Online Class Notes (Maddie)

choose 10 words from the vocab we learned today to make 10 sentences.

common letter combinations for dipthongs

1. [eɪ] a, ai, eigh, aigh, ay, er, et, ei, au, ea, ey
   a: fake 假的, mate
   ai: maid
   eigh: eight, weigh
   aigh: straight
   ay: pay
   er: foyer(french origin)
   et (rare): filet (french origin)
   ei: feign
   au: gauge
   ea: break
   ey: they
2. [aɪ] i, y, igh, ie, uy, ye, ai, is, eigh, i_e
   i: spider, mile, file
   y: sky
   igh: high, night, fight
   ie: pie
   uy: guy
   ye: eye
   ai: aisle
   is: isle, island
   eigh: height
   i_e: kite, mite, mike
3. [əʊ] o, oa, o_e, oe, ow, ough, eau, oo, ew
   o: open, no
   oa: oatmeal, oak, boat, boast
   o_e: bone, lonely, alone
   oe: toe, foe
   ow: sow 播种, know, own
   ough: dough, though
   eau: beau
   oo (rare) : brooch
   ew: sew
4. [ɔɪ] oi, oy, uoy
   oi: join, oink oink
   oy: boy
   uoy (rare) : buoy 浮标
5. [aʊ] ow, ou, ough
   ow: cow, now
   ou: shout, out
   ough (rare): bough 粗树枝
6. [eə] air, are, ear, ere, eir, ayer
   air: fair, air
   are: fare
   ear: pear, bear
   ere: where
   eir: heir
   ayer: prayer (pray)
7. [ɪəʳ] ear, eer, ere, ier
   ear: hear, ear
   eer: steering wheel
   ere: here
   ier: tier (e.g. first-tier city 一线城市)
8. [ʊəʳ] ure, our
   ure: sure, cure
   our: tourist 游客