Pipe, pill, pen, pencil, pearl, paper, pin, puppy, picnic, Peter, pit, pink, plate, plump, peep

READING exercises (1)

Exercise 1.

[I] – it, sit, hill, is, big, kid, bill, knit, bit, lid, pit, lit, pill, dig, kiss, till, tin, silly, pig, ship, tip, kick, still, little.

[I:] – steel, meat, sea, need, meet, see, me, eve, tree, he, be, beat, free, veal, peep, lead, tea, teach, steal, read.

[I-I:] - pit – Pete, dip – deed, bit – beep, kick – keep, tip – tea, pig – peak, tin – team, ship – sheep, sit – seat.                                                                             

Silly Billy, silly Billy Why is Billy silly?                             Silly Billy hid his shilling.                Isn’t Billy silly?

· Every teacher has every reason to be displeased. · Please leave me in peace. · Little Bill, sit still. If you sit still, little Bill, Jim will bring you to a big hill.                                 · Steve is greedy. He eats three pieces of cheese.

 

Exercise 2.

[e] – pen, tent, well, bed, egg, test, net, let, nest, ten, red, led, Ben, Ted, every, sell, keg, mend, deck, rent, better.

[æ] – mat, tap, stand, rat, can, map, that, man, cat, matter, bat, lamp, lap, pat, sand, bag, land, dad, tag, sad, pad.

[e – æ] - pet – pad, deck – dad, let – land, better – bag, mend – mat, Ted – Ann, egg – tag, rent – rat, net – bat.

· Every day in every way the weather is getting better and better.

· Better late than never   

· A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.

Exercise 3.

[ɔ] – dot, stop, frog, not, spot, fog, log, dog, lost, top, clock, Molly, wrong, got, frock, sock, lots, pot, knot, doll.

[ɔ:] – port,corn, nor,born, daughter, sport, warm, all, short, naughty, water, North, taught, pork, saw, crawl, tall.

· Honesty is the best policy

· Talking to you like talking to a wall. I saw tall Paul who was crawling along a wall.

· Molly’s got a spot on her frock

Exercise 4.

[ᴧ] – but, dull, cup, sun, sonny, come, love, London, other, bus, hut, duck, nut, muddy, luck, study, fun, done.

[ɑ:] – card, park, car, barn, party, dark, bar, far, father, heart, mark, part, cart, castle, large, ask, aunt, laugh, last.

· Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

· He laughs best who laughs last.

· Mark can’t park his car in the barn because of a large cart blocking the farm-yard.

Exercise 5.

[ ə: ] –bird, birth, purse, curl, skirt, turtle, her, girl, firm, shirt, purple, first, fur, heard, nurse, verse, mercy, work.

• An earl gave Pearl a fur and pearls for her thirsty first birthday.
• Pearl is a circus girl.
• Repeat the verse word for word.
• As the workman so is the work.
• The first word is a verb and the third word is an adverb.
• Her sister Berth is a little girl with a pretty curl.

READING exercises (2)

Exercise 1.

[u] – push,took, full, look, bush, could, pull, should, put, would, cook, sugar, pudding, wood, foot, room, book.

[u:] – true, fruit, June, blue, soon, cool, too, juice, goose, rule, shoot, shoes, moon, loose, tooth, lose, choose, fool.

[ju:] – news, fuel, music, tune, youth, student, humour, stupid, use, new, union, pupil, Sue, you, few, nephew.

· Ruth can’t say boo to a goose.

· Sue is foolish and stupid at school as a rule.

·  I’d choose blue shoes if I were you.

Exercise 2 (ДИФТОНГИ)

[ei] - name, fame, face, lace, day, bay, faint, great, mate, fate, space, made, case, take, cage, break, grey, cake, may.

· Haste makes waste.

· James takes a cake from Jane’s plate.

[ai] – eye, smile, kite, Mike, white, my, child, write, while, tie, night, site, file, high, wine, mind, spy, fly, size, ice.

· Out of sight, out of mind.

· Mike tries to find a fine white wine.

[ɔi] – toy, noise, choice, enjoy, boy, soil, moist, annoy, voice, employ, loyal, spoil, joy, Roy, oyster, royal.

· Roy is a noisy boy.

· Joyce enjoys annoying Roy.

[ou] – goat, no, rose, wrote, coat, know, pole, boat, old, toast, sold, go, snow, phone, oath, road, told, boast, alone.

· Don’t go home alone, nobody knows how lonely the road is.

· As you sow you will mow.

[au] – cow, round, cloud, mouse, now, found, trousers, sound, house, bout, mountain, owl, ground, doubt, shout.

· This owl has found a brown mouse on the ground.

· No doubt.

[iə] – near, fear, beer, hero, tear, theatre, spear, here, deer, really, cheer, dear, hear, clear, peer, weary, ear, dreary.

· Can you hear clearly from here?

· The theatre is somewhere near here.

[ɛə] – swear, air, f air, fairy, sh are, hair, where, stare, Mary, pair, wear, bear, rare, scare, despair, bare, stairs,

· Mary wears her hair long.

· That’s a rare pair for Mary to wear.

[uə], [juə] – cruel, tourist, doer, poor, tour, usual, during, duel, incurable, curious, moor, fuel, furious, sure, cure.

· Tourists from Europe are usually curious.

· I’m sure that poor Muriel will soon be cured.

READING exercises (3)

Exercise I

READING (4)

 

I. Ритм и фразовое ударение:

1. A ˎcloth; a ˈcotton ˎcloth; a ˈcotton ˎtable-cloth; a ˈwhite ˈcotton ˎtable-cloth

2. A ˎclock; my ˈfriend’s ˎclock; the ˈhands of my ˈfriend’s ˎclock; the ˈmetal ˈhands of my ˈfriend’s ˎclock

3. A hat; a felt hat; a dirty felt hat; a very dirty felt hat; a very dirty felt hat with a red ribbon

4. A cup; an empty cup; an empty cup and a saucer; an empty cup and a broken saucer

5. Light; an electric light; an electric light with a shade; an electric light with a coloured shade

6. A pie; an apple-pie; a blackberry and apple-pie; a big blackberry and apple-pie

7. A book; a good book; a good text book; a good school text book; a good English school text book

 

1. ˈCome ˎhere, ˈspeak ˎup, ˈsay ˎno, ˈcook ˎwell, ˈread ˎbooks, ˈplease ˎdo, ˈtry ˎhard, ˈcome ˎup, ˈask ˎTom

2. Look out, what for, write down, sweet voice, speak now, be quick, find fault, much time

3. Good look, well down, fresh fruit, less speed, sharp pen, blue shirt, best hat, main street

 

1. ˈGive me ˎmine, ˈcut the ˎfish, ˈhave a ˎsmoke, ˈrun away, ˈgo to ˎsleep, ˈgo to ˎbed, ˈlet’s have ˎtea

2. Draw a line, that’s a lie, have a swim, hurry up, light the fire, cold as ice, move along

3. Heavy rain, empty bag, look inside, drive the car, eat it up, what is that, heavy snow

 

1. To ˎplease them, a ˎhandful, I’d ˎlike to, to ˎtry it, but ˎwhy not, in the ˎdaytime, a ˎlot of, I’m ˎsorry

2. It’s early, I’ve read it, without me, in summer, on Friday, I’d rather, at sunset, a nonsense

 

II. Соединение звуков в потоке речи

That͜ time         help Peter   Black cat    good day   putting it    on the table

That͜ table        help Paul    Black kite  good boy   doing it      in the bag

That͜ test          Help Pat     Black cow  good child taking it     on the roof

That͜ teacher    help Pearl   Black kitten good bag    giving it     in the wallet

 

The picture͜ is on͜ the wall The teacher is in the classroom My sister is in the kitchen His brother is in the library

My father is at the cinema His mother is in the market The ruler is on the table The paper is in the bag

She has a family of͜ her͜ own This is a map of Moscow Look at the blackboard! They are at the lesson

 

1. After͜ all, far away, never again, for example, sister and brother, father and mother, the door and the wall

2. It’s made of͜ wool, it’s made of wood, much air in the room, laugh at them, with the family, night train

3. At͜ the desk, let them, put the book, sit there, in this shop, tell that, meet the man, send the book, tell the date

4. In͜ the centre͜ of, with the things, in the morning, in the corner of, the wall is white, put them there, is that

READING (5)

1. Are you Dr. Collins? Yes, I am. Why? You see, I’m father of Tom Brown, your pal. Indeed? Very glad to meet you, Mr. Brown.	2. Have you got any money with you?                 I have some but not very much. Here it is. Thank you very much.	3. What’s the matter with Sue? Poor thing! She has a splitting headache.
4. Excuse me, Miss Luke!   Yes, Sue?  There’s some chewing-gum on your shoe. Really? Oh, that’s true.	5. Father says I am lazy. I’m afraid he’s right.	6. Does Hugh like porridge? He hates it. He likes fruit juice.
7. What’s your name? My name is Joan Cook. How old are you? I’m 25 now. Are you the sister of Lily Cook? No, I’m not. I’ve no sister. What are you? I’m a teacher. Have you got a pal? Yes, Fanny Smith is my pal. She is an actress.	8. Let’s go to the park on Friday. A park? There are a lot of people in the park. Oh, no, no parks for me. Well, let’s go to the river then. There is a nice place not far from here. There is a river and not many people. Let’s go to the river then. Fine.	9. What’s this?       This is a new moon. Do you like it? Yes, very. It’s beautiful.
		10. What is this?                      It’s a watch.  What watch is it?                          It’s a wrist watch.

 

 

READING exercises (1)

Exercise 1.

[I] – it, sit, hill, is, big, kid, bill, knit, bit, lid, pit, lit, pill, dig, kiss, till, tin, silly, pig, ship, tip, kick, still, little.

[I:] – steel, meat, sea, need, meet, see, me, eve, tree, he, be, beat, free, veal, peep, lead, tea, teach, steal, read.

[I-I:] - pit – Pete, dip – deed, bit – beep, kick – keep, tip – tea, pig – peak, tin – team, ship – sheep, sit – seat.                                                                             

Silly Billy, silly Billy Why is Billy silly?                             Silly Billy hid his shilling.                Isn’t Billy silly?

· Every teacher has every reason to be displeased. · Please leave me in peace. · Little Bill, sit still. If you sit still, little Bill, Jim will bring you to a big hill.                                 · Steve is greedy. He eats three pieces of cheese.

 

Exercise 2.

[e] – pen, tent, well, bed, egg, test, net, let, nest, ten, red, led, Ben, Ted, every, sell, keg, mend, deck, rent, better.

[æ] – mat, tap, stand, rat, can, map, that, man, cat, matter, bat, lamp, lap, pat, sand, bag, land, dad, tag, sad, pad.

[e – æ] - pet – pad, deck – dad, let – land, better – bag, mend – mat, Ted – Ann, egg – tag, rent – rat, net – bat.

· Every day in every way the weather is getting better and better.

· Better late than never   

· A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.

Exercise 3.

[ɔ] – dot, stop, frog, not, spot, fog, log, dog, lost, top, clock, Molly, wrong, got, frock, sock, lots, pot, knot, doll.

[ɔ:] – port,corn, nor,born, daughter, sport, warm, all, short, naughty, water, North, taught, pork, saw, crawl, tall.

· Honesty is the best policy

· Talking to you like talking to a wall. I saw tall Paul who was crawling along a wall.

· Molly’s got a spot on her frock

Exercise 4.

[ᴧ] – but, dull, cup, sun, sonny, come, love, London, other, bus, hut, duck, nut, muddy, luck, study, fun, done.

[ɑ:] – card, park, car, barn, party, dark, bar, far, father, heart, mark, part, cart, castle, large, ask, aunt, laugh, last.

· Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

· He laughs best who laughs last.

· Mark can’t park his car in the barn because of a large cart blocking the farm-yard.

Exercise 5.

[ ə: ] –bird, birth, purse, curl, skirt, turtle, her, girl, firm, shirt, purple, first, fur, heard, nurse, verse, mercy, work.

• An earl gave Pearl a fur and pearls for her thirsty first birthday.
• Pearl is a circus girl.
• Repeat the verse word for word.
• As the workman so is the work.
• The first word is a verb and the third word is an adverb.
• Her sister Berth is a little girl with a pretty curl.

READING exercises (2)

Exercise 1.

[u] – push,took, full, look, bush, could, pull, should, put, would, cook, sugar, pudding, wood, foot, room, book.

[u:] – true, fruit, June, blue, soon, cool, too, juice, goose, rule, shoot, shoes, moon, loose, tooth, lose, choose, fool.

[ju:] – news, fuel, music, tune, youth, student, humour, stupid, use, new, union, pupil, Sue, you, few, nephew.

· Ruth can’t say boo to a goose.

· Sue is foolish and stupid at school as a rule.

·  I’d choose blue shoes if I were you.

Exercise 2 (ДИФТОНГИ)

[ei] - name, fame, face, lace, day, bay, faint, great, mate, fate, space, made, case, take, cage, break, grey, cake, may.

· Haste makes waste.

· James takes a cake from Jane’s plate.

[ai] – eye, smile, kite, Mike, white, my, child, write, while, tie, night, site, file, high, wine, mind, spy, fly, size, ice.

· Out of sight, out of mind.

· Mike tries to find a fine white wine.

[ɔi] – toy, noise, choice, enjoy, boy, soil, moist, annoy, voice, employ, loyal, spoil, joy, Roy, oyster, royal.

· Roy is a noisy boy.

· Joyce enjoys annoying Roy.

[ou] – goat, no, rose, wrote, coat, know, pole, boat, old, toast, sold, go, snow, phone, oath, road, told, boast, alone.

· Don’t go home alone, nobody knows how lonely the road is.

· As you sow you will mow.

[au] – cow, round, cloud, mouse, now, found, trousers, sound, house, bout, mountain, owl, ground, doubt, shout.

· This owl has found a brown mouse on the ground.

· No doubt.

[iə] – near, fear, beer, hero, tear, theatre, spear, here, deer, really, cheer, dear, hear, clear, peer, weary, ear, dreary.

· Can you hear clearly from here?

· The theatre is somewhere near here.

[ɛə] – swear, air, f air, fairy, sh are, hair, where, stare, Mary, pair, wear, bear, rare, scare, despair, bare, stairs,

· Mary wears her hair long.

· That’s a rare pair for Mary to wear.

[uə], [juə] – cruel, tourist, doer, poor, tour, usual, during, duel, incurable, curious, moor, fuel, furious, sure, cure.

· Tourists from Europe are usually curious.

· I’m sure that poor Muriel will soon be cured.

READING exercises (3)

Exercise I

Pipe, pill, pen, pencil, pearl, paper, pin, puppy, picnic, Peter, pit, pink, plate, plump, peep

Pretty Polly Perkins has a pair of pretty plaits.

Pat peeps at Pip playing the piano