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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’ - /
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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 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
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Distinguish between monosyllabic /
/ and disyllabic /i
‿ə/ or /iː‿ə
/
Section 5 ‘eu’- /iː
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‿
‿
‿ə
~ i
‿
‿
‿
‿ə
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Listen and repeat (shaded lines are recorded). Practise
reading
Section 6 ‘ie’ - /i
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‿
‿
‿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..
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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 ////
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Complete missing transcriptions. Stress in words without transcription is indicated by lines
below relevant letters.
Section 14 ‘ae’ - /
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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
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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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/ 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 /
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/
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/
/
/ (((( ////
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
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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
‿
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‿
‿ə
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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.
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
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‿
‿
‿ə
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Practise reading.
Section 25 CONTRAST /
uuuu /
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/
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