Basic Vowel Sounds

Monophthongs and Diphthongs

Vowel sounds

/juː kæn duː ɪt/

Monophthongs

• Long /iː/ - short /ɪ/

• Long /ɑː/ - short /æ/

• Long /ɜː/ - short /e/

• Long /ɔː/ - short /ɒ/

• Long /uː/ - short /ʊ/

• Schwa

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Multiple Choice

Which word includes the /ɪ/ sound

• clean

• feet

• sit

• these

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the /iː/ sound

• having

• since

• become

• east

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the /ɑ:/ sound

• bad

• ankle

• have

• guitar

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the /æ/ sound

• ant

• dance

• past

• castle

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the /e/ sound

• learn

• when

• circle

• her

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the /ɜː/ sound

• head

• ready

• best

• word

Multiple Select

Which words include the /ɔː/ sound

• warm

• problem

• sorry

• caught

Multiple Select

Which words include the /ɒ/ sound

• body

• dog

• caught

• saw

Multiple Select

Which words include the /uː/ sound

• glue

• group

• shoe

• put

Multiple Select

Which words include the /ʊ/ sound

• who

• look

• good

• could

Multiple Select

Which words include the /ʌ/ sound

• Bat

• But

• None

• Nun

Multiple Select

Which words include the /ə/ sound

• banana

• focus

• pencil

• zebra

Diphthongs

A glide in which we start in the position of one pure vowel and move in the direction of another one.

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the diphthong /eɪ/

• feed

• bed

• fight

• say

Multiple Choice

Which word include the diphthong /aɪ/

• said

• read

• high

• says

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the diphthong /ɔɪ/

• should

• boy

• blood

• so

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the diphthong /aʊ/

• now

• hair

• lower

• tour

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the diphthong /ɪə/

• there

• seed

• here

• late

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the diphthong /eə/

• there

• say

• get

• first

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the diphthong /ʊə/

• tower

• tour

• hand

• two

Multiple Choice

Which word includes the diphthong /əʊ/

• hot

• through

• so

• here

-Pablo

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