Lesson 3
І. REVISION
1. Read the words. Put the transcription signs above them.
1. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [еə], [еɪ], [æ], [a:]
Plate, pat, park, parents
2. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [і: ], [е ], [ɜ: ], [ɪə]
pet, pert, here, Peter
3. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [əʊ], [ ɒ], [ɔ: ]
lot, store, bone, form
4. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [јu:], [ ˄], [ɜ: ], [ јuə:]
cure, tub, tube, turn
5. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ɑɪ], [і], [ɜ: ], [ɑɪə]
first, fired, fill, file
6. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ɑɪ], [ і], [ ɜ: ], [ ɑɪə]
Byrd, style, tyre, gyps
2. Match the sounds to the letters. Then match the words to the sounds.
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[æ],[ ˄], [ ɒ], [е ], [і ], [і: ], [əʊ],[(ј)u:],[еɪ], [ɑɪ],[a:], [ɜ:], [ɔ:],[ɪə],[ɑɪə],[јuə:], [е], [ə], [еə]
butter, my, note, ban, fly, here, term, bite, name, mere, bede, fat, port, hare, wire,
pure, surf, Pete, dare, better, top, he, nut, ladder, bare, born, fun, home, cure,
hire, bet, tune, bye, fare, fire, lot, due, dark, doctor, mad, but, it, fume, not, fin,
lord, tyre, fate, let, vote, bit, pet, true, blame, bar, mine, bird, blue, fade, park, sere.
3. Read the words. Mind the reading of consonants.
[kw] quite, quick, quaver, quiz, quit, quest.
[z] visit, wise, museum, season, rise, rose, nose
[ð] bathe, breathe, these, that, those
[gz] exam, exist, exert, example, exempt
[Ɵ] path, thick, thin, three, thunder, theme
[ks] box, fox, sex, six, exit, next, text, fax
[n] knee, knot, not, knife, nine, neck, knock, nod
[s] kiss, miss, mess, pass, class, dress, press
[l] till, still, fill, tell, bell, fell, bill
[g] get, got, gate, grape, gum, garlic, glimpse
[s] face, rice, place, pencil, cycle, cent, centre
[k] coke, cricket, cry, crime, card, care, cure, code, cork, black, clock, pack, pick
[w] - [v] west, wine, vest, vine, wet, vet.
4. Find the odd word out:
VOWELS CONSONANTS
1.cure – cut – pure –mure 1. visit – rose – horse – wise
2. dare - care – bare – bar 2. path – bathe – these –that
3. for – born - Bob – store 3. exam –example – text – exist
4. her – hen – sir – purple 4. knot - kit – knee – knife
5. fire – tire – lie –wire 5. gentle – jam – got – gene
6.here – hire – mere –sere 6. candle – city – pace –cent
7. member – letter – doctor –herd 7. vest- west – woke - well
5. Read the words and write the missing phonetic symbols in the transcription:
lack [l _ _] cynic [ _ in _ _]
wince [ _ in _ ] stroke [ _ tr _ _ k]
jog [ _ _ɒ _ ] project [ pr ɒ _ _e _ t]
size [s _ _ _] quake [ _ _ eik]
germ [ _ _ _ m] frogs [ f_ ɒ _ _ ]
II. VOWELS
1. Vowel combinations.
a) Listen to the pronunciation of the words in the right column. Choose the right sign to fill
in the brackets: [ᵤ:], [јᵤ:] [a:], [і:], [aʊ], [əʊ], [ᵤ ], [ai], [і:], [ai].
[ ] past, pass, glass, ask, father ………………………………………..
a + ss, st, sk, th
[ ] day, pay, pain, wait ………………………………………………..
ay, ai
[ ] piece, niece, receive, deceive……………………………………….
ie, ei
[ ] child, mild, mind, kind……………………………………………..
ild, (nd)
[ ] meet, sleep, eat, seat……………………………………………….
ee, ea
[ ] few, new, nephew, view……………………………………………
ew
[ ][ ] book, look, hook, good, tool, fool, moon………………………….
oo, oo
[ ] down, now, cloud, shout……………………………………………
ou, ow
[ ] yellow, fellow………………………………………………………
ow
[ ] bold, cold, coat, load………………………………………………..
oa, old (nd)
[ ] push, bull……………………………………………………………
u after p, b
b) Fill in the right line with the words given below:
sparrow, paint, cow, Mathew, boat, class, way, clean, pay, spoon, broom, count, tease,
find, ground, sweet, cook, tail, fast, bush, rather, feet, brown, leave, wood, sound, saint,
room, old, may, basket, put, train, task, wild, field, crowd, stew.
2. The same or different?
Put a tick [ ٧] if the vowel sounds are the same and a cross [x] if there is a different sound
a) clean, green, receive, bind
b) pay, about, paint, wait
c) rule, moon, fool, spoon
d) down, town, yellow, house
e) out, proud, brown, amount
f) past, task, class, pass
g) how, hew, new, pew
h) good, look, book, hook
i) wild, kind, blind, find
j) sparrow, yellow, now, fellow
k) bold, boat, coat, load
l) piece, ceiling, receive, deceive
3. Read after the teacher, then individually, in pairs| groups.
1. Matthew and his nephew eat sweets on the ground floor.
2. Don’t push him.
3. Find the basket on the grass.
4. Don’t sleep on your seat.
5. Take a broom and clean the room.
6. Money spent on brain is never spent in vain.
7. Let’s play the game again.
8. Take a place in the train to Wales.
9. Cast the last nasty card.
10. Don’t shout while pronouncing sounds.
11. The clown came down to our town.
12. She shouted loudly when she found a mouse in the flowers near the house.
IIІ. CONSONANTS
1.a) Listen to the pronunciation of the words in the right column and choose the
right sign to fill in the brackets [ ʃ ], [ h ], [ ŋ ], [ r ], [ w ], [ tʃ ], [ ŋk ], [ tʃə], [ ŋg]
[ ][ ] what, when, why_______________________________
wh who, whose __________________________________
[ ] write, wrist, wry_______________________________
wr __________________________________
[ ] fish, blush, shape_______________________________
sh __________________________________
[ ] match, bench, cheese ___________________________
ch, tch ___________________________________________
[ ] nature, future, picture __________________________
ture ____________________________________________
[ ][ ] ring, sang, morning ____________________________
ng English,language_____________________________________
[ ][ ] bank, rink, think ____________________________________
nk
a) Fill in the right line with the words given below:
catch, pink, wrong, rank, structure, creature, dish, bring, wrap, cash, sink, wing, hungry,
strong, wrest, sheep, angry, chest, feature, shadow, stitch, whole, while.
2. Sort these words out according to the pronunciation of wh:
what
who
why
[w] when [ h]
whose
whirl
wheel
whole
white
3. Read and write the transcription signs [ ʃ ] or [ tʃ ] above the corresponding
sound and read the words:
[ ] - [ ] [ ] - [ ]
She’s – cheese sheep – cheap
[ ] - [ ] [ ] - [ ]
Shoes – choose match – bench
[ ] - [ ] [ ] - [ ]
cash – flash cheat – sheet
[ ] - [ ] [ ] - [ ]
butch – bush cherry - sherry
4. Look at the spider below and complete each word with the suffix [ ture ]. Read
after the teacher.
litera + ____ pic + ________
agricul + ____ [ tʃə] lec + _______
fea + _____ cul + _______
5. Sort the words out according to the pronunciation of the sounds [ŋ],[n],[ŋk],[ ŋg]
[ŋ] [n] [ŋk] [ ŋg]
English, ban, bank, bang, think, fang, thin, language, fan, sing, sank, thing, song, sink.
6. Read after the teacher, then individually and in pairs.
° He likes the English language.
° Most Scotch children like cheese.
° Why did the teacher ask such a question?
° She sells sea-shells on the sea shore.
° And the shells she sells are good.
° Five fellows went fishing on Friday.
° A good cook cooks with a cookery book.
IV. TRANSCRIPTION
1. Choose the correct transcription for the following words:
chase [ʃeiz] [tʃes ] [tʃeiz]
wreath [wri: Ɵ] [ri:Ɵ] [wi: ð]
knife [ naif ] [knaif ] [nif]
creature [sri: tʃə] [kri: tʃuə] [kri: tʃuə]
washing [wæʃinɡ] [wɔ: tʃiŋ] [wɔʃiŋ]
whole [həul] [wəul] [hɔl]
whether [heƟə] [we: ðə] [he: ðə]
shadow [tʃædəu] [ʃædəu] [sædəu]
English [iŋɡliʃ] [iŋkliʃ] [inɡliʃ]
think [Ɵink] [ðiŋk] [Ɵiŋk]
sound [səund] [saund] [zaund]
basket [b˄skit] [ba:zkit] [ba:skit]
leave [li:v] [liv] [lev]
cow [səuv] [kau] [kəuv]
jeep [dʒi:p] [dʒep] [dʒip]
IV. INTONATION AND STRESS
1.Read after the teacher. Mind the tones. What else can you notice in the pattern?
A teacher or an artist a politician or a mechanic
A waiter or a driver an actor or a translator
A manager or a doctor a singer or an electrician
Complete the rule: If the next word after “or” starts with a vowel, read [ɔ:] as [ ]
and link it with this vowel.
2.Link and put tones. Listen to the teacher and compare your variants. Read in pairs.
1. A good waiter or a bad waiter?
Is he a good waiter or a bad waiter?
2. An American or a Frenchman?
Is he an American or a Frenchman?
3. Twenty or thirty?
Is she twenty or thirty?
4. A flat or a house?
Have you got a flat or a house?
5. Single or married?
Are you single or married?
Finish the rule: We pronounce the first alternative with the [ ] tone, and the
second one with the [ ] tone.
