Find words on the right which rhyme with them.

 


could made

caught book

read due

took good

bought head

knew court

chose goal

said rose

paid short

stole dead

 

wore bird

heard road

ate war

saw wave

break one

become lake

gave debt

won mate

wrote come

met law

 

hurt blue

spoke red

built mug

blew door

fed cook

rose dirt

bore woke

drew kilt

took nose

dug crew

 


 

Activity 4. Read each group of words.

What sound has each line got in common?

 

1. [Ə:] first – word – Thursday – learn

2. [ … ] live – English – busy – biscuit – women

3. [ … ] fish – dictation – sure – shall

4. [ … ] men – head – said – friend – says

5. [ … ] you – blue – two – fruit – through

6. [ … ] fun – worry – enough – one – Monday – won

7. [ … ] air – where – care – their – there – pear

8. [ … ] daughter – walk – more – court – caught – thought – ball

9. [ … ] god – long – sock – quality – waffle – knock

10. [ … ] price – guy – sight – sly – tie – kind – child

11. [ … ] sail – sale – obey – tray – great – sleigh

12. [ … ] cloud – crown – now – owl – mouth

13. [ … ] hope – road – foe – so – slow – ghost

14. [ … ] fear – deer – sincere – idea – period

15. [ … ] tire – tyre – ireful – irony – inspire

Activity 5. Read the pairs of words.

What is the difference in pronunciation between them?

 

1. buy – bay 2. saw – so 3. car – care 4. chip – cheap

guy – gay or – oh dark – dare fit – feet

high – hay walk – woke far – fare lip – leap

my – may ought – know farm – fare list – least

 

 

Activity 6. Finish the word and start the next word with the same letter.

Read the words and explain the reading rules.

       
 
   
 


CLIM RING DI NJOY

       
   


HIG ERE PAG ACH HOU EPEAT

           
     


 

TRU AT WID ND ONL EAR

       
   

 


WOUL ISCUSS ASLEE LACE

           
     

 


STA ED LUC IND SU ICE

           
 
   
     
 

 


WOR EAR HUR REE MU HOST

 

MUSI REATIVE TOUC EART

 

 

Activity 7. Finish the word and start the next word with two letters from the stars.

               
   
     
 
       
 
 
 

 

 


MO ____ ALLY

DE ____ M

TOO ____ ERE

FIR ____ UDY

B ____ AIN

POSSIB ____ TTER

S ____ DER

ST ____ EN

CHUR ____ ANCE

BR ____ DRESS

 

Activity 8. Match the words that rhyme.

A. 1. red a. dark B. 1. name a. race

2. green b. kissed 2. sum b. reign

3. short c. cake 3. praise c. here

4. list d. mean 4. flower d. night

5. whose e. weigh 5. hear e. wood

6. park f. said 6. rain f. aim

7. break g. ate 7. by g. peace

8. hair h. shoes 8. knight h. flour

9. way i. hare 9. piece i. some

10. eight j sport 10. would j. buy

 

C. 1. wing a. eat D. 1. no a. money

2. house b. down 2. gun b. cook

3. brown c. enough 3. honey c. mind

4. talk d. trouble 4. kind d. lay

5. double e. hall 5. earn e. dart

6. meat f. sing 6. took f. know

7. pack g. palm 7. play g. treasure

8. tall h. back 8. die h. done

9. rough i. mouse 9. heart i. learn

10. calm j. walk 10. measure j. my

 

Activity 9. Put the words in the box into the correct column according to

The sound.

 

  calm tall careful polite rough false greedy sly perverse fussy kind easy-going conceit double-faced sincere hard-hearted smart bright impartial courageous stupid cordial harsh discreet neat busy talkative quick-tempered decent clumsy wise reserved weak awful  

 

 

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Activity 10. Read the text.

Queuing is as British as Big Ben. It is a symbol of Britain and British life as traditional as the bowler hat and as popular as the Sunday joint. If a Briton wants to catch a bus or take a train, he queues. He queues to make a telephone call. he queues to see an exhibition. It has been said that wherever two or more Britons are gathered together, they form a queue. If no one else is around, a true Briton will form a queue by himself.

But what lies behind this curious custom? Why does everyone obey the unwritten rules? Why stand and wait when you can push in front of everyone else? The answer lies in the British sense of fair play. In other countries the weak and the slow may get pushed aside in the rush, the lame and the old may get left behind, but in Britain all have their turn, if all are prepared to wait.

But do not be deceived by the apparently placid picture of a queue. As long as everyone keeps their place, all is well. But the moment someone puts a foot out of line, pandemonium breaks loose. Old ladies wave their sticks, City gentlemen brandish umbrellas and insults fill the air. The innocent visitor will receive no mercy from an outraged queue.

So, when in London, do as the British do – and whatever happens, don’t step out of line!

( from:London Life by Sandra Alfry, 1978)

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Activity 11. Distribute the adjectives according to the qualities of people