II. Drill Exercises: Diphthongs
II. Drill Exercises: Diphthongs
[ei]
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| An ape hates grape cakes.
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| The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
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| A pleasant place to place a plaice is a place where a plaice is pleased to be placed.
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[iǝ]
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| He fears her tears.
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| – The beer is here, my dear. A glass of beer will cheer you up.
– That's a good idea, dear!
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[ǝƱ]
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| When in Rome do as the Romans do.
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| Don't poke your nose into things you don't know.
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| Listen to the local yokel yodel.
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| A minute ago he spoke to Mr. Snow over the phone.
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| Don't go home alone; nobody knows how lonely the road is!
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| Moses supposes his toeses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously,
for nobody’s toeses are posies for roses as Moses supposes his toeses to be!
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| There was an old man with a nose
Who said: "If you chose to suppose
That my nose is too long,
You are certainly wrong!"
That remarkable man with a nose.
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[ai]
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| Out of sight, out of mind.
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| Strike while the iron is hot.
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| “Good bye”, said the Fly, as I passed by.
“I’m going to try to fly to the sky.”
You fly to the sky? You silly old fly!
The sky is too high
For a fly,” said I.
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[Ʊǝ]
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| During the holiday many tourists go to Europe.
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| Poor wooer isn’t sure about the cruel rural moor.
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[ɔi]
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| Enjoy Joyce’s toys and coins.
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| Your Rolls Royce is destroyed; it’s out of oil.
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| What noise annoys an oyster? Any noise annoys an oyster!
But a noisy noise annoys an oyster most!
But who makes a noisy noise just to annoy an oyster?
Nobody makes a noisy noise just to annoy an oyster!
So no oyster gets annoyed anymore!
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[aƱ]
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| How now, brown cow?
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| We've found under a couch a round little brown mouse in our house in this town.
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[εǝ]
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| There was a pair of hairbrushes somewhere upstairs.
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| “Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?”
“I've been to London to look at the Queen!”
“Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you do there”"
“I frightened a little mouse from under the chair!”
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