Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. [כu] [כ:] boll – ball load – lord tone – torn
[כu] [כ:] boll – ball load – lord tone – torn
bolt – board loan – lawn cone – corn
choke – chalk moan – morning bone – born
comb – corn moat – mortal drone – drawn
coat – court mobile – morbid note – naught
dole – door stoke – stork pole – Paul
Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.
Can you find Russian versions for them?
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Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
Oh, no! Don’t go.
I suppose so.
Go slow.
Nobody is at home.
Stones grow old.
I don’t suppose you know Rose.
Floe chose to row the old boat.
Throw your stole over your shoulder.
²Activity 5. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [כu].
[ iә]
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²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [iә].
A.
· ear-earring-earphone-earshot-earmark-clear-fear-dear-hear-spear-tear-sear
· beer-peer-deer-sheer-queer-career-volunteer
· here-sphere-sincere-severe
· idea-ideal-Korea-theatre
· fierce-tierce-pierce
· obviously-serious-curious-furious
· museum – period – audience – familiar
B. deer – deerskin tear – tier tear – tearless
dear – dearness rear – rearward tier – frontier
deer – dearer sphere – atmosphere near – sneer
clear – nuclear pierce – piercing hear – here
near – linear hear – hearsay peer – pierce
C.
· fear – fearful – fearsome
· sincere – insincere – sincerely
· ear – earache – ear drops
· fierce – fierceness – fiercely
· hear – hearsay – hearing
· here – hereafter – hereby
· idea – ideal – idealist
· obvious – obviousness
· clear – clearance – clear cut
· near – nearby – nearly
· peer – peerage – peeress
· serious – seriousness
Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice
Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
A. [iә] [εƏ] [ai]
here – hair – higher pier – pare – pie ear – air – eye fear – fair – fire dear – dare – dive steer – stare – style
sneer – snare – snipe tear – tare – tie cheer – chair – chime beer – bear – buy spear – spare – spy mere – mare – my
B. [ i ] [ i: ] [iә]
hit – heat – here fit – feed – fear limb – lean – linear
bit – beat – beer sit – sea – sear din – dean – dear
did – deed – deer ship – sheep – shear pit – Peter – pier
pit – speed – spear tin – teen – tear whim – weed – weird
Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.
Can you find Russian versions for them?
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Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
I fear he is far from being sincere.
It’s cashmere, my dear.
The day was clear and we went to the pier.
Have you read W. Shakespeare’s “King Lear”?
Really, dear!
All is queer here!
Can you hear clearly from here?
The theatre is somewhat near here.
All people are very sincere.
His appearance is clear.
Activity 5. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [iә].
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[εƏ]
²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [εƏ].
A.
· hare-dare-fare-care-scare-rare-ware-bare-square-share-mare
· air-fair-pair-hair-chair-lair-stairs
· where-Mary-parent-variant
B. hair – haircut pare – compare mare – nightmare
chair – chairman fare – farewell wear – underwear
rare – rarebit share – shareholder where – everywhere
flare – flaring ware – warehouse pair – despair
fare – fanfare bare – barefaced bare – barefooted
C.
· air – airport – airsick – aircrew
· dare – daredevil – daring
· fare – taxi fare – fare stage
· fair – fare haired – fairy
· hair – hairdresser – hairstyle
· care – great care – careless
· rare – rare field – rarebit
· mare – nightmare
· pare – parent – parentage
· share – share out – shareware
· tear – tear in – tear way
· wear – wear and tear – wearer
²Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice