Review vowel digraphs and diphthongs, and letter teams that make one sound in a syllable. ... segmenting, syllabification, and manipulating letter sounds as we add examples to the chart.

Diphthongs are sounds that form from a combination of two vowel sounds. An example of a diphthong is in the word “coin.” R-controlled vowels are vowels that are not pronounced as traditional long or ...

Only the long vowels shifted – upwards – or became diphthongs (two vowels closely associated that function as a single vowel). For example, when “ee” shifted to “aye” it did not ...

A diphthong is a glide from one vowel to another that takes place within one syllable. For example, the vowel sound in “hour” glides from “ah” to “oo.” ...

A diphthong is a glide from one vowel to another that takes place within one syllable. For example, the vowel sound in "hour" glides from "ah" to "oo." A diphthong is not always represented in the ...

I promised myself that I wouldn’t mention Sisqo’s 1999 hit “Thong Song” in this article, but I’ve already done it. Avid Grammar Guy reader and fellow word nerd Dan sent me the following message: ...