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JSS3 ENGLISH STUDIES SECOND TERM WEEK THREE
CONTENT
- Speech Work: Diphthongs (Revision)
- Speech Work: Consonant Contrast /s/ and /ʒ/
- Vocabulary Development: Suffixes – Verb Derivations
- Structure: Adverbials
- Composition: Article Writing
- Literature: Types of Poetry
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Diphthongs (Revision)
Meaning of Diphthongs
Diphthong is a Greek word which means “double sound”. The articulation of diphthongs involves a glide from one vowel quality to the other. A diphthong is therefore a vowel which changes its quality in the process of its articulation.
/ei/ e.g. gate, cake, take, place, date, gauge etc.
/əᴜ/ e.g. home, go, owl, own, road, load, coat etc
/ai/ e.g. high, buy, five, rice, write, kite, fry, price etc.
/au/ e.g. how, cloud, out, house, blouse, browse etc.
/Ɔi/ e.g. boy, joy, toy, oil, toil coin, boil etc .
/iə/ e.g. here, ear, idea, fear, beer ,rear etc.
/eə/ e.g. air, their, where, hair, fair etc
/ᴜә/ e.g. during, pure, sure, tour…
EVALUATION
Indicate the diphthong used in the following words e.g.
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