V. Listen and repeat
Cup, hut, cut, bun, much, cluck.
VI. Read these examples of the sound /۸/.
| shut | blood | flood | country | son |
| much | cut | ton | son | mother |
| luck | young | rough | courage | trouble |
| come | does | dove | duck | sun |
| must | cup | hut | couple | such |
VII. Listen to the sounds /۸/ and / α: / in contrast and repeat.
cup-carp bun-barn
hut-heart much-march
cut-cart cluck-clerk
VIII. Read the contrasted sounds / α: / and /۸ /. Transcribe the words.
luck - lark heart - hut
cud - card cart - cut
duck - dark barn - bun
lust - last march - much
bucks - barks
ІХ.Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sounds / α: / and /۸ /.
· My mother’s brother’s my uncle; my uncle’s son’s my cousin.
· Your uncle took the umbrella upstairs.
· My puppy loves to run.
· You must go to lunch but come back for supper.
· The ugly duck is under the hut.
· Put some honey on the bun, Mother.
· Aunt Martha lives near Marble Arch, which isn’t far.
Х. Listen to the dialogue (Sound Right 11.1). Intone it. Learn and reproduce it, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sounds / α: / and /۸/.
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- I rather think it can’t bark, Arnold.
- Can’t bark? But if it can’t bark, it can’t guard the house. Ask it to bark, Margaret.
- Er… er… Can’t you… bark?
- Bark, can’t you! Bark! Bark!
- Arnold can bark.
ХІ. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the proverbs and sayings.Learn them:
/α: /
1. He laughs best, who laughs last.
2. After a storm comes a calm.
3. Each dog barks in his own yard.
4. Art is long, life is short.
/ ۸ /
1. So many countries, so many customs.
2. Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
3. Love me, love my dog.
4. When two Sundays come together.
5. A storm in a tea cup.
6. A man is known by the company he keeps.
7. As snug as a bug in a rug.
8. As hungry as a hunter.
ХІІ. Learn the following tongue twister:
Double bubble gum bubbles double.
The vowel sounds /ס /and /o:/
I. Listen to the sound /ס/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this short vowel sound.
The blade of the tongue is retracted. The back of the tongue is only slightly raised. The lips are rounded. The jaw is lowered./ס /.