Learning about the combination of adjacent vowel sounds having the same syllable. A diphthong, also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue moves during the pronunciation of the vowel.
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3. Have you ever wondered what type of vowel words like chew, joy, boil, shout, growl, mouse, coin, and clown have? Yes!
4. Have you ever wondered what type of vowel words like chew, joy, boil, shout, growl, mouse, coin, and clown have? Are they short vowel words? No!
5. Have you ever wondered what type of vowel words like chew, joy, boil, shout, growl, mouse, coin, and clown have? Are they long vowel words? No!
6. Have you ever wondered what type of vowel words like chew, joy, boil, shout, growl, mouse, coin, and clown have? Are their vowels controlled by that bossy r? No!
7. They are vowel diphthongs.
8. A is two vowel letters that combine to make one ___ sound.
9. news coin boy cloud owl
10. Can you think of words with ew in them? Hint: news Raise your hand after you think of a word.
11. Can you think of words with oi or oy in them? Hint: coin, boy Raise your hand after you think of a word.
12. Can you think of words with ou or ow in them? Hint: cloud, owl Raise your hand after you think of a word.