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Sounds of English – Diphthongs 1 - /??/

This is a diphthong – a double vowel sound. The shape the mouth makes changes from the beginning of the sound to the end. It's pronounced /??/. Did you notice how the shape of my mouth changed from the beginning to the end of the sound. Listen and watch.

/??/

Now you try. Listen again and repeat after me.
/??/ /??/

In fact, this is the same as the word 'ear' which you 'hear' with. Now here are some words with this sound in them:

near
hear
weary

Now you try. Listen again and repeat after me.

near
hear
weary

Good.

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