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<h3>Vowel sounds - the eight English diphthongs</h3>


<p>Word lists to practise the vowel sounds in:</p>
<p><font color="#ffffff">------</font><a href="esl0105a.html">day</a><font color="#ffffff">-----------</font><a href="esl0105b.html">sky</a><font color="#ffffff">-----------</font><a href="esl0105c.html">boy</a><font color="#ffffff">------------</font><a href="esl0105d.html">beer</a><font color="#ffffff">------------</font><a href="esl0105e.html">bear</a><font color="#ffffff">-----------</font><a href="esl0105f.html">tour</a><font color="#ffffff">------------</font><a href="esl0105g.html">go</a><font color="#ffffff">-------------</font><a href="esl0105h.html">cow</a></p>
<p><a href="esl0105a.html"><img src="ph13.gif" width=75 height=30></a><font color="#ffffff">--</font>
<a href="esl0105b.html"><img src="ph14.gif" width=75 height=30></a><font color="#ffffff">--</font><a href="esl0105c.html"><img src="ph15.gif" width=75 height=30></a><font color="#ffffff">--</font>
<a href="esl0105d.html"><img src="ph16.gif" width=75 height=30></a><font color="#ffffff">--</font>
<a href="esl0105e.html"><img src="ph17.gif" width=75 height=30></a><font color="#ffffff">--</font>
<a href="esl0105f.html"><img src="ph18.gif" width=75 height=30></a><font color="#ffffff">--</font>
<a href="esl0105g.html"><img src="ph19.gif" width=75 height=30></a><font color="#ffffff">--</font>
<a href="esl0105h.html"><img src="ph20.gif" width=75 height=30></a></p>

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<p><u>Words with common or rhyming diphthong as final sound</u></p>


 
<p><img src="ph16.gif"> as in beer (the drink), pier, hear.</p>
 
 <p>Aberdeenshire <br />
Aboukir<br />
adhere<br />
all-clear<br />
Angier<br />
appear<br />
Argyllshire<br />
arrear<br />
atmosphere<br />
auctioneer<br />
austere<br />
Ayrshire<br />
balladeer<br />
bandoleer<br />
bandolier<br />
barysphere<br />
bathysphere<br />
Bedfordshire<br />
beer<br />
belvedere<br />
Berkshire<br />
Berwickshire<br />
besmear<br />
bier<br />
bioengineer<br />
biosphere<br />
blear<br />
bombardier<br />
Breakspear<br />
Brecknockshire<br />
brevier<br />
brigadier<br />
buccaneer<br />
Buckinghamshire<br />
Buteshire<br />
Buttermere<br />
Caernarvonshire<br />
Cambridgeshire<br />
cannoneer<br />
carabineer<br />
carbineer<br />
Cardiganshire<br />
career<br />
Carmarthenshire<br />
cashiern<br />
cashierv<br />
cashmere (fabric) <br />
Cashmere (place) <br />
cavalier<br />
cere<br />
chandelier<br />
chanticleer<br />
Chanticleer<br />
charioteer<br />
cheer<br />
Cheshire<br />
chevalier<br />
chimere<br />
chorea<br />
chromosphere<br />
clavier (instrument) <br />
clavier (keyboard) <br />
clear<br />
cohere<br />
commandeer<br />
compeer<br />
cordelier<br />
Cuckmere<br />
dear<br />
Dear<br />
deer<br />
Delamere<br />
Derbyshire<br />
Devonshire<br />
diarrh(o)ea<br />
disappear<br />
dog-ear<br />
domineer<br />
Dorsetshire<br />
drear<br />
dysmenorrh(o)ea<br />
ear<br />
ecosphere<br />
electioneer<br />
electrolier<br />
elixir<br />
Ellesmere<br />
Elsmere<br />
elzevir<br />
Elzevir<br />
emir<br />
Emir<br />
endear<br />
engineer<br />
Fafnir<br />
fakir<br />
fear<br />
Fifeshire<br />
fleer<br />
Flintshire<br />
Frere<br />
frontier<br />
fusilier<br />
gambier <br />
gaselier<br />
gazetteer<br />
gear<br />
Geare<br />
Glamorganshire<br />
Gloucestershire <br />
gondolier<br />
Goodyear®<br />
Grasmere<br />
Greer<br />
grenadier<br />
Grenadier<br />
Guenevere<br />
Guinevere<br />
gypsophila<br />
halberdier<br />
half-year<br />
Hampshire<br />
Haslemere<br />
headgear<br />
hear<br />
hemisphere<br />
here<br />
Herefordshire<br /> 
Hertfordshire <br />
Huntingdonshire<br />
idea<br />
inhere<br />
insincere<br />
interfere<br />
ionosphere<br />
jeer<br />
Kashmir<br />
kier<br />
Kier<br />
kir<br />
Lancashire<br />
Lear<br />
leer<br />
lehr<br />
Leicestershire<br />
light-year<br />
Lincolnshire<br />
lithosphere<br />
marketeer<br />
menhir<br />
mere<br />
mishear<br />
Monmouthshire<br />
Montgomeryshire<br />
mountaineer<br />
muleteer<br />
musketeer<br />
mutineer<br />
mynheer<br />
nadir<br />
Nadir<br />
Napier<br />
near<br />
Northamptonshire<br />
Nottinghamshire<br />
orienteer<br />
overhear<br />
Oxfordshire<br />
ozonosphere<br />
pamphleteer<br />
peer<br />
Pembrokeshire<br />
persevere<br />
Perthshire<br />
photosphere<br />
pier<br />
pioneer<br />
privateer<br />
profiteer<br />
puppeteer<br />
pyorrhoea<br />
queer<br />
racketeer<br />
reappear<br />
rear<br />
rehear<br />
reindeer<br />
revere<br />
revers <br />
rhea<br />
ria<br />
Rothermere<br />
Rushmere<br />
scrutineer<br />
sear<br />
seborrhea<br />
severe<br />
Shakespear(e) <br />
shea<br />
shear<br />
sheer<br />
-shire<br />
Shropshire<br />
sincere<br />
sloganeer<br />
smear<br />
sneer<br />
Somersetshire<br />
sonneteer<br />
souvenir<br />
spear<br />
sphere<br />
spiraea<br />
spirea<br />
Staffordshire<br />
steer<br />
Stirlingshire<br />
stratosphere<br />
substratosphere<br />
summiteer<br />
switchgear<br />
Tangier<br />
tapir<br />
tear <br />
Thea<br />
theo-<br />
tier <br />
Tranmere<br />
triumvir<br />
unclear<br />
uprear<br />
veer<br />
veneer<br />
Vere<br />
Vermeer<br />
vizier<br />
Vladimir<br />
volunteer<br />
Warwickshire <br />
weir<br />
we're(= we are) <br />
Wilshire<br />
Wiltshire<br />
Windermere<br />
Worcestershire<br />
year<br />
yesteryear<br />
Yorkshire<br />
zaire<br />
Zaire<br />
Zaïre</p>

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