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The consonant sounds /θ/ and /ð/.
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isten to the sound / θ / on its own. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this consonant sound.
The tip of the tongue moves forward and occupies a position between the upper and lower teeth. The air passes through the narrowing of the air-passage formed between the upper teeth and the tip of the tongue. The soft palate is raised, the vocal cords are not made to vibrate.
Listen and repeat.
Mouth, thumb, thick, path.
Three, thirst, thin, thread, hearth.
Thin, three, thanks, sheath.
Read these examples of the sound / θ / in initial, medial and final position .
thick
thought
healthy
something
myth
earth
thing
thief
birthday
arithmetic
oath
both
three
theme
anything
faithful
hearth
length
thank
theory
author
cathedral
moth
fourth
think
thaw
truthful
earthquake
breath
cloth
Read the sound / θ / in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.
/θ/
sick
thick
sick
boat
both
boat
free
three
free
Listen to the sounds in contrast and repeat.
/ s/ and / θ /
Mouse – mouth, sum – thumb, sick – thick, sink – think, pass – path.
/ f/ and / θ /
Free – three, first – thirst, fin – thin, Fred – thread, half – hearth.
/t/ and /θ/
Tin – thin, tree – three, tanks – thanks, sheet – sheath.
L isten to the sound /ð/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this consonant sound.
The English /ð/ is formed like the English /θ/ except that the vocal cords are in vibration, the tongue is less tense and occupies a rather lower position.
Listen and repeat.
Than, they, there, those, either.
Bathe, clothe, with, breathe, booth, scythe.
Read these examples of the sound / ð / in initial, medial and final position.
they |
them |
other |
another |
with |
then |
there |
weather |
within |
soothe |
than |
thus |
clothes |
leather |
breathe |
these |
though |
rather |
although |
sunbathe |
Read the sound / ð / in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.
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/ð/ |
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breed |
breathe |
breed |
den |
then |
den |
van |
than |
van |
Listen to the sounds in contrast and repeat.
/ d/ and / ð /
Dan – than, day – they, dare – there, doze – those, Ida – either.
/ z/ and / ð /
Bays – bathe, close – clothe, whizz – with, breeze – breathe, boos – booth, size – scythe.
Listen and repeat. Practise these questions and answers:
What’s this? – This is the zoo.
What are those? – Those are zebras.
What’s that? – That’s a zebu.
What’s this? – This is Z.
What’s that? – That’s zero.
What are these? – These are zips.
Who’s that? – That’s Zack.
ІХ. Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sounds / θ / and / ð /.
Martha Smith’s an author and an athlete.
My father and mother live together with my other brother.
Х. Listen to the dialogue (Sound Right 36.2). Intone it. Learn and reproduce it, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sounds / θ / and / ð /.
ХІ. Learn the following graphical rules:
Spelling |
/θ/ |
“th” (three), BUT in a few names of places and people, TH is pronounced as /t/ (Thailand, Thomas, Thames) |
/ð/ |
“th” (then) |
ХІІ. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the proverbs and sayings. Learn them:
Birds of feather flock together.
When three Thursdays come together.
Wealth is nothing without health.
ХІІІ. Read the text as fast as you can and learn the following tongue twisters:
The Throng of Thermometers.
The Throng of Thermometers from The Thuringian Thermometer Folks arrived on Thursday. There were a Thousand Thirty-Three Thick Thermometers, Though, instead of a Thousand Thirty-six Thin Thermometers, which was Three Thermometers fewer Than The Thousand Thirty-six we were expecting, not to mention That They were Thick ones raTher Than Thin ones. We Thoroughly Thought That we had ordered a Thousand Thirty-six, not a Thousand Thirty-Three Thermometers, and asked The Thuringian Thermometer Folk to reship The Thermometers; Thin, not Thick. They apologized for sending only a Thousand Thirty-Three Thermometers raTher Than a Thousand Thirty-six and promised to replace The Thick Thermometers wiTh Thin Thermometers.
There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.
Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be hot,
We’ll weather the weather whatever the weather whether we like it or not.
The vowel sound /3:/.
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isten to the sound / 3: / on its own. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this long vowel sound.
The tongue is in the middle part of the mouth cavity. It is almost flat and slightly raised. The tip of the tongue is near the lower teeth, the jaw is slightly lowered. The lips are neutral.
Listen and repeat.
Shirt, hurts, burn, bird, berg, girl.
Read these examples of the sound / 3:/.
shirt
word
girl
berth
earn
were
worst
affirm
journal
expert
burn
bird
fur
journey
confer
heard
birth
burn
early
excursion
hurt
her
learn
murder
further
Read the contrasted sounds. Transcribe the words.
/3:/ /i:/ /3:/ /o:/
term – team burn - born
her – heat turn - torn
firm – feet her - horn
shirt – sheet worse – forth
Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sounds / 3: /.
The girl heard the nurse work.
It’s the worst journal in the world.
I affirm if you learn all words, you become an interpreting expert and earn a lot.
Can you confirm early morning’s murder?
We were heard talking about journeys and excursions.
Listen to the dialogue (Sound Right 16.2). Intone it. Learn and reproduce it, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sound / 3: /.
Learn the following graphical rules:
Vowel / 3: / is represented in spelling by:
The letters “e, i, u, y” followed by “r” /third syllable –type/ (term, bird, fur)
“ear” + a consonant (earth, heard) BUT: heart, hearth /a: /
“wor” (work, word)
“our” (journal, journey)
Find Ukrainian equivalents to the proverbs and sayings. Learn them:
Murder will out.
It’s an early bird that catches the first worm.
First come, first served.
Live and learn.
As is the workman, so is the work.
Learn the following tongue twister and read the text as fast as you can:
The vowel sound /ә /.
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isten to the sound / ә /. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this short vowel sound.
In pronouncing the English / ә / the position of the tongue and lips resembles that of / 3: /, but the tongue is lower. The lips are neutral.
Listen and repeat.
A photograph of Barbara, a glass of water, a pair of binoculars, a photograph of her mother and father, a book about South America.
Read these examples of the sound / ә /.
Weak A: away banana woman sugar about aroma collar
Weak E: garden paper under bigger worker agent patent
Weak O: police doctor correct today kingdom seldom ivory
Weak U: support figure August chorus ketchup treasure
Other: “re” litre metre theatre fibre; “ou” colour labour neighbour
Read this story aloud. The spelling has been changed to show you when to make the sound / ә /.
Barbәrә spent Satәrday aftәnoon looking әt ә beautiful book әbout South әmericә.
“I want tә go tә South әmericә,” she said tә hәself.
Thә next morning, when Barbәrә woke up it wәs six ә’clock, әnd hә brothәs and sistәs wә still әsleep. Barbәrә looked әt thәm, and closed hәr eyes әgain.
Then she quiәtly got out әf bed әnd started tә pack hә suitcase.
She took sәme comfәtәble clothes out әf thә cupbәd. She packed ә pair әf binoculәs әnd hә sistә’s camәrә. She packed ә photәgraph әf hәself әnd one әf hә mothәr and fathә.
“I mustn’t fәget tә have sәme breakfәst,” she said tә hәself. Bәt then she looked әt thә clock. It wәs ә quartә tә seven.
“I’ll jәst drink ә glass әf watә,” she said.
“ә glass әf watә,” she said.
“Watә,” she said әnd opened hәr eyes.
She wәs still in hә bed, әnd hә brothәs әnd sistәs wә laughing әt hә.
“Tell әs what you wә dreaming әbout,” they said tә hә.
Bәt Barbәrә didn’t answә. She wәs thinking әbout hә wondәful journey tә South әmericә.
Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sounds / ә /.
I ate an apple and a banana in a cinema in Canada.
Papa bought me a balloon at the circus.
Anna has another parasol.
She gave me some chocolate when I went away.
The pilot jumped from the balloon in a parachute.
A buffalo, a zebra and a gorilla escaped from the circus.
The famous attorney submitted an appeal.
He fell asleep on the sofa.
Learn the following graphical rules:
Vowel / ә / is represented in spelling by:
The letter “a” in prefixes (about)
In suffixes “er, or, ar, our, ous” (teacher, doctor, cellar, neighbour, famous)
“a, o, u” when non-accented (sofa, atom, column)
The /υ/-gliding diphthongs /aυ / and /әυ/.