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Difficulty: EasyDiphthongs

Match the words on the left with their corresponding sound-matched words on the right based on their shared diphthong vowel sound.

  • highpie
  • boycoin
  • howcow
  • dayplay

Answer

'high' matches with 'pie' (/aɪ/), 'boy' matches with 'coin' (/ɔɪ/), 'how' matches with 'cow' (/aʊ/), and 'day' matches with 'play' (/eɪ/).
Each word on the left contains a distinct diphthong vowel sound that precisely corresponds to the diphthong vowel sound in its paired word on the right: /aɪ/ in 'high' and 'pie', /ɔɪ/ in 'boy' and 'coin', /aʊ/ in 'how' and 'cow', and /eɪ/ in 'day' and 'play'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the primary diphthong sound in each word in the left column
'high' is /haɪ/, 'boy' is /bɔɪ/, 'how' is /haʊ/, and 'day' is /deɪ/.
Phonetic transcription isolates the core vowel glide (diphthong).
2
Identify the diphthong sound in each word in the right column and pair identical sounds
'pie' (/paɪ/) pairs with 'high', 'coin' (/kɔɪn/) pairs with 'boy', 'cow' (/kaʊ/) pairs with 'how', and 'play' (/pleɪ/) pairs with 'day'.
Matching identical phonetic diphthongs establishes the correct paired relationships.

Key Concept

Identification and phonetic matching of standard English diphthongs (/aɪ/, /ɔɪ/, /aʊ/, /eɪ/).
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