The vowel sound /әυ/ as in “snow”.
Read the instruction to learn how to make the long sound /әυ/.
T
he
English diphthong/
әυ / begins
as
/ә/ and
immediately proceeds in the direction of the English /υ/.
It should be mentioned that the tongue only approaches the
/υ/–position
so that the end of the glide is not a distinct /υ/.
The lips start from a slight rounding and rather a large opening. At
the end of the articulation the lips are considerably rounded,
forming a rather oval opening.
Listen to the target sound and the words and repeat. Look at the mouth diagrams to help you position your lips, tongue and jaw for the target sound. Transcribe the words.
/ә ә әυ/
/ә ә әυ/
/әυ әυ әυ/
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Spelling variations for the /әυ/sound. |
Highlighted bold letters are pronounced as /әυ/. |
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o
oa ow ew |
hope, role, focus, those, both, clothes, bold, open, whole road, oak, coat glow, sorrow, pillow, follow, sparrow, throw sew |
Read these words with the sound /әυ/. Transcribe them.
Boat, toes, roll, stone, coal, blows, toast, rose, moan, know, coast, comb, rope, row, slow, bowl, code, go, cold, shoulder, toe, coat, phone, most, snow.
Find 14 words in the puzzle (every letter is used once) and write them in the correct part of the table. The words are written horizontally or vertically.
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words with /әυ/ |
words with /o/ |
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Listen to the sentences and repeat. Read each sentence aloud slowly at first, then as if you were telling it to someone in a natural way.
Joan has a cold in her nose because she rode her pony through the frozen snow.
The poetry of bold poems imposed a strange tone on the whole show.
I don’t know when I will come home, although I am closely focusing on the road. But soon, most probably, I will know and will phone you as I come closer to our home.
When speaking on the podium keep your shoulders open!
Discharge your loathsome loads! Belch forth your venom, toads!
Joe, don’t go to Oklahoma or Ohio but come home to Rome instead.
Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sound / әυ /.
1. Rose knows Joe phones Sophie, but Sophie and Joe don’t know Rose knows.
2. You need a stone and some rope to keep a boat from floating.
3. The wind is blowing and it’s cold and snowy.
4. All know that you are slow.
L
isten
and copy the intonation and voice modulation on the CD.
Moses supposes his toeses are roses,
But Moses supposes erroneously;
For nobody’s toeses are posies of roses
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.
Practice reading the tongue twister as quickly as you can. Be careful not to mispronounce the target sound / әυ /.
Don’t go home alone,
Nobody knows how lonely the road is.
Listen to the dialogue. Intone it. Learn and reproduce, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sound / әυ /, intonation and tempo.
Dialogue 3
- What was the row about?
- He took me out in his boat. It’s a motor-boat, but it broke down.
- So he rowed you home?
- No, his doctor won’t allow him to row. He’s had a broken shoulder, you know.
- So, I rowed and we had a row.
- Well, if he’s had a broken shoulder, how could he row?
- Oh, I don’t mind rowing.
- Well then?
- But he told me I was slow.
Dialogue 4
Snow in October
(Joe Jones is sleeping, but Joanna woke up a few minutes ago.)
Joe! Joe! JOE! Hello, wake up, Joe!
(groans) Oh! What is it, Joanna?
Look out of the window.
No. My eyes are closed, and I'm going to go to sleep again.
Oh! Don't go to sleep, Joe. Look at the snow!
Snow? But it's only October. I know there's no snow.
Come over to the window, Joe.
You're joking, Joanna. There's no snow.
OK. I'll put my coat on and go out and make a snowball and throw it at
your nose, Joe Jones!
Learn the following graphical rules:
Vowel / әυ / is represented in spelling by:
The letter “o” in open syllables (go, home)
“o” followed by “ll, ld, st” (roll, old, most)
“o” in word-final unstressed syllables (hero)
The diagraph “ow” (low, tomorrow)
The diagraph “oa” (boat)
Irregular Readings: now, how, cow, row (галас), brow, bow - /au/
Rare Spellings: shoulder, poultry, soul, owe, brooch, mould
Find Ukrainian equivalents to the proverbs and sayings. Learn them:
As you sow, so shall mow.
True love never grows old.
When at Rome do as the Romans do.