3. Prepare your ears

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Let's learn two English diphthongs: /eə/ and /ɪə/. First of all, listen to the videos:

/eə/

/ɪə/

We've seen that the first diphthong is sometimes confused with another vowel sound, /æ/. Put the following words into their correct column according to their pronunciation: square, near, glad, Mary, pair, marry, weary, hear, fair, dad.

/eə/
/æ/ /ɪə/

 

 

   

 


Pregunta de Selección Múltiple

Which is the sound of the following words?

1. care

By ankneyd, C. Commons
a) /eə/
b) /ɪə/
c) other



2. year
a) /eə/
b) /ɪə/
c) other



3. dared
a) /eə/
b) /ɪə/
c) other



4. pair
By Just_Tom, C. Commons
a) /eə/
b) /ɪə/
c) other



5. beard
a) /eə/
b) /ɪə/
c) other



6. bear
a) /eə/
b) /ɪə/
c) other



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Visit the following website in order to learn and practice the diphthongs.

Icono IDevice Pronunciation activity

By steveyb, C. Commons

 

 

Practice the pronunciation of the following words:

square, hear, fair, hair, pair, weary, bear, beard, dared, year

 


Remember to ask Mike as many times as you need.


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