Diphthongs  

Diphthongs are vowel sounds produced by two adjacent vowels

whose sounds blend together to create a single new sound.  

When pronouncing diphthongs, the tongue moves to produce a

definite change of sound during the pronunciation.

There is a quality of sound at the start of the pronunciation

and a different quality of sound at the end of the pronunciation.

Examples of diphthongs are:

     oy in boy        ear in dear

         ay in day         y in fly

         oi in coin        ou in out

         ow in owl        au in sauce

         aw in saw       oo in took

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