Bear – beer – bar mare – mere – mar

stare – steer – star pair – peer – park

dare – dear – dark tare – tear – tar

hare – here – hard vary – weary – vast

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

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

Well, I declare!

Bear and forbear!

I dare swear!

Mary wears her hair long.

Clare, be careful.

After rain comes fair weather.

They left their chairs over there.

The faired-haired man ran downstairs.

Where is the spare pair Stan wears?

He was careless about his spare time.

²Activity 5. Read the rhyme. Mind the sound [εә].

Activity 6. Read the poem, find the words with the sound [εә],

explain the reading rules.

The Song for the Children

I heard music unawares upstairs, downstairs,

Here and there and everywhere.

Never were such lovely airs upstairs, downstairs,

Here and there and everywhere.

Some one sings and some one shares upstairs, downstairs

Here and there and everywhere.

Some one comes and some one cares upstairs, downstairs,

Here and there and everywhere.

Double love and double dares upstairs, downstairs,

Here and there and everywhere.

Joe Wallace

²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

A.

• boor-moor-poor

• cure-lure-pure-sure-insure

• tour-detour-tourist[uƏ] [juƏ]

• fuel-duel-Europe-during-cruel

• mutual-habitual-eventual

B.

cure – security sure – surely moor – moorland

pure – purity cure – curious gruel – gruelling

fury – furious sure – ensure fluent – fluently

tour – tourist poor – poorly pure – purely

cruel – cruelty fuel – fueling boor – boorish

C.

• fuel – fuel cell – fueled

• cure – curious – curiosity

• fluent – fluency – fluently

• jurist – jury – juror

• lure – lurid – luridly

• moor – Moorish – moorland

• pure – purely – puree

• rural – rural route

• sure – sure footed – surely

• tour – tourist – tourism

Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

[u] [u:] [uƏ]

put – pew – pure tool – took – tourist put – pool – poor

foot – food – fury should – shoot – sure look – loom – lure

to – two – tour book – boo – boor good – group – gruel

full – fool – fuel route – rook – Europe cool – cook – cure

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

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

I’m absolutely sure it’s pure wool.

He needs a rest cure, I’m sure.

During February they made a tour

of Europe.

Are you sure the family is poor?

Are you sure you were not cruel to

the poor boy?

She was sure it was like a moor.

It’s a usual cure for a cold.

Curiosity is incurable.

You are a doer, for sure.

Wasn’t it pure cruelty and boorishness?

Do you feel secure about your fuel?

We are striving for enduring peace

and security.

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

A.

• ire-hire-fire-mire-sire-tire-wire

• lyre-byre-pyre-tyre [aiƏ]

• admire-conspire-desire-expire

• require-retire-spire-inspire

• ire-ireful-iris-Irish

• iron-ironing-ironsides-ironmaster

B. hire – hireling sire – siren tire – retire

spire – spiral mire – admire retire – retiree

lyre – lyrist tire – entire fire – fireside

wire – wiredrawn spire – inspire quiet – quietness

C.

• retire – retired – retirement

• entire – entirely – entirety

• desire – desired – desirous

• dire – in dire need – a dire warning

• science – scientist – scientific

• diet – dietary – dietician

• violence – violent – violently

• giant – giantess – giant killer

²Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

[ai] [Ə:] [aiƏ]

high – her – hire lie – learn – lion my – mirth – mire

tie – term – tire why – were – wire buy – bird – buyer

fine – fir – fire sigh – sir – sire pie – per – pyre

dime – dirty – diet fight – further – fiat die – dirt – dire

light – lurk – liar fly – fur – fire wide – word – wire

Activity 3. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

I admire your fireplace.

I’m sure he is Irish.

If you hire a car, you pay the owner.

His main responsibility is hiring and firing.

I’m not entirely sure.

I require having a rest.

We are entirely sure, he is a great scientist.

She had a great desire to inspire him.

All things conspired to please him.

Dire means very severe or serious.

I’m very tired.

We are against violence on TV.