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Sounds of English – Diphthongs 5 - /??/

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 my mouth changed shape? Watch.
/??/

Now you try. Listen, watch and repeat after me.
/??/ /??/

Now here are some words that have the /??/ sound.

boat
show
know

Now you try. Listen and repeat after me.

boat
show
know

Good.

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