Reading Test. Read the words according to the reading rules.

war	water	warm	warfare
want	watch	warden	wads
swan	wash	wapiti	walnut
wall	warp	warble	walrus
wasp	dwarf	warn	wan
waffle	waft	wallet	low
wart	wasp	weak	wander
wear	west	raw	wedding
wick	swan	pawn	swap
draw	prowl	mow	paw
flow	wisdom	whet	howl
wrapper	widow	wisp	whirl
wrench	swarthy	swat	swarm
wrestle	wrist	wrath	swampy
wheel	wheedle	warrant	wart
woe	wonderful	word-wrap	workable
wreak	wren	straw	wrong
wrought	wriggle	tower	shower
bow	prowess	prowl	power
prawn	dawn	drawn	law
wall	saw	subway	swamp
swallow	strawberry	wise	white lie
bookworm	bowling	bowler	bow-wow
brown	browser	gawp	gawk
whale	whatever	whet	wherever
weather	whether	whelk	whip
whey	whichever	whiplash	whistle
window	writhe	wry	wrote
wretch	wrest	thaw	swear
powerful	powerless	interwar	worship

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²Activity 1. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

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• the – they – this – that – these – those – then – them – their

• other – brother – mother – father – rather – weather – without

• this and that – this man – this story – this weather

• that fact – that case – that chance – that idea – that boy

• these men – these things – these people – these books

• those things – those films – those women – those facts

• either – neither – gather – together – weather – leather – further

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• thin – thick – think – thing – thief – thank – three – third – thirsty – Thursday – thousand – thought – through – throw – thorough

• north – month – health – faith – cloth – earth – bath – author

• truth – length – strength – depth – fifth – thirteenth – thirtieth

• thing – anything – nothing – something

Activity 2. . Read the words in bold type, explain the reading rules of the

letters “th”. Read the rhymes according to the reading rules.

A. This is used for one thing near, That means one thing over there, These and those mean two or more, Those are far and these are near.

B. I can think of six thin things, Six thick things, can you? Yes, I can think of six thin things And of six thick things, too.

²Activity 3. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.

Learn one of them by heart.

Activity 4. . Read the words in bold type, explain the reading rules of the

letters “th”. Read the rhymes according to the reading rules.