Reading Test

Read the words according to the reading rules.

son	goal	amount	broom	nothing
gold	front	hook	cloud	go
oak	dove	poison	cowl	adopt
ford	bought	hopeful	pillow	proof
bon	word	floor	shower	boil
storm	bold	soar	worthy	tool
monkey	mother	south	rocky	flood
roast	flower	course	rough	sought
tore	boar	trout	poppy	worst
down	problem	moody	ought	through
hole	reform	prowl	loop	worship
store	crook	row	low	role
fro	impose	portion	lottery	pool
frown	some	sound	lout	posh
mower	road	troop	close	touch
cove	grow	flow	worth	know
mouth	ground	foe	flour	gown
owl	encourage	fowl	toy	more
cover	wonder	possible	stone	encompass
power	accomplish	road	count	groom
become	blow	coward	company	loud
shout	promote	lousy	lowdown	prowl
glow	glove	dowdy	double	coast
comfort	bony	loaf	lore	loosen

открытый слог [ ju:] [ u:]		закрытый слог [ Λ ] [ u ]		u + r [ ә: ]	ur + гласная [ juƏ]
tube	rude	dull	full	turn	pure
mule	true	but	pull	surf	cure
cube	rule	cut	put	burglar	lure
dupe	prune	cluster	bull	burly	endure
mute	brutal	bulk	push	murky	mural
puny	lunacy	butter	bush	murder	demure

BUT! [ e ]

²Activity 1. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds:

tube – tub dud – due

cube – cub curve – cure

mute – mutt occur – cure

puny – pun lurk – lure

cute – cut purse – pure

ruby – rub fur – furious

clue – club nurse – endure

²Activity 2. Listen to the words and repeat them after the speaker

paying attention to the difference in spelling.

• funny – fuel – fume – furnish – furry – further – fruitless

• hug – huge – hurdle – hurry – hurt – hut – humble – hurtle

• but – brute – burden – burglar – bury – busy – burst – button – bursar

bully

• nut – nude – nurse – nursery – nurture

• mull – mule – mumble – murder – murmur – music – munch – mural

• rut – rush – ruse – rural – ruthless – rub – ruby – rude

• luck – lucid – lurch – lung – lure – lurid – lush – lug

• stud – student – stuffy – stupid – sturdy – subsume – suburb – suicide

sue – survey – surge

• shut

• tub – tube – truck – turf – turtle – true – tutor – truce – trudge – turban

• puck – puke – puppet – pure – purchase – purify – purple – purse – pushy puzzle – purely

Activity 3. Distribute the words according to the sounds given in

columns.

	[ju:] [ u:]	[ Λ ] [ u ]	[ә:]	[juƏ]		[ ju:] [ u:]	[ Λ ] [ u ]	[ ә: ]	[juƏ]
fun					pure				
brush					dummy
purple					bunch
puke					surge
vulture					trust
humid					turtle
puppy					sue
nurse					hurt
use					gull
usher					furnish
furtive					pulley
sudden					fuss
prudery					fume
burglar					lure
endure					mug
uncle					purse

[ ә ] [ uә ]

[wi]

[w]

[Λ] [ u: ]

que [k]

BUT!

gu [g] [ju:]

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

I wish you luck and success.

Do your know the purpose of this purchase?

She wanted to purch herself of guilt.

The liquid that comes from fruits and vegetables is called juice.

The judge speech will be published in full.

He refused to discuss the stupid ideas further.

Suddenly she burst in tears.

He has curly hair and bushy eyebrows.

She is cute, but stupid

She lost her purse on Thursday.

My uncle likes buns with nuts.

The bus runs quicker than a truck.

He was furious and rude.

Ruby is valuable red stone used in jewelry.

As a rule, he is very busy.

Activity 5. Read the similes. Which one do you like most of all? And why?

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

Learn one of them by heart.

Activity 7. Read the words in bold type, explain the reading rules of the

letter “U”. Read the rhymes according to the reading rules.

A Lazy Thought The Duck

There go the grown-ups No wonder Behold the duck.

To the office, Grown – ups It doesn’t cluck.

To the store. Don't grow up` A cluck it lacks.

Subway rush, Any more. It quacks.

Traffic crush; It takes a lot It is specially fond

Hurry, scurry, Of slow Of a puddle or pond.

Worry, flurry. To grow. When it dines or sups,

Eve Merriam It bottoms ups.

Ogden Nash

Activity 8. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

Activity 9. Read the text observing the reading rules of the

words in bold type. Describe any cultural event you’ve

ever visited.

Have you heard about Edinburgh Festival? It’s huge celebration of culture, where you can see musical performances, plays and much more.

The purpose of the first Festival was to reunite Europe through culture after World War II. The Festival was successful. Last year’s Festival featured 27.000 performances in 240 venues.