Sound Practice

A. Listen to the following word combinations, write them down. Explain the changes in the position of speech organs in the process of producing different vowels. Do it in writing.

dove saw

hot water

she said

ant gets

pick up

this leaf

dove dropped

along the road

tree leaves

shoot at

on the

his arrow

went up

cooed the dove

the arrow missed

after all

too little

be helpful

B. Listen to the following sound contrasts, practise their pronunciation, transcribe the words you hear.

ant – get

pick – leaf

drop – water

ant – danger

get – out

ant – went

get – got

thank – ant

then – than

missed – most

called hot

ant – help

will – would

shoot – shot

arrow – made

lamb – leg

cooed – dove

just – ant

so – soon

called – onto

C. Find all examples of qualitative and quantitative changes of the vowel in the definite article “the”, prepositions and particles.

/ // (particle) // (preposition)

// / / 

/ // / 

/ 

/ 

/ 

/ 

/

/ /

/ 

/ 

Intonation Practice

A. Listen to the fable and choose the words of gratitude. Use the texts you worked on at you practical classes (pp. 2, 14, 15). Write down the words of gratitude, lay stress-and-tone marks, give their tonograms and define their intonation patterns in different speech situations. Establish the intonation patterns of gratitude. Do it in writing.

B. Listen to the following dialogues and exercises, concentrate on the intonation of gratitude. Compare the intonation of gratitude in the texts you have just heard with that of you worked on at Task A :

Ex. 8. Listen to Mr Watkins and his secretary, Miss Roke:

Miss R.: Here’s the letter from Mr Harris, Mr. Watkins.

Mr W.: Thank you, Miss Roke.

Miss R.: Would you like Mr McGill’s letter, too?

Mr W.: No, thank you.

Miss R.: Oh ... shall I bring you the last year’s accounts?

Mr W.: Yes, please.[Intonation Practice, Ian Thompson, p.6].

C. Listen to the following phrases of gratitude used in different situations. Comment on the social status of the speakers. Define a set of intonation means expressing gratitude in the dialogues you hear. Suggest your own situations illustrating your understanding of the phenomenon.

Ex.9. , Ex.10 .[Ian Thompson, p.6-7].

Comprehension Practice

A. Listen to the fable. Write down your answers to the following questions revealing the plot of the fable.

1. Where did an ant go one day?

2. What happened to him?

3. Who helped him?

4. What did the dove do to help the ant get out of water?

5. What did the dove drop in the water?

6. What was a man going to do one day?

7. Why did the ant bite the man on the leg?

h) Why did the arrow miss the dove?

B. Listen to the text, divide it into communicative blocks, entitle them.

C. Listen to the fable, find the logical centre of each communicative block and of the whole text. Write them down.

D. Listen to the jumbled sentences and put them in the right order to complete the fable.

1. “Thank you little ant,” cooed the dove.

2. . It will be like a little boat.

3. Soon after, a man came along with a bow and arrow.

4. “I will help you one day.”

5. This made the man jump and his arrow went up into the sky.

6. So the dove dropped a leaf in the water and the ant climbed onto it.

7. He saw the dove on the tree and was going to shoot at her.

8. But he fell in and could not get out.

9. “You did help me after all.”

10. Just then the ant came along and bit the man on the leg.

11. A dove saw that the ant was in danger.

12. The arrow missed the dove, so she flew away out of danger.

13. “I must help him,” she said.

n) “Thank you, Mrs. Dove,” called the ant.

o) “If I pick up this leaf and drop it in the water, the ant can get on it”

p) One hot day, an ant went to the river to get a drink of water.

E. Listen to the fable again. Find 7 mistakes in the fable, correct them in writing.

One autumn day, an ant went to the river to get a drink of water. But he fell in and could not get out. A dove saw that the ant was in danger. “I must help him,” she said. “If I pick up this sheet of paper and drop it in the water, the ant can get on it. It will be like a little boat.”

So the dove dropped a leaf in the water and the ant climbed onto it. “Thank you, Mrs. Dove,” called the ant. “I will help you one day.”

Soon after, a man came along with a gun. He saw the dove in the sky and was going to shoot at her. Just then the ant came along and bit the man on the cheek. This made the man fall down and his arrow went up into the sky. The arrow missed the dove, so she flew away out of danger.

“Thank you little ant,” cooed the dove. “You did help me after all.”

Moral: No one is too little to be harmful.