English Pronunciation Exercises - A Diphthongs
- Repeat each line slowly, listen for the minor differences between the vowel and consonant sounds.
- Repeat each line three times. Each time repeat more quickly trying to keep the sounds distinct.
- Find a partner and listen to each other repeat the lines.
- Try to invent sentences using each sound at least once. For example: We ate cake and flew a kite on my birthday. - Don't worry too much about the sentence making much sense!
| 'ay' as in 'day' | 'ai' as in 'die' |
| bay | buy |
| pay | pie |
| day | die |
| table | tie |
| gay | guy |
| cake | kite |
| say | sigh |
| zany | Zaire |
| shape | shy |
| Jake | jive |
| chase | child |
| hey! | hi |
Source About.com http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/a/pr_dipav.htm
(Retrieved 20/08/2014)
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