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The lips are rounded in the start position
; they spread as the jaw moves and the tongue rises to finish in a slight smile: 
Underline the syllables of the words containing the vowel sound
as in the word "boy". Then read the words aloud.
adenoid
adjoin
adroit
ahoy
android
annoy
annoyance
anoint
appoint
appointee
appointment
avoid
avoidable
avoidance
ballpoint
boil
boiler
boisterous
bon voyage
Boulogne
boy
boycott
boyfriend
boyhood
boyish
broil
broiler
buoy
buoyancy
buoyant
cashpoint
celluloid
Centrepoint
checkpoint
choice
coy
Croydon
deploy
deployment
destroy
destroyer
Detroit
Deutsche Mark
devoid
disappoint
disappointment
disjointed
disloyal
disloyalty
Dordogne
Dostoevsky
embroidery
embroil
employ
employee
employer
employment
endpoint
enjoin
enjoy
enjoyable
enjoyment
envoy
epicycloid
equipoise
exploit
exploitation
exploitative
exploitive
flamboyance
flamboyant
foible
foil
foyer
Freud
Gascoigne
Goya
groin
Illinois
join
joiner
joinery
joint
joist
joy
Joyce
joyful
joyless
joyous
joyride
joystick
lawyer
loin
loincloth
loiter
loyal
loyalist
loyalty
Lloyd Webber
moist
moisten
moisture
moisturise
noise
oil
oilseed
oilskin
oily
oink
ointment
oyster
pinpoint
playboy
ploughboy
plowboy
ploy
poignancy
poignant
point
pointed
pointless
poise
poison
poisonous
powerpoint
rejoice
rejoinder
Reuter
rheumatoid
roister
Roy
royal
royalism
royalty
Savoy
Sawyer
sirloin
soil
solenoid
soy
soya
soybean
spheroid
spoil
spoilsport
standpoint
steroid
subsoil
tabloid
tenderloin
thyroid
tinfoil
toil
toilet
toiletry
Tolstoy
tomboy
topsoil
toy
toyboy
toyshop
Troilus
Troy
tuberculoid
turmoil
turquoise
typhoid
unemployment
unspoilt
viceroy
viewpoint
voice
voiceless
voicemail
void
voyage
voyager
voyeur
voyeurism
voyeuristic
Using words from the above list, make sentences containing several examples of the sound
and read them aloud.
EXAMPLE: Joyce's boyfriend, a lawyer from Detroit, took her to Goya exhibitions and dined with her at The Savoy.