6. Practice the pronunciation of the following words.

a)

[t]-[ ð]	[ v - w - w - v]	[d - z - z - ð]
at - this but - that just - this what's - this	very - well very - worried win - victory wet - weather	this is - is this that is - is that there is - is there there was - was there

[ð - s - z - θ]	[r]
this is that thing that is the truth those three months these thousands of thanks	there‿ is there‿ are where‿ is for‿ example	near‿ it more‿ active a pen‿ or‿ a pencil? what colour ‿ is the pen?

b)

[s] - Mike's flat, student's decision, students' decision, accountant's papers.

[z] - girl's doll, engineer's map, country's flag, this year's plan, people's will, this family's friends.

[ız] - Max's books, Mr. Fox's car, Mrs. Patch's husband.

[s] - speaks, helps, sits, breaks, costs, eats, writes, fights, keeps, makes, sleeps, translates.

[z] - reads, leaves, gives, goes, becomes, says, drives, flies, knows, pays, spoils, sends, tells.

[ız] - teaches, freezes, kisses, discusses, loses, watches, sneezes.

c)

[d] - moved, solved, lived, smiled, played, seemed, shaved, closed, answered, opened, considered, joined, enjoyed, carried, occupied, recognized, examined, organized, turned.

[ıd] - translated, visited, waited, elected, consisted, studied, decided, intended, founded, wanted, crowded, surrounded, wounded, landed, included, greeted, reflected, represented.

[t] - asked, worked, walked, helped, liked, missed, discussed, furnished, passed, reached, picked, published, announced, placed, developed, finished.

7. Bead the words. Mind their pronunciation, spelling and meaning.

a) lead - lid, seek - sick, feel - fill, leave - live, seat - sit, eat - it, lark - luck, dark - duck, charm - chum, pool -pull, fool - full, food - foot, chalk - chock, port - pot, court - cot, board - body, raw - wrong.

b) our - hour, peace - piece, cent - sent, knew - new, too -two, sea - see, there - their, whole - hole, fool - full, be -bee, flower - flour, week - weak.

8. Read the sentences several times. Mind the pronunciation of vowels and consonants.

Which is which?

We were very worried.

She was wearing silver ear-rings.

Where's the railway timetable?

What are you waiting for?

Out of sight, out of mind.

Fight fire with fire.

It's never too late to learn.

Never judge from appearances.

9. Read the following affirmative sentences with the proper into­nation.

a) Is this a ↗pencil? ‘Is this a ↗black pencil? 'Are 'these ↗pens? 'Are 'those ‘pens ↗too? 'Is this ↗salt? 'Is there any ↗butter on the plate? 'Do you 'want to ↗eat? 'Have you ever 'been to St. ↗Petersburg? 'Did you 'come 'home ↗late yesterday?

b) A ↗picture, a ↗book and а ↗pen are on the ↗table. There is a ↗table, six ↗chairs and an ↘armchair in this room. I 'like to play ↗football, ↗volleyball, ↗basketball and ↘handball. In the ↗South I'll ↗swim, 'lie in the ↗sun and 'play ↘volleyball.

c) On the ↗wall opposite the ↗window 'there is a 'large ↘map. On the ↗shelves you can 'find many ↗books in 'all 'foreign ↘languages. The ↗apples that are on the ↗plate are ↘ripe. ↗Canada which is situated to the 'North of ↗America is a ↘big country.