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Printable 5th-6th grade phonics worksheet on diphthongs with sentence completion, word unscramble, and diphthong identification activities.
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Diphthongs

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This printable diphthongs worksheet for Grades 5–6 includes four activity types: identifying diphthongs in words like airplane and choice, completing sentences with a word bank (brave, spoiled, noise, clouded, fowl, pain, coinage, trail), unscrambling diphthong words, writing original sentences, and recognizing diphthong sounds in words like rainbow and voice. Use for phonics instruction, word study, or as a multi-activity review lesson.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Phonics
Grade Level:
5th – 6th Grades
Updated March 2026

Word Bank

  • Circle the diphthong in each of the following words:airplaneboyloudchoicespread
  • The frightened puppy needed to be __________ by the comforting voice of its owner.After a long hike, we followed the ____________ through the woods.He found a shiny _________ on the ground while playing.The sky was __________ with dark clouds before the storm.The chef prepared a delicious dish using _________ chicken.
  • airdne (__________)tfuolr (__________)prcelai (__________)nuotef (__________)ocwpe (__________)wlihne (__________)
  • trail:Sentence: ____________________________________________coin:Sentence: ____________________________________________loud:Sentence: ____________________________________________boil:Sentence: ____________________________________________neat:Sentence: ____________________________________________
  • silent (yes/no) ______________cloudy (yes/no) ______________team (yes/no) ______________rainbow (yes/no) ______________bloom (yes/no) ______________piano (yes/no) ______________group (yes/no) ______________treat (yes/no) ______________voice (yes/no) ______________feather (yes/no) ______________

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