DIPHTHONGS

/ɪə/ AND /eə/; /ʊə/ AND /əʊ/

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, the students

should be able to:

Produce diphthong sounds.

Identify these sounds in the words
provided.
 /ɪə/ as in
e: serious, Nigeria, era
ea/ear/ere: year, near, adhere, here, arrears, beard, real, sincere, tear(n)
eer/eo: steer, theory, seer
eir/ier: pierce, weird
eu/iu: stadium, museum
ia: material, myriad

/eə/ as in
a: parent
are: share, rare, square, careful
ear: bear, wear, tear(v), swear
There, their, they’re, mayor, prayer, where
 /əʊ/ as in
o/oo: comb, don’t, won’t, alone, brooch
oa: goat, road, toad, boat
ow/ew: sown, sow(verb), sew,
owe: owe
ou/au: soul, shoulder, chauffer, chauvinist
‘eau’: bureau, chateaux

/ʊə/ as in
oo: moor
our: tour, bourse
u: rural, plural, jury
ure: pure, endure, mature
eu: Europe, eureka
 CLASS ACTIVITY
From the options lettered A – D, choose the option that contains the
sound of the letter(s) underlined.
1. old a) chalk b) noise c) goat d) cloth
2. dear a) offer b) year c) temper d)anger
3. note a) veto b) rot c) hum d) son
4. tear(verb) a) bare b) steer c) gear d) seer
5. pear a) Michael b) dare c) dear d) near
6. fear a) wise b) eye c) mere d) sphere
7. sure a)woman b) would c) bush d) secure
8. picture a) book b) your c) bull d) hall
9. tour a)wood b) enter c) poor d) the
10. grown a) clone b) and c) gown d) powder