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DIPHTHONGS (2)

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Section 1 ‘ia’ - /

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/

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading.

Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.

Section 2 ‘ea’ - /

/

/

/

/

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading.

Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.

Section 3 ‘e’- /

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Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading

Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.

bacteria hysteria euphoria burial secretarial imperial material
bæk t r h s t r ju f r ber l sekr te r l

factorial historian

a). ideal real cereal idea panacea Eneas
a d l r l s r l a d

b). dreary weary theatre hearing clearing nearer Beatrice
dr ri w ri

t

hero era period serial (=cereal) managerial series serious zero

h r r p r d s r l mæn d

r l

serum superior interior inferior query experience Siberia mysterious

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Section 4 ‘eo’-/

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Practise reading

!!!

Distinguish between monosyllabic /

/ and disyllabic /i

‿ə/ or /iː‿ə

/

Section 5 ‘eu’- /iː

‿

‿

‿

‿ə

~ i

‿

‿

‿

‿ə

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Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise

reading

Section 6 ‘ie’ - /i

‿

‿

‿

‿ə

~ i

‿

‿

‿

‿

////, ‘ier’- /i

‿

‿

‿

‿ə

/

/

/

/

Practise reading. Complete missing

transcriptions.

Section 7 ‘eer’- /

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Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading

Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.

Section 8 ‘ere’- /

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Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading

Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.

geometric geographic theory

d

metr k d

ræf k

ri

museum mausoleum Lyceum linoleum petroleum
mju

ziː

‿ə

m m s liː

‿ə

m la siː

‿ə

m l n li

‿ə

m p tr li

‿ə

m

a). happiest silliest loftiest foggiest luckiest funniest gloomiest
hæpi

‿ə

st

s l i

‿ə

st

b). happier sillier loftier foggier luckier funnier gloomier skinnier
hæpi

‿ə

s l i

‿ə

queer beer sheer sneer steer reindeer pioneer leer jeer deer peer

kw b " sn st

vere sphere mere sincere severe here adhere revere

v sf m s n s

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Section 9 ‘ear’- /

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Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading

Complete missing transcriptions.

Section 10 Exceptions / rare spellings / difficult words

Listen and repeat (shaded words are recorded). Practise reading..

/

e ($ ) ~ $

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Section 11 ‘are’ - /

eeee ////

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading

Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.

Section 12 ‘air’ , ‘aire’ - /

eeee ////

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise

reading. Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated
by lines below relevant letters.

a). scare bare hare blare prepare spare square snare compare glare

ske be he ble pr pe spe skwe sne

fare dare fanfare ware mare share flare care Clare stare

near gear sear hear blear tear (

from eye

) fear clear near rear ear hear

n s h bl t

spear smear dear Lear year appear

weir weird vehicle

w w d viː

‿ə

kl

a). air fair hair stair pair flair chair despair affair repair lair

e fe he ste pe fle

b). secretaire commissionaire questionnaire millionaire

sekr te

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Section 13 ‘a’ - /

eeee ////

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading.

Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.

Section 14 ‘ae’ - /

eeee ////

Practise reading.

Section 15 ‘ere’ - /

eeee ////

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise reading.

Section 16 ‘ear’ - /

eeee ////

Listen and repeat

Section 17 ‘eir’ - /

eeee ////

Listen and repeat.

Section 18 Exceptions / rare spellings / difficult words

Listen and repeat (shaded words are recorded). Practise reading..

parent area aquarian daring rarest nefarious precarious various

pe rnt e r kwe r n de r % re r st n fe r s

vary vegetarian wary Mary seafarer barbarian pharaoh Sarah

fe r

aeroplane aerial aerobic aery

e r ple n e r l e r b k e ri

ere there where compere

e &e we k'mpe

bear

pear swear tear (

‘rip’

) wear

be pe swe te we

heir their theirs

e &e &e z

prayer scarce mayor

pre ske s me

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Section 19 CONTRAST /

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/

/

/ vs /

/

/

/ eeee ////

Practise reading.

eeee

here

hare

steered

stared

really

rarely

ears

airs

weary

wary

spear

spare

clear

Clare

cheer

chair

weir

wear

deer

dare

sneer

snare

peer

pear

fear

fair

mere

mare

Section 20 CONTRAST /

eeee /

/

/

/ vs /

/

/

/ (((( ////

Listen and repeat (shaded words are

recorded). Practise reading.

eeee

((((

air

err

hair

her

pear

purr

fare

fur

bared

bird

where

were

care

cur

mare

myrrh

Blair

blur

cared

Kurd

6

/

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Section 21 ‘oor, our - /

////, ure’ - / , jjjj ////

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are

recorded). Practise reading. Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without
transcription is indicated by lines below relevant letters.

Section 22 ‘u’ +’rV’ - /

jjjj ,

,

,

, ////

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise

reading. Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated
by lines below relevant letters.

!!Distinguish between monosyllabic /

/ and disyllabic /u

‿ə

/ or /

uː

‿ə

/

Section 23 ‘ua’, ‘uou’ - /

u

‿

‿

‿

‿ə

/

/

/

/

Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise

reading. Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated
by lines below relevant letters.

a). poor moor boor

p m b

b). tour tourist bourbon detour bourgeois contour paramour gourmet

t t r st b bn di t

c). sure lure cure pure endure manure secure manicure caricature

" lj kj pj n dj

a). curious during purify furious security curiosity curate fury

kj ri

‿

s dj r % pj r fa fj ri

‿

s

Europe Euro urine neurone mural purity

nj r'n

b). rural Drury Truro Ruaridh ensurance suricate

r r l dr ri tr r r ri

a). gradual individual casual visual ususal spiritual punctual

rædu

‿ə

l nd v d u

‿ə

l kæ u

‿ə

l v u

‿ə

l ju u

‿ə

l

sexual manual continual annual

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Section 24 ‘ewe’, ‘ue’ - /

u

‿

‿

‿

‿ə

/

/

/

/

Practise reading.

Section 25 CONTRAST /

uuuu /

/

/

/ vs /

/

/

/ /

/

/

/ vs /

/

/

/ /

/

/

/

Listen and repeat (shaded words

are recorded). Practise reading

uuuu

Pooh

poor

pore

boo

boor

boar

two

tour

tore

moo

moor

maw

shoe

sure

shore

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gourd

gored

in due

endure

indoor

jewel jeweller jewelry cruel cruelty fuel

d u

‿ə

l d u

‿ə

lə d u

‿ə

lri kru

‿ə

l kru

‿ə

lti fju

‿ə

l

b). continuous sinuous innocuous conspicuous contemptuous tempestuous
k

n t nu

‿ə

s s nu

‿ə

s n'ku

‿ə

s k n sp kju

‿ə

s