- •The Syllable. The Principles of Syllable Division. The nature of the syllable.
- •Syllable division rules for simple words and parts of compound words
- •The Primary and the Secondary Meaning of Letters.
- •Reading of vowels in stressed syllables
- •The Primary Sound Meanings of Vowels in Different Types of Syllables.
- •Test II
- •Reading of Stressed Vowels in Combination with Letter ”r”
- •Idioms, sayings:
- •Reading of Vowel Digraphs*
- •Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
- •Reading of digraphs “oo”, “ou” in homographes:
- •Vowel Letter Combinations
- •Reading of Unstressed Vowels.
- •Reading of Consonants
- •Reading of “c, g, j”
- •Reading of Endings -(e)s, -(e)d
- •Reading of combinations of vowels with consonants.
- •Mute Consonants
- •Reading of English Consonant Clusters
- •Reading of “ng, nk”
- •Reading of letter “n”
- •Revision and Consolidation Practice
- •I) Each word here has the sound [u:]. How many ways are there to spell this sound? Arrange the words into the groups:
- •Additional Practice in Reading and Memory Work
Test II
Divide into groups and transcribe these words:
Cinema, never, crying, stupid, numeral, uncle, Monday, figure-skating, war, river, panic, staff, hunting, transport.
primary alphabetical meaning |
primary short meaning |
secondary meaning |
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Find the odd word:
a) doing, hunting, uncle, cinema, magic
b) stupid, trying, Friday, April, silly
c) student, numeral, never, crying, being
3. Transcribe the words:
Fibre, April, going, render, family, avid, cavity, facet, lady, fever, over, funeral, fencing.
Reading of Stressed Vowels in Combination with Letter ”r”
VOWEL LETTERs + “R”
vowel |
+ “r” + vowel + vowel + ”r” + vowel + ”l/n” |
+ “r” + consonant + final “r” |
Aa |
[εə] fair, fare |
[α:] farm, far |
Ee |
[ıə] here, hero, neon |
[3:] herbal, her |
Ii |
[aıə] liar, fire, giant |
[3:] firm, fir |
Oo |
[ :] boar, more |
[ :] north, for |
Uu |
[(j)υə] pure, sure, fuel |
[3:] surf, fur |
Yy |
[aıə] tyrant |
[3:] byrd |
Ex.4.1
a) Name the stressed sound of every line:
share, rare, care, compare, prepare, hare.
here, mere, sphere, material, serial, period.
fire, lyre, hire, tired, wire, satire.
pure, cure, lure, curious, during, secure.
more, shore, explore, before, store.
b) Read these words according to the rules:
Letter “A” (primary short and long meanings):
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farce
arch
scarf
market
alarm
jar
fare
Mary
daring
sharing
snare
care
Letter “E” (primary short and long meanings):
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germ
perch
mercy
verse
concern
German
hero
mere
inhere
era
severe
zero
Letters “I/Y” (primary short and long meanings):
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thirty
birch
smirch
shirk
circle
quirt
fire
lyre
tyre
require
wire
quire
Letter “U” (primary short and long meanings):
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turn
further
lurch
Thursday
curtains
turkey
endure
cure
pure
obscure
fury
curious
Letter “O” (primary short and long meanings):
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storm
mort
orchard
pork
force
thorn
core
shore
score
wore
oral
forehead
Ex.4.2
a) Make words with these beginnings and write them in the correct part of the table:
Beginnings ba fa ra da sta squa ca ha cha Endings r re lf ir rd rt lm |
Words with the vowel [α:] |
Words with the vowel [εə] |
bar |
bare |
b) Divide the words into groups according to the sounds:
Air, bear, deer, square, tour, real, giant, your, near, ear, pair, oar, more, secure, cure, fire, lure, lyre, pure, satire, board, fair, hair, hear, dear, tire, fuel, sore, our, area, near, pier, hour, fire, mere, real, diamond, ear, fierce, science, vary, zero, theory, fuel, ore, millionaire, lair, mere, where, trial, work, earn, sergeant, warm, worm, heart, world, merry, persuade, nurse, harp, early, scarcely, clerk, form, target, learn, hurry, bird, persue, war, firm, circus, turn, farm, earth, word, market, girl, fir, bargain, turkey, mortar, swirl, sword, order, urgently, orchid, appear, observe, persue, surface, disregard, perm, sardines, require, depart, quarrel.
Ex.4.3 Read as quickly as possible:
1. Hares, rare hares, take care of rare hares; my parents take care of rare hares. My parents rarely take care of rare hares and canaries.
2. Football, more than football, basketballs more than football, adore basketball more than football, boys adore basketball more than football, tall boys adore basketball more than football. Almost all tall boys adore basketball more than football.
3. The theory, the theory of this experienced engineer is clear, the theory of this experienced engineer is really clear. My dear! The theory of this experienced engineer is really clear.
4. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
5. Cheers, dear! Cheers! Here’s to the bearded mountaineer!
6. Charming, large and charming, farms are large and charming, gardens and farms are large and charming. The parks, gardens and farms are large and charming.
7. A girl, a circus girl, Pearl is a circus girl, Pearl is a circus girl who works, Pearl is a circus girl who works with birds.
8. Her work, her work in workshop, her work in a dirty workshop, her work in a dirty workshop was the worst. Her work in a dirty workshop was the worst in the world.
Ex.4.4 Pick out the odd word:
term, clerk, serve, perfect.
target, farm, warm, market.
learn, earth, pearl, heart.
Vernon, terrible, merry, hurry.
word, work, world, war.
first, fur, far, turn.
girl, shirk, wire, birch, birth.
earn, learn, heart, early.
worm, worn, world, work.
nurse, lurk, hurry, hurt, suburb.
advertisement, university, reserved, western.
Ex.4.5 Put the words into three columns:
[ɑ:] |
[ɔ:] |
[з:] |
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Tardy, sort, purge, war, heart, dormant, world, port, darling, warm, earn, lord, work, partake, furbish, learn, mortify, clerk, purblind, portly, sergeant, dart, further, partner.
Ex.4.6 Read and transcribe the following sentences:
I’d like to reserve a seat on the ten-thirty flight to Birmingham, on Thursday. My name is Vernon.
I’ll search under the fir trees and the birches, I’ll circle the earth – and I’ll return with a superb firm earthworm for my perfect turtledove.
Pearl will be thirty next birthday. Her perfume from Germany is perfect.
Gregory reported about this story with sarcasm, then he asked rhetorical question.
I always think about misfortune with a horror.
Barbara’s government had a very bad reputation.
Sorry, but I don’t like horror films, I prefer going to the theatre.
Ex.4.7 Complete this conversation using the words in the box. Then listen and check
( , track 4)
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Cars cares stars staires
S id: This is a great life, with no worries or cares!
Joe: It would be nice if we had ________ though, Sid.
Sid: I didn’t say ______, I said ______!
Joe: Oh, I see. Not _______, as in traffic, but ______ with an ES at the end!
Sid: That’s right. I’ve always loved sleeping under the ______.
Joe: But why? There’s hardly any space under the ______!
Sid: No, not ______, ______! You know, little lights in the sky.
Joe: Oh, ______! I thought you said _________, that people walk up!
Ex.4.8 Listen and circle the word you hear ( , track 5)
Heart or hat? She put her hand on her heart\hat.
Nowhere or no way? There’s nowhere\no way to go.
Fair or far? It isn’t fair\far.
Part or port? This is the main part\port of Athens.
Bear or beer? That’s a strong bear\beer.
Come or calm? She told me to come\calm down.
Ex.4.9 Practice reading