VII. Listen and repeat.

4. Than, they, there, those, either.

5. Bathe, clothe, with, breathe, booth, scythe.

VIII. Read these examples of the sound / ð / in initial, medial and final position.

they	them	other	another	with
then	there	weather	within	soothe
than	thus	clothes	leather	breathe
these	though	rather	although	sunbathe

IX. Read the sound / ð / in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.

	/ð/
breed	breathe	breed
den	then	den
van	than	van

X. Listen to the sounds in contrast and repeat.

• / d/ and / ð /

Dan – than, day – they, dare – there, doze – those, Ida – either.

• / z/ and / ð /

Bays – bathe, close – clothe, whizz – with, breeze – breathe, boos – booth, size – scythe.

XI. Listen and repeat. Practise these questions and answers:

What’s this? – This is the zoo.

What are those? – Those are zebras.

What’s that? – That’s a zebu.

What’s this? – This is Z.

What’s that? – That’s zero.

What are these? – These are zips.

Who’s that? – That’s Zack.

XII. Read the following sentences. Mind the right articulation of the sounds / θ / and / ð /.

1. Martha Smith’s an author and an athlete.

2. My father and mother live together with my other brother.

ХIII. Listen to the dialogue (Sound Right 36.2). Intone it. Learn and reproduce it, paying attention to the pronunciation of the sounds / θ / and / ð /.

36.2

- They make my clothes from this special cloth. And they sew them with thick special

cotton. There’s something special about the buttons, too.

- Mm.

- Don’t you think my clothes look rather special?

- To tell you the truth, I think your clothes look rather …

- Yes? Say what you think.

- Well yes, I suppose they do look rather special …

ХІV. Learn the following graphical rules:

Spelling	/θ/	“th” (three), BUT in a few names of places and people, TH is pronounced as /t/ (Thailand, Thomas, Thames)
	/ð/	“th” (then)

ХV. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the proverbs and sayings. Learn them:

1. Birds of feather flock together.

2. When three Thursdays come together.

3. Wealth is nothing without health.

ХVІ. Read the text as fast as you can and learn the following tongue twisters:

• The Throng of Thermometers.

The Throng of Thermometers from The Thuringian Thermometer Folks arrived on Thursday. There were a Thousand Thirty-Three Thick Thermometers, Though, instead of a Thousand Thirty-six Thin Thermometers, which was Three Thermometers fewer Than The Thousand Thirty-six we were expecting, not to mention That They were Thick ones raTher Than Thin ones. We Thoroughly Thought That we had ordered a Thousand Thirty-six, not a Thousand Thirty-Three Thermometers, and asked The Thuringian Thermometer Folk to reship The Thermometers; Thin, not Thick. They apologized for sending only a Thousand Thirty-Three Thermometers raTher Than a Thousand Thirty-six and promised to replace The Thick Thermometers wiTh Thin Thermometers.

• There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.

• Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be hot,

We’ll weather the weather whatever the weather whether we like it or not.

The consonant sounds /f/, /v/ and /w/.

I . Listen to the sound / f / on its own. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this consonant sound.

The lower lip is raised to the upper front teeth and a narrowing of the air-passage is formed between the lower lip and the teeth. The air passes through this narrowing producing audible friction. The front part of the tongue is somewhat lowered, the tongue is slightly retracted from the lower teeth. The soft palate is raised and the air escapes through the mouth cavity. The vocal cords are not made to vibrate.