[ɔɪ], [ɑɪ], [ɑʊ]

Sample: Roy took great joy in coin collecting.

Spellings:

oy as in joy oi as in coin

BEGINNING MIDDLEEND

oil boycott annoy

ointment coin toy

oyster join destroy

oily boil enjoy

I have an appointment for an employment physical.

Please oil the noisy hinge.

The coins were made of a copper alloy.

The boycott destroyed his profits.

Sample: I would like to buy some ice skates sometime.

Spellings:i as in ice y as in cry ye as in dyeie as in lie uy as in buy ui as in guileigh as in light ei as in heightey as in eye ais as in aisleia as in diamond

BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDice dice fry

icon price pie

item rice thigh

island fight deny

ideal might guy

The kite was so high it was out of sight.

He had a night job as a fry-cook and pie-maker.

I tried to time the engine and adjust the idle.

I tried to buy some dry clothes.

Sample: The crowd shouted and howled when the ball went foul.

Spellings:

ou as in shout ow as in crowdough as in bough

BEGINNING MIDDLE ENDout couch cow

outside powder now

ounce growl allow

hour abouteyebrow

ouch towel plow

The outlaws growled at the crowd.

Where’s the brown towel you took outside?

The county raised our mileage allowance.

Some flowers don’t open on cloudy days.

[ɑʊ] [o]now know

ground groaned

town tone

out oat

couch coach