Click on the pictures to listen to the sound of each word.
Boys
Toy
Coil
How to make this sound
-oy-
boy
ploy
destroy
boy
toy
loyal
enjoy
alloy
annoy
oyster
royal
-oi-
void
point
coin
spoil
boil
toil
oil
join
soil
coil
ointment
-oi-
lawyer
How to make this sound
is a diphthong vowel.
The lips are rounded and forward for the /o/
position and then quickly move back to an opened mouth smile position for the /ee/
sound. This is also a diphthong.