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find a fine white wine. Dinah decided she would like to dine with
Clive and arrives on time, but politely declines the white wine.

Task 108. Read the following words, pay special attention to the
difference between / ei-ai / and / oΙ –ai/:
/ ei-ai /
To lay - to lie hate – hight
A pain – a pine the lake that I like
David baits his hook... and a whiting bites it.
/ oΙ -ai /
Good boys – goodbyes a foil – a file
A paint – a pint
Joyce walks off with poise.
Giles walks off with pies.

Diphthong [ ɒi ] – during the pronunciation of the nucleus
of the diphthong the bulk of the tongue is in the back part of the
mouth; the back of the tongue is slightly raised, though it is not so

low as for the vowel [ɒ ]. The lips are slightly rounded. The
nucleus may be defined as back, low-narrow, slightly rounded. In
pronouncing the glide the tongue moves forward and upward, i.e.
in the direction of the position for [ i ], without actually reaching it.
The opening between the jaws is wide for the nucleus and much
narrower for the glide.

[ɒi]
Task 109. Practise saying the words and the sentences correctly:
Boy, boys, voice, soil, poison, joy, oil, annoy, Mr. Hoyle, a
boy, a quoit, soil, a choice moist oyster, a loyal royalist.

1. It’s beyond the point.
2. The noise is annoying.
3. Join me in the voyage.

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