Tongue twisters
[e]
Will the vet get that pet into a net? Not yet.
Red leather yellow leather (repeat).
Everybody saw Eddie and the Eskimo enter the elevator on the elephant.
The weather is getting better and better.
Get ten eggs ready for breakfast.
[æ]
The bass with a bad back Dad whacked with a bat.
If a fat cat pats a rat,
Can the fat rat pat the cat back?
The cat sat on the hat.
Andrew and Alice asked if Annie's active animals were angry.
[ə:]
Ernie had an early urge to irk Irving.
Many words hurt more than swords.
The turner came first at his work.
First come, first served.
Unit 3. Diphthongs
LESSON 4 Sounds [eɪ], [aɪ], [ɔɪ]
[eɪ] - the nucleus of the diphthong is front, mid, unrounded.
A
rticulation:
Look at the diagram. The nucleus is the vowel [e]. For the glide the
tongue moves upward in the direction of [ɪ]
and the mouth gets closer. The lips are spread.
Task 1 Listen and say the sound (A55).
[eɪ] is spelled:
a (in the open syllable) - age came plane table
ai - rain wait
ay - day play say
ey - grey
ea - break great
eigh - eight weight
Task 2 Listen and say these sentences:
1 They came a day later.
2 It was a grey day in May.
3 Is this the way to the station?
Wait at the gate! - I'll be there at eight.
Task 3 Read and compare:
bat - bet - bade
flat - let - late
shall - shell - shale
pan - pen - pain
man - men - main
[aɪ] - the nucleus of the diphthong is central, open, unrounded.
A
rticulation:
Look
at the diagram. The
sound starts with the advanced vowel [ʌ]
with the mouth wide open and the lips neutral. For the glide the
tongue moves upwards in the direction of [ɪ],
with the mouth very narrowly open and the lips spread and not
rounded.
Task 4 Listen and say the sound (A56).
[aɪ] is spelled:
i (in the open syllable) - like time white
ie - die
y - dry July why
igh - high night right
uy - buy
Task 5 Listen and say these sentences:
1 Do you like dry wine?
2 Why don't you try?
3 July will be fine.
4 Drive on the right.
Task 6 Read and compare:
luck - lark - like
cut - cart - kite
hut - heart – height
dun - darn - dine
fun - farm – fine
[
ɔɪ]
- the
nucleus of the diphthong is back, open, slightly rounded.
Articulation: Look at the diagram. The nucleus lies between the sound [ɔ:] and [ɒ]. It starts with the position between back half-open and open. For the glide the tongue moves upwards in the direction of [ɪ], though the tongue rarely reaches there. The lips are slightly rounded for the nucleus changing to neutral for the glide.
Task 7 Listen and say the sound(A57).
[ɔɪ] is usually spelled:
oi - coin point voice
oy - boy enjoy toy
Task 8 Listen and say these sentences:
I can hear boy’s voice.
Those are coins, not toys!
Task 9 Read and compare:
John - join all - oil
sol - soil corn - coin
toss - toys ball - boil
pot - point jaw - joy
spot - spoilt pause - poison