The WH Sound (worksheets, songs, videos, games, activities)

/eɪ/ – Mid, Front, Closing Diphthong /eɪ/ is a diphthong vowel sound that starts mid-open with the tongue to the front, and closes maintaining the front position. It has many spelling including those with A: AY (BAY), AI (PAIN) and A_E (FADE), those with E: EY (THEY), EI (WEIGH) and EA (BREAK). It’s also found in imported word endings like BALLET. Before dark /l/ it can become a centring diphthong [eə] or become somewhat triphthongal [eɪə]. It doesn’t have many variations in accents, though it i