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The document provides a comprehensive overview of digraphs and diphthongs in the English language, categorizing them into consonant and vowel digraphs, as well as listing common diphthongs. It includes numerous examples for each type, illustrating how combinations of letters represent single sounds or phonemes. Overall, it serves as a resource for understanding the phonetic structure of English words.
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The document provides a comprehensive overview of digraphs and diphthongs in the English language, categorizing them into consonant and vowel digraphs, as well as listing common diphthongs. It includes numerous examples for each type, illustrating how combinations of letters represent single sounds or phonemes. Overall, it serves as a resource for understanding the phonetic structure of English words.
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### Digraphs

A **digraph** is a combination of two letters that together represent a single sound or phoneme.
Digraphs can consist of vowels or consonants and are found in many English words. Here are 50
examples of words containing digraphs, organized by the type of digraph they include:

#### Consonant Digraphs

1. **ch**: chair

2. **sh**: ship

3. **th**: think

4. **wh**: whale

5. **ph**: phone

6. **gh**: ghost (when used at end of word sounds as /f/ in enough)

7. **ck**: duck

8. **ng**: ring

9. **qu**: queen

10. **wr**: write

11. **kn**: know

12. **sc**: science

13. **gh**: laugh

14. **gn**: gnat

15. **mb**: lamb

16. **lk**: talk

17. **lt**: salt

18. **lp**: help

19. **mn**: column

20. **mp**: jump

#### Vowel Digraphs

21. **ea**: bread

22. **ee**: tree

23. **ai**: rain


24. **oa**: boat

25. **oo**: moon

26. **ie**: pie

27. **ei**: receive

28. **au**: author

29. **aw**: saw

30. **ou**: out

31. **ow**: cow

32. **oy**: boy

33. **oi**: oil

34. **ue**: blue

35. **ui**: fruit

36. **eu**: feud

37. **ey**: key

38. **ae**: aerial

39. **ai**: aisle

40. **ea**: ear

### Diphthongs

1. **ai**: pain

2. **au**: pause

3. **aw**: dawn

4. **ay**: play

5. **ea**: break

6. **ei**: eight

7. **ey**: they

8. **ie**: tie

9. **io**: radio

10. **oa**: boat

11. **oi**: boil

12. **oo**: food


13. **ou**: out

14. **ow**: cow

15. **oy**: toy

16. **ue**: cue

17. **ui**: suit

18. **uo**: duo

19. **iya**: papaya

20. **aiy**: daily

21. **eau**: plateau

22. **ieu**: adieu

23. **iou**: curious

24. **oye**: oyster

25. **uee**: queue

26. **uoy**: buoy

27. **owe**: owe

28. **aye**: aye

29. **oar**: roar

30. **ear**: hear

31. **ire**: fire

32. **ure**: pure

33. **air**: air

34. **our**: tour

35. **oor**: door

36. **eir**: heir

37. **ayer**: layer

38. **oiler**: boiler

39. **eater**: eater

40. **outer**: outer

41. **ailer**: mailer

42. **eer**: peer

43. **oer**: oersted


44. **uire**: require

45. **oar**: board

46. **ure**: sure

47. **ire**: sire

48. **are**: care

49. **oore**: moore

50. **eere**: steer

### Digraphs

#### List of 50 Digraphs:

1. **ch** (chicken)

2. **sh** (ship)

3. **th** (thin, then)

4. **wh** (what)

5. **ph** (phone)

6. **gh** (ghost, enough)

7. **ck** (back)

8. **ng** (ring)

9. **qu** (queen)

10. **kn** (knee)

11. **wr** (write)

12. **sc** (science)

13. **sch** (school)

14. **tch** (watch)

15. **dge** (bridge)

16. **th** (bath)

17. **gh** (laugh)

18. **gu** (guard)

19. **gn** (gnome)

20. **mb** (lamb)

21. **lk** (talk)

22. **lp** (help)


23. **lt** (belt)

24. **mp** (jump)

25. **nc** (fence)

26. **nd** (land)

27. **nk** (bank)

28. **nt** (tent)

29. **pt** (slept)

30. **sk** (desk)

31. **sp** (spend)

32. **st** (fast)

33. **ct** (fact)

34. **ft** (left)

35. **bl** (black)

36. **cl** (class)

37. **fl** (flower)

38. **gl** (glass)

39. **pl** (please)

40. **sl** (sleep)

41. **br** (bread)

42. **cr** (crash)

43. **dr** (drink)

44. **fr** (free)

45. **gr** (green)

46. **pr** (price)

47. **tr** (tree)

48. **tw** (twist)

49. **sw** (swim)

50. **sn** (snake)

#### Examples for Consonant Digraphs:

- **ch**: chair, cheese, church, rich, teach


- **sh**: ship, fish, wish, push, wash

- **th** (voiceless): thin, math, path, cloth, bath

- **th** (voiced): this, that, the, father, with

- **ph**: phone, graph, elephant, phantom, sphere

### Diphthongs

#### List of Common Diphthongs:

1. **ai** (pain)

2. **au** (pause)

3. **aw** (saw)

4. **ay** (say)

5. **ea** (break)

6. **ee** (see)

7. **ei** (receive)

8. **eo** (people)

9. **eu** (Europe)

10. **ew** (new)

11. **ie** (tie)

12. **io** (radio)

13. **iu** (junior)

14. **oa** (boat)

15. **oe** (toe)

16. **oi** (coin)

17. **oo** (food, good)

18. **ou** (out, soul)

19. **ow** (how, snow)

20. **oy** (toy)

21. **ua** (guard)

22. **ue** (blue)

23. **ui** (fruit)


24. **uo** (quorum)

25. **uy** (buy)

26. **ya** (nyala)

27. **ye** (type)

28. **yo** (yoga)

29. **yu** (yule)

30. **ae** (aerial)

31. **ai** (aisle)

32. **ao** (Tao)

33. **au** (audio)

34. **ea** (bear)

35. **ei** (eight)

36. **ey** (key)

37. **ia** (diary)

38. **ie** (field)

39. **io** (curious)

40. **iu** (casual)

41. **oa** (oak)

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