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<h3>Vowel sounds - the eight English diphthongs</h3>


<p>Word lists to practise the vowel sounds in:</p>
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<p><u>Words with common or rhyming diphthong as final sound</u></p>


 <p><img src="ph19.gif">  as in "oh", "no", "so" or "phone".</p>
 
<p>aero <br />
aggro<br />
aglow<br />
ago<br />
aikido<br />
airflow<br />
airshow<br />
Alfa Romeo®<br />
alfresco<br />
allegro<br />
also<br />
alter ego<br />
although<br />
altissimo<br />
alto<br />
amigo<br />
antihero<br />
antipasto<br />
Antonio<br />
Apollo<br />
apropos<br />
argot<br />
armadillo<br />
Armado<br />
arrow<br />
Art Deco<br />
Art Nouveau<br />
audio<br />
auto<br />
avocado<br />
bambino<br />
banjo<br />
Bardot<br />
Barnardo<br />
barrow<br />
Beano<br />
beau<br />
bedfellow<br />
bellow<br />
below<br />
bestow<br />
Bhutto<br />
billow<br />
bimbo<br />
bingo<br />
Biro®<br />
Bisto®<br />
bistro<br />
bistrot
blanco<br />
blow<br />
blow-by-blow<br />
bolero <br />
Bordeaux<br />
Borneo<br />
borrow<br />
bow (archery) <br />
bow (playing the violin) <br />
bravado<br />
bravo<br />
Brillo®<br />
bronco<br />
Bruno<br />
bubo<br />
buffalo<br />
bungalow<br />
bureau<br />
burrow<br />
caballero<br />
cacao<br />
Cairo <br />
calico<br />
callow<br />
calypso<br />
cameo<br />
canto<br />
capo (criminal chieftain) <br />
capo (for guitar) <br />
cappuccino<br />
capriccio<br />
capriccioso<br />
cargo<br />
casino<br />
Casio®<br />
Castro<br />
cattle-show<br />
cello<br />
centimo<br />
chapeau<br />
chapeaux<br />
château<br />
châteaux<br />
cheapo<br />
cheerio<br />
Chicago<br />
chicano<br />
chino<br />
chorizo<br />
Cicero<br />
cigarillo<br />
cilantro<br />
Cleo<br />
Co (abbrev. for company) <br />
cockcrow<br />
coco<br />
cocoa<br />
Cocteau<br />
Colombo<br />
Colorado<br />
combo<br />
commando<br />
comme il faut<br />
Como<br />
concertino<br />
concerto<br />
concerto grosso<br />
condo <br />
Congo<br />
contraflow<br />
contralto<br />
Cornetto®<br />
cornrow<br />
Cosmo<br />
counterblow<br />
credo<br />
crescendo<br />
crossbow<br />
crow<br />
Crusoe<br />
cruzado<br />
crypto<br />
dataflow<br />
de facto<br />
deathblow<br />
Defoe<br />
dekko<br />
demo<br />
depot<br />
desperado<br />
Diderot<br />
dildo<br />
dingo<br />
disco<br />
ditto<br />
dodo<br />
doe<br />
Domingo<br />
domino<br />
dough<br />
dumbo<br />
duo<br />
dynamo<br />
echo<br />
eco-<br />
eeny, meeny, miney, mo<br />
ego<br />
El Dorado<br />
El Greco<br />
elbow<br />
Eldorado<br />
embargo<br />
embryo<br />
entrepôt<br />
escargot (French) <br />
escrow<br />
escudo<br />
Eskimo<br />
Esperanto<br />
espresso<br />
Esso®<br />
ethno-<br />
euro<br />
Euro-<br />
expresso<br />
fallow<br />
falsetto<br />
fandango<br />
Faro (in Portugal) <br />
farrow<br />
fatso<br />
Felixstowe<br />
fellatio<br />
felloe<br />
fellow<br />
fiasco<br />
Figaro<br />
Filipino<br />
finito<br />
flambeau<br />
flamenco<br />
flamingo<br />
flow<br />
folio<br />
follow<br />
forego<br />
foreknow<br />
foreshadow<br />
foreshow<br />
forgo<br />
fortissimo<br />
Francisco (San Francisco) <br />
Franco<br />
fresco<br />
furrow<br />
Galileo<br />
gâteau<br />
gazebo<br />
gazpacho<br />
gecko<br />
generalissimo<br />
Gestapo<br />
get-up-and-go<br />
ghetto<br />
gigolo<br />
gigot<br />
giro<br />
Giro<br />
gismo<br />
gizmo<br />
Glasgow<br />
Glencoe<br />
glow<br />
go<br />
Godot<br />
go-go<br />
Gogo<br />
go-slow<br />
GPO<br />
gringo<br />
grotto<br />
Groucho<br />
grow<br />
guano<br />
Guido<br />
gusto<br />
gyro-<br />
H2O<br />
hallo<br />
hallow<br />
halo<br />
handbarrow<br />
haricot<br />
harrow<br />
Heathrow<br />
heave-ho<br />
hedgerow<br />
heigh-ho<br />
hello<br />
hero<br />
Hero<br />
hey presto<br />
hippo<br />
HMO<br />
ho<br />
hobo<br />
hoe<br />
Hokkaido<br />
hollow<br />
homeo-<br />
homo<br />
Horatio<br />
Hounslow<br />
Hugo<br />
Huguenot<br />
hullo<br />
hydro<br />
hypno<br />
hypo-<br />
Iago<br />
Idaho<br />
impresario<br />
incognito<br />
incommunicado<br />
indigo<br />
inferno<br />
inflow<br />
info<br />
initio<br />
innuendo<br />
intermezzo<br />
intro<br />
Io<br />
Ionesco<br />
ipso facto<br />
Jarrow<br />
Jericho<br />
Jethro<br />
jo<br />
Jo<br />
Joe<br />
judo<br />
jumbo<br />
Juno<br />
junto<br />
k.o. <br />
kendo<br />
Kilimanjaro<br />
kilo<br />
kimono<br />
know<br />
KO<br />
Kosovo<br />
Kyoto<br />
Laredo<br />
largo<br />
Latino<br />
legato<br />
Lego®<br />
lento<br />
Leo<br />
libido<br />
libretto<br />
lido<br />
Lido<br />
limbo<br />
lingo<br />
litho<br />
Llandudno<br />
loco<br />
logo<br />
longbow<br />
Longfellow<br />
Lorenzo<br />
lotto<br />
low<br />
Ludlow<br />
ludo<br />
Lugano<br />
lumbago<br />
macho<br />
macro<br />
maestro<br />
Mafioso<br />
magnifico<br />
malapropos<br />
Malmö<br />
Malvolio<br />
mango<br />
manifesto<br />
Marlow(e) <br />
marrow<br />
marshmallow<br />
matelot<br />
Mayo (in Ireland, surname) <br />
mayo(abbrev. for mayonnaise) <br />
McEnroe<br />
meadow<br />
Meccano®<br />
medico<br />
mellow<br />
memento<br />
memo<br />
merlot<br />
metro<br />
Mexico<br />
mezzo<br />
mezzo-soprano<br />
Michelangelo<br />
micro<br />
Mikado<br />
minnow<br />
miso<br />
mistletoe<br />
mo<br />
Mo<br />
moderato<br />
Monaco<br />
mono <br />
Monro(e) <br />
Monte Carlo<br />
Montenegro<br />
morello<br />
Moreno<br />
Morocco<br />
morrow<br />
Moscow<br />
mosquito<br />
mot<br />
motto<br />
mow (cut down) <br />
mumbo-jumbo<br />
Munro<br />
Murillo (Spanish) <br />
muscovado<br />
muso<br />
mustachio<br />
NALGO<br />
narrow<br />
NATO<br />
Nero<br />
Nintendo®<br />
no <br />
no-go<br />
no-no<br />
no-show<br />
nouveau(x) <br />
numero<br />
nympho<br />
O (interjection) <br />
o (the letter) <br />
obligato<br />
oboe<br />
octavo<br />
oh<br />
Ohio<br />
oratorio<br />
oregano<br />
Orlando<br />
Oslo<br />
osteo-<br />
Othello<br />
outflow <br />
outgo<br />
outgrow  <br />
overblow<br />
overflow <br />
overgrow<br />
oversew<br />
overshadow<br />
overthrow <br />
Oviedo<br />
owe<br />
oxo<br />
palamino<br />
palazzo<br />
Palermo<br />
Paradiso<br />
patio<br />
pay-as-you-go<br />
peepshow<br />
peso<br />
pesto<br />
Peto<br />
Peugeot®<br />
Pharaoh<br />
photo<br />
physio<br />
pianissimo<br />
piano (instrument) <br />
piano (softly) <br />
Picasso<br />
piccolo<br />
picot<br />
Pierrot<br />
pillow<br />
pimento<br />
pimiento<br />
Pimlico<br />
pinko<br />
Pinocchio<br />
pinot<br />
pintado<br />
pinto<br />
pistachio<br />
placebo<br />
plateau<br />
Plato<br />
playfellow<br />
PLO<br />
Pluto<br />
PO<br />
poco<br />
pogo<br />
Poirot<br />
polio<br />
politburo<br />
politico<br />
polo<br />
poncho<br />
porno<br />
portfolio<br />
portico<br />
Portillo<br />
portmanteau<br />
potato<br />
Prado<br />
presto<br />
pro<br />
PRO<br />
promo<br />
pronto<br />
prosciutto<br />
Prospero<br />
proviso<br />
pseudo<br />
psycho<br />
PTO<br />
pueblo<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
punctilio<br />
pyro-<br />
quango<br />
quarto<br />
Quasimodo<br />
quid pro quo<br />
radio <br />
rainbow<br />
Rambo<br />
ratio<br />
recto<br />
Renault®<br />
retro<br />
rhino<br />
rho<br />
rialto<br />
Ricardo<br />
Rico<br />
right(h)o<br />
righty-ho<br />
Rigoletto<br />
Rimbaud<br />
Ringo<br />
Rio<br />
Rio de Janeiro<br />
risotto<br />
roadshow<br />
rodeo<br />
roe<br />
Roe<br />
Romeo<br />
rondeau<br />
rondo<br />
Rousseau<br />
row <br />
sabot<br />
saddo<br />
sago<br />
sallow<br />
salvo<br />
sambo<br />
San Antonio<br />
San Domingo<br />
San Fernando<br />
San Francisco<br />
San Remo<br />
Santiago<br />
Santo Domingo<br />
Sanyo®<br />
São Paulo<br />
Sapporo<br />
Sarajevo<br />
say-so<br />
scarecrow<br />
scenario<br />
Scorpio<br />
secondo<br />
sew<br />
sexto<br />
shadow<br />
shallow<br />
Shinto<br />
show<br />
sicko<br />
sideshow<br />
silo<br />
simpatico<br />
slow<br />
snow<br />
so<br />
so-and-so<br />
socio-<br />
Soho<br />
solo<br />
sombrero<br />
soprano<br />
sorrow<br />
so-so<br />
sourdough<br />
sow <br />
Soweto<br />
sparrow<br />
speedo<br />
staccato<br />
status quo<br />
steno<br />
stereo<br />
stiletto<br />
stop-and-go<br />
stop-go<br />
stow<br />
strow<br />
stucco<br />
studio<br />
subito<br />
subzero<br />
superego<br />
superhero<br />
supremo<br />
swallow<br />
tableau<br />
tableaux <br />
taco<br />
tallow<br />
tally-ho<br />
tamarillo<br />
tango<br />
tanto<br />
taro<br />
tarot<br />
techno<br />
telephoto<br />
tempo<br />
terrazzo<br />
Tesco®<br />
Texaco®<br />
Theo<br />
tho'<br />
though<br />
throw<br />
tiptoe<br />
Tito<br />
to-and-fro<br />
tobacco<br />
toe<br />
Togo<br />
Tokyo<br />
toledo (blade) <br />
Toledo (city) <br />
tomato<br />
tomorrow<br />
tornado<br />
Toronto<br />
torpedo<br />
torso<br />
tostado<br />
tow<br />
tremolo<br />
tricot<br />
trio<br />
trow<br />
Trudeau<br />
Truffaut<br />
Truro<br />
turbo<br />
Tussaud (waxworks owner) <br />
typo<br />
UFO<br />
ultimo<br />
undergo<br />
undertow<br />
UNESCO<br />
uno<br />
up-tempo<br />
Valentino<br />
Velcro®<br />
verso<br />
vertigo<br />
veto<br />
vibrato<br />
video<br />
vino<br />
Virgo (constellation) <br />
virtuoso<br />
volcano<br />
Volvo®<br />
VSO<br />
wallow<br />
waterpolo<br />
weirdo<br />
Westward Ho! <br />
whacko<br />
wheelbarrow<br />
whoso<br />
widow<br />
wilco<br />
willow<br />
window<br />
windrow<br />
winnow<br />
wino<br />
wo<br />
woe<br />
yarrow<br />
yellow<br />
yo<br />
yo-yo<br />
zero<br />
Zhivago</p>



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