Diphthongs and Triphthongs.

DEFINITIONS:


DIPHTHONGS:an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varyingcontinuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single soundor phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning andending sound, as the oi-sound of toy or boil.




PROPER DIPHTHONGS:A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong.


IMPROPER DIPHTHONGS:A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people.


TRIPHTHONGS:A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs.

Tripthong:

Biology            Pronunciation

Power              Science

Radio              Liar

Slower            Retired

Cure                Quiet

Improper diphthongs:

Crown            Make

Now                With

Awake             Like

Clown              Know

Beware           Save

Proper diphthongs:

Shout              Sound

Eight               Boil

Voice              Mouth

Found             Mouse

Pronounce      Count

Other words:

Nearly             Syllable

World              Magic             

Later                First                

Heard              Follow

Have               Letter

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REFLECTION:

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Minimal Pairs

What are the minimal pairs?

Minimal Pairs are words that have the same pronunciation except for one little sound.

Why do you think the minimal pairs are important?

I think they are very, very important because you have to pronounce correctly all those similar sounds for to avoid missunderstoods with the other people.

MINIMAL PAIRS

Pair 1: live - leave

I live in Bogotá

I have to leave the university

Pair 2: catch - cash

Cath the ball, there it go!

I don’ t have cash enough 

Pair 3: Boot - Boat

I have something in my boot






We have to cross the river on boat




Pair 4: thirst - first




I was so thirsty



I was the first on my class




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LONG VOWEL AND SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS

What I know about Long and Short Vowel Sounds…	What I want to know about Long and Short Vowel Sounds…	What I learnedabout Long and Short Vowel Sounds…
I know about  long vowels its pronunciation are more long and the pronunciation of short vowels are very short.	I had some idea about the topic but I completed some things like the rule about the vowels alone in a word and when there is another vowel in the end of the words.	I have learnt how is the correct pronunciation of these vowels and the rules for each one.

Short vowels long vowels are two ways to use and pronounce the vowels (a,e,I,o,u and sometimes y and w). The rule is if the vowel is alone in a short word, you have to pronounce the short sound of the vowel and if it is a short word with a vowel in the end, we have to pronounce the long sound of the first vowel.

SHORT	SENTENCE	LONG	SENTENCE
rip	A fan tried to RIP his pants in a concert.	ripe	A fully ripe apple stays white in the inside.
pill	I had to take a pill for my headache	mule	My sister doesn’t like mules
still	I’m still a little bit dazed	bone	Jenny broke her leg bone when she fell down.
cat	I have a cat in my house	bite	My dog bites the people who walks throught the neighborhood
lad	Katty likes the lad who works in the coffee	rule	In my house my mom rules
stop	I can spend too much time waiting my route in the bus stop	load	I didn’t load the battery of my cam.
mud	He fell in the mud playing soccer	smile	Many people told me that they ilked my smile
lid	Put the lid to the pen, please!	stain	The table have a stain that don’t let me see well
Mug	The waiter bring us a mug of water	pie	I like the apple’s pie
bug	I have made a bug	stay	Why don’t you stay here?
sun	I don’t like the sun too much	pray	My grandma likes to pray for all the family

LONG VOWELS

Smile

Stay







Bite





SHORT VOWELS


Cat







Sun





Pill

CONSONANT CLUSTERS

1. What is a consonant cluster? : A consonant cluster is a group or sequence of consonants that appear together in a syllable without a vowel between them.

2. Which is the longest consonant cluster in English?: the longest possible initial cluster is three consonants (split),  the longest possible final cluster is five consonants (twelfths), and the longest possible middle cluster is four consonants (Temptress).

1.  1. Acceptable: capable or worthy of being accepted. Consonant cluster: pt 

2.  Shrimp:any of several small, longtailed,  chiefly marine crustaceans. Consonant cluster: sh 

3.  Praise: the act of expressing approval or admiration.   Consonant cluster: pr 

4.  Thistle:Any of various prickly,  composite plants having showy,  purple flower heads.  Consonant cluster: th 

5. Daughter: a female child or person in relation to her parents. Consonant cluster: ght 



6. Crisps:especially of food, hard but easily breakable; brittle : crisptoast. Consonant cluster: sps 



7.  Worlds: the earth or globe, considered as a planet. Consonant cluster: rld 

8. Length:the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end.

Consonant cluster: ngth 

9.Things:a material object without life or consciousness;  an inanimate object. Consonant cluster: th 

10. Envolved: very intricate or complex. Consonant cluster: nv