Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. A. [a:] – [Λ]bargain – bugger barge – bulge calm – culture
A. [a:] – [Λ]bargain – bugger barge – bulge calm – culture
card – cut carpet – cupboard daft – duff
dark – duster fast – fuss gasp – gust
harbour – hubbub lark – luck mark – muck
B. [a:] – [æ] – [e] – [Λ]
bath – bat – bet – but lark – lank – leg – luck
pass – passion – pest – puzzle dark – dagger – desk – duck
mark – mag – member – muck calm – camp – scent – come
chart – chat – chest – chunk half – hack – help – huff
March – match – metric – much barn – band – bend – bun
²Activity 3. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twister.
Learn it by heart.
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A large dark car is parked in our bar.
Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
Who likes tarts?
Are these pass marks?
Arthur is rather marvelous.
I asked him to start the car.
Cars can’t be parked here after dark.
I’d like to dance after classes.
Take the last bus at half past six.
I asked him to come to our party.
She was rather pretty but her face
was like a glass mask.
Half of the farms are on the
northern part.
He enlarged his knowledge in France.
I can’t answer it so far.
I can’t say it is a hardship.
The grass seemed to be varnished
with ice.
Arnold laughed at the artist.
I am the king of the castle.
The harbours are hardly visible.
Activity 5. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.
Can you find Russian versions for them?
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Activity 6. Read the poem. Mind the sound [a:].
The Telephone
Friends a hundred miles apart
Sit and chatter heart to heart,
Boys and girls from school afar
Speak to mother, ask papa.
Alfred H. Miles
[ כ ]
²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [כ].
A.
· oh-ox-box-cod-cot-god-goth-hob-hop-log-lock-nod-knot-mock-sock-chock-long-gong-prong-strong-wrong
· quad-qualify-quality-quandary-quarrel-quarry-quarter-quash-squad-squat
· was-want-watch-wash-wander-what
B. cot – apricot pond – fishpond block – blockbuster
log – catalogue box – boxing chock – chock-a-block
what – somewhat gob – goblin doss – doss house
frog – leap-frog ox – Oxford fog - foggy
mock – mockery cob – cobweb gloss – glossary
hock – hockey lot – lottery possible – impossible
²Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice
Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
[כ] – [כ:]pot – port shot – short flop – floor dost – dorsal
stock – stork con – corn glob – glory fog – fork
swat – swart knot – naught gosh – gorse god – gorge
moss – more sod – sword bonk – bore hot – horde
pock – pork cock – cork bond – border lorry – lore
waft – wharf dolt – dorm fond – ford moral – mortal
Activity 3. Practice the reading of the words.
Qua
· quad – quadrangle – quadrant – quadratic – quadrille
· qualify – qualified – qualifier – qualification
· quality – quality control – quality of life – quality time
· quantity – quantify – quantitative
· quarrel – quarreled – quarreling – quarrelsome
wa / whawaft wanderings warren watch
wander want wash what
wan wanted washable whatever
wand warrant wasp whatnot
Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
Jog on.
What a swat!
Possibly not.
What a lot of nonsense!
Tom’s watch stopped.
Rod wants his coffee strong.
Dot wants an office-job.
I got lost in the forest.
What a lot of presents.
Rose is fond of dolls.
Do you want a job?
We watched their quarrel.
He was afraid of wasps.
They quarreled a quarter ago.
Why was he so wan?
I can’t understand your wandering.
He had a great wish of wanderlust.
I admire her swan song.
²Activity 5. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.