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Dipthongs - the combined vowel sounds
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English has some sounds that are made by combining two vowels.
These are called "dipthongs". The different English accents can have different dipthongs. Here you will learn about the most commonly used dipthongs.

ai, ay

  • snail, rain, tail, paint
  • say, day, play, tray

au, aw, augh, al, wa, ua

  • sauce, fault, launch
  • saw, paw, raw
  • daughter, caught, taught
  • ball, bald, calm
  • want, wash, squash

ee, ea, ei, ey, eo

  • peek, see, queen, street
  • eat, sea, leaf, team
  • dead, head, spread, meant
  • break, great, steak
  • heist, height
  • geyser, eye
  • beige, weigh, they
  • seize, key, people

ie, igh, ind, ign

  • die, tie
  • quiet, science
  • high, night, flight
  • sign, align
  • kind, mind, behind
  • ski, brief, piece

ou, ow, oa, oe, oi, oy, oo

  • out, round, bounce
  • cow, brown, browse
  • oat, loaf
  • doe, hoe
  • oil, coin, voice
  • boy, joy, ploy
  • food, smooth, roof
  • you, soup, group
  • book, look, good

ue, ui

  • clue, blue, glue
  • suit, fruit, juice
  • cue, hue

cy, ty, gy, phy, fy, ky, ly, ye

  • agency, fluency, efficiency
  • quality, ability, reality
  • trilogy, apology, mythology
  • photography, choreography, topography
  • notify, glorify
  • sky, fly
  • quickly, quietly, correctly
  • dye, rye