3. Life going to waste
Solved exercise: diphthongs
We are going to study three English diphthongs in this topic:
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All of them are diphthongs ending in /I/. As you know, you have to learn words and their pronunciation together in English since the spelling often contradicts the pronunciation. For example, let's have a look at the words:
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They have different
spellings but both are pronounced exactly the same!: /wɛɪt/
Pronunciation Activity
Do you remember the song Feel by Robbie Williams we heard in the introduction of this topic?
Here are the lyrics again!
Go back to the song and listen to it in order to focus in the pronunciation of isolated words. Find words in the song with the diphthongs we are studying in this section.
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Feel
Come and hold my hand |
Scare myself to death
I just
wanna feel Real love feel the home that I live in I got too much love Running through my veins To go to waste |
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| /aɪ/ |
/ɛɪ/ |
/ɔɪ/ |
Pregunta de Selección Múltiple
Choose the correct diphthong according to each word's pronunciation:
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| By Arno & Louise, C. Commons |
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| By Denver Pam, C. Commons |
1. enjoy
a. /aɪ/
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b. /ɛɪ/
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c. /ɔɪ/
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d. other
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a. /aɪ/
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b. /ɛɪ/
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c. /ɔɪ/
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d. other
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a. /aɪ/
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b. /ɛɪ/
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c. /ɔɪ/
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d. other
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Further knowledge
Writing Activity
Time to write! In this unit you can see plenty of news articles and you have learned a lot about the passive voice. Now it's your turn to write!
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