A. Tennyson

²Activity 6. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.

Learn one of them by heart.

Don’t trouble troubles till troubles trouble you.

It only doubles troubles and troubles others, too.

First a daughter, then a son

And the world is well begun.

To market, to market to buy a plum bun

Home come, home come, market is done.

[ ә:]

BUT! [a:]

BUT! BUT! BUT!

[u:] [Λ ] [כ:]

²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [ә:].

A.

• fir-firm-first-sir-stir-dirt-dirk-girl-shirt-third-chirp

• cur-curl-curd-curt-fur-slur-spur-bur-burn-burst-turn-purse-thurst-nurse-church-churl-hurt

• her-fern-berth-berg-mercury-perfect-kerb-kern-kerchief

• work-world-word-worth-worse-worst-worm-worsen-worship

• worn-wore

• worry-worrisome-worrier

• worsted

• were

• earl-pearl-earn-learner-earth-earthly-heard

B. burst – outburst bur – burden gird – girdle

shirt – nightshirt verse – universe girl – girlish

curve – curvature urge – urgent further – furthermore

curb – curfew curt – curtain turn – turnabout

hurt – hurtle dirt – dirty shirt – shirtsleeves

Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

A. [ә:] [כ:]

word – ward heard – hoard burn – born sir – sore turn – torn fur – four hurt – hall skirt – score

whirl – wall learn – lawn mirth – more surf – sort

firm – form worm – warm were – wore stern – storm

cur – core fern – fawn nurse – nor terse – tort

shirt – short work – walk per – pour dirt – door

B.[ә:] [i:] were – we burn – bean bird – bead

burst – beast heard – heed burp – beep

fur – fee work – week churn – cheese

term – team shirt – sheet concern – conceal

word – weed pearl – peel nurse – niece

C. [ә:] [әu] fur – foe turkey – token firm – foam

girl – goal purpose – postal hurt – host

turn – tone certain – social learn – loan

burn – bone worker – vocal earth – oak

work – woke burning boning perk – poke

Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

Thirty firms.

Thirsty earth.

His shirt is very short.

What a hurly-burly girl.

Repeat the verse word for word.

Eart will be thirteen next Thursday.

I haven’t heard of the girls.

In return he said it was certainly

worth it.

I heard her journey was worth the worry.

I heard he had hurt his hand.

The terms are certainly perfect!

Activity 5. Read the poem. Mind the sound [ә:].

The early bird so I have heard,

Catches the worm, and ‘pon my word,

I know tow chaps and yet a third

Could learn a lesson from that bird.

[ei ]

²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [ei].

A.

• cake-bake-make-snake-take-ale-male-sale-whales

• bay-hay-may-play-pay-way-relay-day-ray-gray-tray-array-spray

• hey-obey-convey-survey-purvey-grey

• bait-fail-hail-mail-sail-tail

• waste-haste-taste

• able-table-cradle-ladle

• eight-weight-sleigh-freight

B.

lay – layer – layman – layout sail – sailcloth – sailing – sailor

way – subway – railway –roadway aim – aimless – aimlessness

haste – hasty – hastily – hastiness bake – baker – bakery – baking

waste – wasteful – waster – wasting rail – railroad – railway – rail card

great – greatness – greatly – greats rain – rainbow – raincoat – rainforest

play – display – player – playable trade – trader – trade gap – trading

Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

[ ei ] [ æ ] [ e ] [ ei ]

bay – bad – bed – bade tale – tag – ten – tail

lay – lad – let – late bake – bat – bet – brave

main – man – men – main name – nanny – net – nail

play – pad – pet – pay may – mat – met – mate

ray – rat – red – raid say – said – set – same

Activity 3. Practice the reading of the words.

A. -eigh -eight

• eight – eighteen – eighth – eighty

• freight – freighter – freightliner – freight train

• neighbour – neighbourhood – neighbouring

• weight – weighted – weighting – weightless – weightlifter – weight training

B. –able -adle

• able – able-bodied – able seaman – disable

• ladle – ladleful – ladle out

• table – tablecloth – table lamp – tableland - tablespoon

Activity 4. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Activity 5. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

Name the day.

Haste makes waste.

Take it straight away.

They named the baby Jane.

It may rain today.

They say it takes eighty-eight days.

The mail train was delayed again.

Jane ate the cake.

Are you afraid to fail?

My weight has changed greatly.

I can’t name the date, I’m afraid.

They came on a great day.

There are not any great lakes in Wales.

The face of the stranger was pale.

²Activity 6. Read the poem. Mind the sound [ei ].