Illnesses
Pneumonia, inflammation of the lungs, tonsillitis, quinsy, appendicitis, bronchitis, whooping-cough, dysentery, chicken-pox, cancer, indigestion, insomnia, bleeding, sunstroke, sunburn, poisoning, burn, injury, nausea, swelling, dislocation.
Professions
Agronomist, auto, mechanic, ballerina, bank-teller, carpenter, correspondent, combine operator, dancer, draftsman, designer, dentist, engineer, electrician, economist, fashion model, fisherman, fireman, founder, gardener, journalist, librarian, lab-technician, locomotive engineer, musician, miner, nurse, postman, pig-tender, salesman, singer, surgeon, turner, veterinary.
"Post-office" and "telephone"
Money-order, phone-box, long-distance calls, a letter of attorney, general Post Office, newspaper, magazines, old-age pensions, departments for parcels, office number, parcels-counter, recipient, a branch savings bank, a paying-in or a paying out-form, municipal service counter, the rent, telephone rental.
Listening discrimination.
Listen carefully to each pair of words. Are the vowels, they contain, the same or different? Clap your hands if they are the same.
pink–fling
sun–fun
quinsy–yachting
poisoning–rowing
boxing–foxing
recipient–Caroline
2) Which word does the speaker pronounce? Circle the word you hear.
Tom presented me with a very nice ring / pin.
Give me your pen / bang, I want to write a letter.
There is a nice big lion / lying in our Zoo.
He breathed heavily as he ran / rang the whole distance to school.
She has always been a great fan / bang of the Dynamo.
Sounds /t–d/
/T/ – consonant, noise, constrictive, fricative, voiceless, forelingual, interdental.
/D/ – consonant, noise, constrictive, fricative, voiced, forelingual, interdental.
Read the words paying attention to the phonemes /T‒D/.
thigh–thy thumb–thump
thrust–thrush theft–death
than–that feather–further
seethe–with myth–moth
ethic–ethnic
Here are names of famous people including these phonemes.
Pythagoras, Thucydides, John Galsworthy, William M. Thackeray
The Family Tree.
Work in pairs. Ask about the relationship of the people in the family-tree.
Example: A: Who is Keith's mother?
B: Keith's mother in Catherine.
Learn the poem by heart.
Little monkey in the tree.
This is what she says to me
Thee-thee-thee-thee
This is what she says to me.
V. Group story.
In your group choose eight words from the list below. Then create a story using these words in any order.
/T/ |
/D/ |
thief truth author think through thorough Cynthia Matthew Theo Thursday |
father brother mother these those there then together this Northern |
Sounds /f–v/
/f/ – consonant, voiceless, strong, constrictive, fricative, labio-dental.
/v/ – consonant, voiced, weak, constrictive, fricative, labio-dental.