Phoneme (Diphthongs)

eɪ (a, ai, ay, ey, eigh, ea) ʌɪ = aɪ (I, y, ie, igh, uy, ei, ui)
Ex: Late /leɪt/ Ex: Kind /kʌɪnd/
Rain /reɪn/ Sky /skʌɪ/
Say /seɪ/ Lie /lʌɪ/
They /ðeɪ/ Right /rʌɪt/
Weight /weɪt/ Buy /bʌɪ/
Break /breɪk/ Either /ˈʌɪðə,ˈiːðə/
Guide /ɡʌɪd/

ɪə (ear, eer, ere, ea) eə(r) = ɛː (are, ai(r), ear, ere)

Ex: Ear /ɪə/ Ex: Care /kɛː/ /keər/
Beer /bɪə/ Hair /hɛː/ /heər/
Here /hɪə/ Wear /wɛː/ /weər/
Real /riːl/ Where /wɛː/ /weər/

ɔɪ (oi, oy) aʊ (ou, ow)

Ex: Coin /kɔɪn/ Ex: Cloud /klaʊd/
Point /pɔɪnt/ Round /raʊnd/
Destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ Cow /kaʊ/
Boy /bɔɪ/ Crowd /kraʊd/

ʊə (oor, ou(r), u(re) əʊ (o, ow, oa, ou(gh), oe)

Ex: Boor /bɔː,bʊə/ Ex: Phone /fəʊn/
Tourist /ˈtʊərɪst/ Know /nəʊ/
Jury /ˈdʒʊəri/ Goal /ɡəʊl/
Soul /səʊl/
Dough /dəʊ/
Toe /təʊ/

Prepared by instructor Chhayly Tel: 011891231