II. Drill Exercises: Triphthongs

II. Drill Exercises: Triphthongs

[aƱǝ]		Nowadays limes at our bower are not so sour.
[aƱǝ]		Don’t be so dour! Look at that gowan near our powerful tower! I can admire these lovely flowers for hours and hours!

[aiǝ]		Those flyers are great liars. Yes, but they aren’t cowards!
		If you desire we could admire our lovely violets.
		Are these dire pirates liable? These pirates, I think, are tyrants!
		Why do they lie about the lions in Ireland? If these lions in Ireland are not quiet, why do we admire them so much?

[eiǝ]

That mayor used to be a bad prayer but a very good player and payer. He was a layer of traps and plots* and sometimes a layer of odds.

* a layer of traps and plots – the word order is changed to preserve the inner rhythmical structure of the given phonetic exercise. The common collocation is layers of plots and traps – зачинщики заговоров и ловушек;

[ɔiǝ]

This royal hoya grows near that soya. Our loyal doyen enjoys them both as they are so enjoyable!

[ǝƱǝ]		Now row slower and slower and we go lower and lower to Goa!
[ǝƱǝ]		Do you have a good mower? Is your mower a hand or a lawn one? Our employer is a lawyer and he prefers a power mower only.

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