UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MACHALA

PROVINCIA DE EL ORO – REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES
CARRERA DE PEDAGOGÍA DE LOS IDIOMAS NACIONALES Y EXTRANJEROS

Nombre: Britney Pauleth Enriquez Pacheco.

Asignatura: Phonetics and Phonology.

Carrera: Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros

Docente: Lic. Santiesteban Leyva Kenia, Mgs.

Curso: Cuarto A Fecha: 14 / 08 / 2022

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

DIPHTHONGS

ASSIGNMENT OF THE UNIT

Activities:

I. Match each word with its corresponding diphthong:

A) Eight /eə/

B) Why /ɪə/

C) Enjoy /eɪ/

D) Clear /aɪ/

E) Wear /ɔɪ/

II. Identify (underline) the words with diphthong in the sentences below, then write the
diphthong next to each sentence.

1. It ́s a joy to watch the boy playing with his toys. Joy, boy, toys = /ɔɪ/ playing = /eɪ/

2. Ice in my nice wine? Ice, my, nice, wine = /aɪ/

3. James hates people taking his name in vain. James, hates, taking, name, vain = /eɪ/

4. John Brown's been to town. Brown, town = /aʊ/

 UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MACHALA
PROVINCIA DE EL ORO – REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES
CARRERA DE PEDAGOGÍA DE LOS IDIOMAS NACIONALES Y EXTRANJEROS

5. Don't you know, Rover's got no bone? Don’t, know,no, bone = /əʊ/

III. Complete the chart below putting each word with its correct diphthong.

/aʊ/ /eə/ /əʊ / /aɪ/ /ʊə/

brown fair know blind sure

Word list: know, brown, fair, blind, sure

IV. Fill in the gap with the double vowel sound in the following words:

əʊ n/
1. Tone /t _____

aʊ n/
2. Town /t_____

3. Sure ʊə /
/ ʃ______

4. Pair ʊə /
/ p______

eə /
5. Near / n ______

V. Identify the diphthong in each sentence:

 UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MACHALA
PROVINCIA DE EL ORO – REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES
CARRERA DE PEDAGOGÍA DE LOS IDIOMAS NACIONALES Y EXTRANJEROS

/eɪ/
/aɪ/
/ɔɪ/
/əʊ/
/aʊ/
/eə/
/ɪə/
/ʊə/