OY
Make sure you begin
with the O sound and end with the tense EE (“o--ee). If you have trouble pronouncing this sound it is often because
you don’t end up with the EE. French speakers
often pronounce this sound like “wah.”
Instructions to
make this sound: Do you hear two distinct sounds of O and EE. The sound moves from O to EE.
Common problems:
Not pronouncing the EE so “soy” sounds like “so.” Using an AH sound so “oil” sounds like “all.”
Common spellings:
OY as in “boy,” OI as in “oil”
oil employed by an
oil company
noisy noisy employees
join join the union
enjoy enjoy the voyage
The invoice was
soiled but not destroyed.
They found the boy’s noise annoying.