooking dinner too,
Ten busy housewives with nothing else to do.
3.Oh, swing the king and swing the queen,
Oh, swing them round and round the green
4. V was once a little vine
Viny, winy, twiny, viny,
Twisty-twiny little vine.
5. Whether the weather be fine,
Whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not.
6.When the weather is wet, When the weather is warm,
We must not fret, We must not storm,
When the weather is cold, But be joyful together,
We must not scold, Whatever the weather.
7.Theo thrust a thumb through two or three thick straw thatches.
8. I can think of six thin things.
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