Speech training

DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS

PART A: DIPHTHONGS
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1. Spelling

2. Practice
2.1. Practice saying these and transcribe them:

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2.2. Look at the map of Whitesea below. Identify the three hotels: South
Beach Hotel, Loudwater House and Fountain Hotel. Here are the

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descriptions of the three hotels.

2.3. Practice saying these words and transcribe them. Which words can be
pronounced with the sound // instead of //? Check in your
dictionary.
Poor
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Furious
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Insurance
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Curiosity
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Cure
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Pure
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Sure
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Tourist
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Purely
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PART B: TRIPHTHONGS

3. Practice saying these sounds. Give the spellings of the transcriptions below:
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PART C: REVIEW
4. Transcribe the following poem
Down by the sea
Down down down
In the deep blue sea
I saw an octopus
Looking at me.
I swam to my boat
And put up the sail
When I looked behind me
Out jumped a whale.
I sailed across the water.
It was getting dark.
I had to hurry home then
Before I met a shark!
Down by the ocean
Down by the sea
As I sailed home
A dolphin followed me.
5. Give the spellings of the following transcriptions
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6. Cross the odd one out