Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. high – her – hire lie – learn – lion my – mirth – mire

 

[ai] [Ə:] [aiƏ]

 

high – her – hire lie – learn – lion my – mirth – mire

tie – term – tire why – were – wire buy – bird – buyer

fine – fir – fire sigh – sir – sire pie – per – pyre

dime – dirty – diet fight – further – fiat die – dirt – dire

light – lurk – liar fly – fur – fire wide – word – wire

 

Activity 3. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

 


I admire your fireplace.

I’m sure he is Irish.

If you hire a car, you pay the owner.

His main responsibility is hiring and firing.

I’m not entirely sure.

I require having a rest.

 

 

We are entirely sure, he is a great scientist.

She had a great desire to inspire him.

All things conspired to please him.

Dire means very severe or serious.

I’m very tired.

We are against violence on TV.

 

 


 

 


 

 

PART III.STRESS

 

№ Rules Types of reading Examples  
на границе слогов нет согласных I mo●at, ro●ad, gi●ant  
на границе слогов одна согласная:  
любая согласная кроме ‘r’ I, II pa●jer, me●lon, o●pen  
буква‘r’ IV dia●ry, sha●ring, du●ring  
на границе слоговдве согласные:  
любые согласные кроме ‘R’ II pen●guin, les●son, fin●ger sup●port  
‘rr’ II cher●ry, mar●ry, lor●ry  
‘r’ + согласная (‘r’ – не произносится) III por●tray, her●self, sur●vey  
   
Буквосочетания sh, ck, tch, ch, dg, ng – на границе слогов рассматриваются как две согласные bu●shel, ja●cket, ca●tchy, tea●cher, bud●get. sin●ger  
особые случаи  
Буква ‘x’, передающая два звука, рассматривается как две согласные boxer [bok●sǝ]  

 

Activity 1. Read the words.

A. boat – boatman cheer – cheerful science – scientific

boast – boastful load – loading trial – trial run

coat – coating biology – biological diary – diarist

bound – boundary diagnose – diagnostic diabetes – diabetic

coast – coaster diamond – diamonds flyer – flying

flower – flowerbed fluid – fluidity fuel – fuelling

giant – giantess ruin – ruinous cruel – cruelty

B.

§ dialect – dialectic – dialectics – dialectical

§ theatre – theatergoer – theatrical – theatrics

§ theory – theoretical – theoretician – theorist

§ fluent – fluency – fluently

§ violent – violence – violently

§ coast – coaster – coastal – coast-to-coast

§ goal – goalpost – goalkeeper

Activity 2. Read the words.

A. basic famous gamer rating open photo

phrasal poker paper ivy tulip lupin

fever final finance finely flaming fluted

fogey glider graded hokum holy homing

style hotel humour iced icon idea

 

B. begin become modest limit pity polish

premise present pretend product produce profit

propose rapid resist result salon satin

saver secret sector seven solid telex

uniform unity variant very vicious video

C. cure – curing wire – wiring share – sharing

dare – daring pair – pairing stare – staring

parents, plural, siren, during, rarely, raring, prior, sparing

 

 

D. basket billion bitter button

camber channel chapter connect

consist folder splendid pension

pencil party include cascade

angel computer concern confident

different escape fellow neglect

offend helper pastry taste

 

E. arrange barrier borrow borrower

carrel carriage carrot carry

horror narrow narrate terribly

cherry parrot terror terrify

territory terrace porridge sorrow

merry marriage worry carrier

Activity 3. Read the words. Distribute the words according to the rules

in columns.

 

territory, different, theatre, cycle, plural, symbol, wire, become, marriage, humour, coast, seldom, limit, button, theory, siren, load, angel, very, biology, escape, horror, cover, goal, stare, salon, folder, labour, famous, borrow, prior,

 

2 гласные 1 согласная ‘r’ 2 согласные ‘rr’
    tyrant   hurry    

 

 

№ Rules Examples
1. В словах без приставок ударение падает на первый слог. ˜ ™ 'baker, 'author, 'problem
  2.   В наречиях, предлогах и союзах с приставками: a- be- de- in- ударение падает на второй слог. ™ ˜ a'bout, a'long, a'head be'fore, be'hind, be'low de'spite in'spite  
  3.   В глаголах с приставками: con- / co- in- / im- / ir- / il- sub- / su- ad- / a- for- dis- / de- ob- / o- ex- / e- pre- pro- re- se- abs- trans- en- per- ударение ставится на второй слог. ™ ˜   to concern, to incline, to impact, to subject, to sustain, to adapt, to agree, to forget, to disarm, to describe, to object, to obey, to exact, to effect, to prefer, to project, to refer, to select, to abstract, toenable, to translate, to perform
4. Если слово с приставкой является и существительным, и глаголом, то в существительном ударение ставится на первый слог (noun: ˜ ™), а в глаголе – на второй (verb: ™ ˜). a 'present – to pre'sent a 'conflict – to con'flict    
  Примечание: многие существительные и глаголы подобного типа могут иметь одинаковое ударение. ™ ˜ re'ply – to re'ply ˜ ™ 'promise – to 'promise  
5. Если оба слога принадлежат корню, а вторая (безударная) гласная читается как [i] или [ju:], то ударная гласная в открытом слоге читается по правилу закрытого слога (II тип чтения) ˜ ™     picnic, topic value, volume
  Исключения: v в следующих словах ударная гласная ‘U’ читается по правилу открытого слога; v если слово заканчивается на ‘y’, то любая ударная гласная читается по правилу открытого слога   stupid, tulip lady, tiny, holy

Activity1. Read the verbs according to the patterns:

 

A. ™ ˜

v inform – perform – conform – reform – deform

v describe – prescribe – subscribe

v excuse – induce – reduce – produce – adduce

v resist – persist – consist – insist – assist – exist

v admit – transmit – permit – submit – omit – remit

v export – transport – report – deport

v project – reject – inject – subject – object

v consign – resign – design

v consult – result – insult

v reclaim – proclaim – declaim

v expect – respect – suspect – infect – affect

v prefer – refer – transfer

v reply – supply – imply

v include – preclude – conclude – exclude

v impress – suppress – depress – repress – express

 

B. ™ ˜

intend – pretend preserve – reserve announce – pronounce

invent – prevent refuse – confuse replace – displace

consent – present relate – translate contain – obtain

progress – regress abstain – sustain belong – prolong

procure – secure abstract – subtract detest – protest

enclose – disclose exceed – succeed

C. ™ ˜

concern incise subject process reread enable

conduct incline submit protest rebuild encase

confess income subscribe provide recall enchant

confine injure subtract receive enclose

confirm insert select record endure

confront install succeed secure refresh engage

connect invite suggest regard enforce

consent involve suppose abstract regret enlarge

consume abstain relax enlist

impeach precede remark ensure

collect impel predate transform renew

corrupt implore predict transfer repeat perfect

improve present translate research persuade

impute prevail transport restrict pervert

pretend transmit reflect

 

D. ™ ˜

forget account object disarm exalt

forgive affect observe discuss exact

agree obsess dislike exceed

adapt aspire obtain dismiss excel

adhere assist dispense excite

adjoin effect displace exhaust

adjust obey eclipse dispose extend

admire occur elect dispute expose

adopt offer elide distort

adore omit elope distress

advance email disperse

advise

Activity 2. Read the nouns and the verbs according to the stress patterns.

 

˜ ™ ™ ˜ ˜ ™ ™ ˜ ˜ ™ ™ ˜

addict – to addict content – to content permit – to permit

conflict – to conflict income – to income protest – to protest

export – to export insult – to insult transfer – to transfer

impress – to impress present – to present transport – to transport object – to object project – to project contract – to contract

protest – to protest process – to process contest – to contest

record – to record affix – to affix convict – to convict

subject – to subject import – to import desert – to desert

Activity 3. Read the sentences. Pay attention to the stress pattern of the

Words in italics.

 

Model: Addict [˜ ™] is someone who can’t stop taking illegal or harmful drugs.

 

  1. He felt he hadn’t projected [ … ] himself well at the interview.
  2. Changes occur in the body because of the process [ … ] of ageing.
  3. Desert [ … ] is a large area of land with few plants and little water.
  4. Don’t insult [ … ] his intelligence by making ridiculous excuses.
  5. They wouldn’t give him a job without a work permit [ … ].
  6. His accounts conflicted [ … ] with reports received from other journalists.
  7. She has asked me to present [ … ] her apologies for her absence.
  8. His views stand in stark contrast [ … ] to those of her colleagues.
  9. They export [ … ] their flowers all over the world.
  10. The organization has made a formal protest [ … ] against the nuclear testing.

Activity 4. Find a way from START to FINISH.