- •We are very little creatures,
- •Where is…?
- •It gave him a crack,
- •1. Which is the largest ocean?
- •In a bad mood Spoiled plans
- •Vain It was a warming party.
- •I knew hardly anyone.
- •10. … Are for the lakes as … are for oceans.
- •( G. Macdonald)
- •Reading Test
- •My search
- •Reading test
- •The Sleeping Bag
- •In dismay the cat sighed Little kittens, Little kittens
- •Reading Test
- •Reading Test
- •Reading Test
- •The crooked man
- •In a little cute crooked house.
- •Reading test
- •Winter morning
- •I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
- •Test reading.
- •I must and will deny:
- •Philosophic Advice
- •Eve Merriam
- •I think it’s queer
- •Reading test
- •I picked some wisps of weeds to eat.
- •I was wary in their curling.
- •Reading Test. Read the words according to the reading rules.
- •Think of me.
- •It was a great sensation!
- •It was her emotional explanation and declaration.
- •It was a great sensation!
- •The abc of Happiness
- •A Cradle Song
- •If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper,
- •She sells sea shells on the sea shore
- •Where are you going, Solomon Grundy
- •Grizzly Bear
- •Heart – heart attack – heart break – heartland – heartfelt – kindhearted – heartless – heartsick – hearty heart-to-heart
- •The Telephone
- •Alfred h. Miles
- •Alfred h. Miles
- •The Listening Woods.
- •I have two legs with which I walk,
- •Donkey and monkey.
- •The Brook
- •A. Tennyson
- •It only doubles troubles and troubles others, too.
- •I know tow chaps and yet a third
- •Spring Rain Rain, rain, rain, April rain,
- •Bite-kitw-five-quite-side-knife-ice-nice-dice-rice-price-size-tie
- •The climate is mild on this island.
- •²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [au].
- •Autumn Leaves
- •Bear – beer – bar mare – mere – mar
- •The Song for the Children
- •I heard music unawares upstairs, downstairs,
- •Joe Wallace
- •Part III. Stress
- •In columns.
- •B. Answer the questions about Jane using the words in the box.
- •Part IV
- •Practise in reading and explain the reading rules.
- •A man of words
- •In Heaven’s high bower,
- •The trees The poplar is a French Tree a drives-his-roots-in-deep tree,
- •Request
- •Age and youth
- •Is there any reason known?
- •Perfect your perfect English!
- •17. Read the questions below and fill in with the correct answer.
- •Activity 18. Spelling Bee
- •I once met a beautiful lady
- •Save Our Planet
- •2. Read the song and find the rhyming words.
- •Career Prospects
- •How the water comes down at Lodore
- •Its tumult and wrath in,
- •It hastens along, conflicting strong;
- •Its caverns and rocks among,
- •R. Southey
- •English for foreigners
- •I take it you already know
- •I'd mastered it when I was five!
- •Краткий справочник. Правила чтения английских слов.
- •I [ə:] girl
Spring Rain Rain, rain, rain, April rain,
You are feeding seeds and grain,
You are raising plants and crops
With your gaily sparkling drops.
²Activity 7. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.
Learn one of them by heart.
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
Jane bakes eight cakes.
[ ai ]
²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [e].
A.
Bite-kitw-five-quite-side-knife-ice-nice-dice-rice-price-size-tie
by-my-fly-sky-cry-fry-spy-try-buy-guy
tight-right-flight-fight-sight-light-might-bright-night-knight
kind-find-mind
wild
either-neither
July-deny-comply-clarify-terrify-supply
B.
buy – buy back – buyer – buyout wild – wildebeest – wilderness – wildfire
cry – outcry – crybaby – crying light – skylight – lighter – lighthouse
tie – necktie – tiebreak – tie-dyed blind – snow-blind – blindness – blind trust
fly – gadfly – flyer – fly fishing sight – eyesight – sightless – sightseeing
tile – reptile – tiled – tiling isle – island – islander – isolated island
mild – mildly – mild cheese wide – world-wide – widely – widen
Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice
Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
[ai] [ i ]
mild – milk shy – shift sine – sin nine – nimble
kind – king pipe – pip tie – trig rhyme – rhythm
knight – knit price – prince tight – tick wine – win
night – nit prime – primp time – tilt wind(n) – wind(v)
Activity 3. Practice the reading of the words.
-ight
fright – frighten – frightened – frighteners – frightful
right – right angle – right click – right hand – Mr. Right
tight – tighten – tight-fitting – tights
night – nightmare – nightdress – nightfall
knight – knighthood – knightly – Knightsbridge
-ild -ind
wild – mild – mildly – child – childish
kind – find – rind – bind – blind – grind – behind – mind – remind
Activity 4. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.
Activity 5. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
The climate is mild on this island.
Out of sight, out of mind.
I’d like you to write your reply
on Friday.
Time flies.
My child is bright.
I had a white night.
A red sky at night, it will be delight.
What’s the price and the size of
that nice bright tie?
Neither fish nor flesh.
I’m twice your size, Lisa.
Try my pie, Ira.
That guy might buy my cycle.
I quite like Mike.
Married in white, you have chosen
just right.
²Activity 6. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [ai].
[ au ]
BUT! [ u ] BUT! [כu]
²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [au].
A.
out-lout-loud-rout-proud-cloud-shout-mouth-south-blouse-house-louse-mouse-rouse-trousers-amount-hound-mound-pound-round-sound
owe-owl-fowl-jowl-how-cow-now-gown-crown-brown-mown-town
B.
town – downtown – town centre – town house – townsfolk – township
now – right now – not now – nowadays – just now
round – roundabout – round down – round out – round-table – round-trip
sound – sound card – sound effects – soundless – soundtrack
mouth – mouthful – mouthwash – mouthwatering – mouthy
ground – underground – ground floor – ground level – groundless
crown – crowned head – crowning glory – crown prince – crown princess
Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice
Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
A. [ au ] [כu]
crown – crow doubt – dome loud – low
row – row foul – folklore pound – prone
gown – goal mountain – motor round – rose
sound – sow gouge – go out – over
shout – show growl – grow pounce – poultry
clown – own how – hole now – know
B. [ au ] [כu] [כ:]
down – dough – door mouth – most – more
lounge – low – law roust – roast – roar
town – tone – tore mouth – motion – more
house – host – horse noun – known – nor
hound – hone – horn oust – own – ought
south – soap – saw cow – cope – core
power – pose – pause stout – stone – store
Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.
Can you find Russian versions for them?
Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
Our townhouse has a brown mouse.
We found our gowns downtown.
Are we allowed to speak aloud?
Mr. Brown was not allowed to go out of the house.
His proposal didn’t arouse my interest.
I found a pound on the ground.
The trousers were brown and the blouses were dark brown.
This part of the town was overcrowded.
His house was in the downtown.
Without doubt.
Activity 5. Read the poem. Mind the sound [au].