8 Phonics Diphthongs A2

8. Diphthongs A2 -- / ɔɪ / & / aɪ / Like Diphthongs A1 / eɪ /, Diphthong A2 / ɔɪ / & / aɪ / share the common vowel phoneme / ɪ /. The diphthong / ɔɪ / is associated with the letter clusters “oi” and “oy” only. The letter “ i ” may have / ɪ / or / aɪ / speech sound. For “ i – e ” as in the letter clusters like “ice, ide, ife, ike, ile, ime, ind, ine, ipe, ise, ite, ie, ight, y,… ”. The letter “ i - e ” as in the words “vice, advice, advise, hide, ride, life, wife, like, mile, smile, time, hind, line, pipe, petite,… ” have / aɪ / speech sound. The / aɪ / speech sound may associated with the letter cluster “ie” as in the words “die, pie, tie,…”; the letter cluster “igh(t)” as in the words like “sigh, sight, might, night,… ”; the letter “y” as in the words like “by, buy, deny, fry,… ”. Let’s check if the following words have / ɪ / or / aɪ / speech sound: 1. sit site 2. rid ride 3. hid hide 4. lift life 5. mill mile 6. Tim time 7. pick pike 8. hint hind 9. width wide 10. sin sine