We practice other phonemic awareness activities such as rhyming, segmenting, syllabification, and manipulating letter sounds as we add examples to the chart. We practice these diphthongs using ...

For example, the vowel sound in “hour” glides from “ah” to “oo.” A diphthong is not always represented in the spelling of a word.

DIPHTHONG OI. Clip: 7/24/2024 | 10m 43s Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions ... So for example, if I wanted to spell the word coin, I would go C, for it to represent my ka sound.

"Gherkin" — I like saying it. It's vaguely Indian sounding. "Kerfuffle." That's just fun, with so many F's packed into three syllables. "Diphthong" is sly because it's hiding a silent H, the H ...

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A diphthong, for those uninformed, is not a sexy undergarment for dips. Rather, it is a sound blend made when one vowel sort of combines with another.

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