List of Diphthongs (diagraphs) and Consonant Combinations
- ai
- A - train, pain, plain, aih - pair, chair, lair, stair, eh - said, again
- au
- oo as in restaurant, ay as in gauge
- ea
- ee - eat, beat,, eh- health, ee,A - creation
- eau
- oh - nouveau
- ee
- preeminate
- ei
- A - vein, ey -veil
- eu
- yoo as in europe, euphemism
- ia
- a - parliament
- iae
- ee - mediaeval
- ie
- ee - pier, yield , eh, patients, ee,eh sentience, experience
- io
- ee,eh - grandiose
- iou
- uh - conscious
- oa
- O - approach, roach, toast , The roach approached the toast. So Gross!
- oe
- oo - shoe
- oei
- ee - onomatopoeia
- oi
- oy - termoil, spoil, foil
- oo
- uh -blood, flood, o - floor, eh - cook, good, oo-- loop, brood,food, noodles
- ou
- owe as in flour,loud, u as in flourish,contour oo as in cougar, through, group, O and in mould, although, dough aw - cough, thought, course
- ua
- oo,ah - individual
- ue
- oo -glue , yoo, imbue, silent -intrigue
- ui
- ih - cuisine
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Consonant Pairs
- ph
- p as in diphthong, f as in phillip
- gh
- f as in caugh, silent as in although
- ch
- chalk, couch k- ache, character, dichotomy
- wr
- r - write, wrist, wrench
- kn
- n - knight, knife, know
- gn
- n- gnash, gnaw
- ce,ci
- s - cement, ceiling, city, receive
- ca, co, cu
- k - cat , cartoon, coat, racoon, cut
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- sh
- s- mishap
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