Diphthongs

Diphthongs are vocalic sounds.

• True

• False

Another name for diphthongs is:

• Starting points

• Glides

• Slides

• Moving vowels

/aɪ/eɪ/ɔɪ/ɑʊ/ and /əʊ/ are ..................... diphthongs

Only /ɪə/ and /ʊə/ can be .......................... . This happens when they appear in unnacented syllables of long words.

According to the .............................. of its elements, we classify diphthongs into rising and falling.

The words mauve, gauche, sew, brooch are exceptions for...

• /ɑʊ/

• /ʊə/

• /əʊ/

• /ɔɪ/

"For the first element the jaw is lowered. The

second element is hardly reached." This is the advice for:

• /aɪ/

• /ɔɪ/

• /eɪ/

• /aʊ/

• /ɪə/

Which of the following is not a diphthong?

• /əʊ/

• /ɔɪ/

• /əɪ/

• /ʊə/

What process affects centring diphthongs?

What is a triphthong?