- •We are very little creatures,
- •Where is…?
- •It gave him a crack,
- •1. Which is the largest ocean?
- •In a bad mood Spoiled plans
- •Vain It was a warming party.
- •I knew hardly anyone.
- •10. … Are for the lakes as … are for oceans.
- •( G. Macdonald)
- •Reading Test
- •My search
- •Reading test
- •The Sleeping Bag
- •In dismay the cat sighed Little kittens, Little kittens
- •Reading Test
- •Reading Test
- •Reading Test
- •The crooked man
- •In a little cute crooked house.
- •Reading test
- •Winter morning
- •I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
- •Test reading.
- •I must and will deny:
- •Philosophic Advice
- •Eve Merriam
- •I think it’s queer
- •Reading test
- •I picked some wisps of weeds to eat.
- •I was wary in their curling.
- •Reading Test. Read the words according to the reading rules.
- •Think of me.
- •It was a great sensation!
- •It was her emotional explanation and declaration.
- •It was a great sensation!
- •The abc of Happiness
- •A Cradle Song
- •If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper,
- •She sells sea shells on the sea shore
- •Where are you going, Solomon Grundy
- •Grizzly Bear
- •Heart – heart attack – heart break – heartland – heartfelt – kindhearted – heartless – heartsick – hearty heart-to-heart
- •The Telephone
- •Alfred h. Miles
- •Alfred h. Miles
- •The Listening Woods.
- •I have two legs with which I walk,
- •Donkey and monkey.
- •The Brook
- •A. Tennyson
- •It only doubles troubles and troubles others, too.
- •I know tow chaps and yet a third
- •Spring Rain Rain, rain, rain, April rain,
- •Bite-kitw-five-quite-side-knife-ice-nice-dice-rice-price-size-tie
- •The climate is mild on this island.
- •²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [au].
- •Autumn Leaves
- •Bear – beer – bar mare – mere – mar
- •The Song for the Children
- •I heard music unawares upstairs, downstairs,
- •Joe Wallace
- •Part III. Stress
- •In columns.
- •B. Answer the questions about Jane using the words in the box.
- •Part IV
- •Practise in reading and explain the reading rules.
- •A man of words
- •In Heaven’s high bower,
- •The trees The poplar is a French Tree a drives-his-roots-in-deep tree,
- •Request
- •Age and youth
- •Is there any reason known?
- •Perfect your perfect English!
- •17. Read the questions below and fill in with the correct answer.
- •Activity 18. Spelling Bee
- •I once met a beautiful lady
- •Save Our Planet
- •2. Read the song and find the rhyming words.
- •Career Prospects
- •How the water comes down at Lodore
- •Its tumult and wrath in,
- •It hastens along, conflicting strong;
- •Its caverns and rocks among,
- •R. Southey
- •English for foreigners
- •I take it you already know
- •I'd mastered it when I was five!
- •Краткий справочник. Правила чтения английских слов.
- •I [ə:] girl
PART I
Twenty Six Letters
Twenty – six cards in half a pack;
Twenty – six weeks in half a year;
Twenty – six letters dressed in black
In all the words you ever will hear.
Think on the beautiful things you see
On mountain, riverside, meadow and tree.
How many their names are, but how small
The twenty – six letters that spell them all.
Listen to this poem ”ABC” by Spike Milligan, read it and decide which letters of the alphabet are not included.
It was midnight in the schoolroom And every desk was shut, When suddenly from the alphabet Was heard a loud ‘tut-tut!
Said A to B, ‘I don’t like C, His manners are a lack. For all I ever see I of C Is semi-circular back!’
‘I disagree’, said D to B, ‘I’ve never found C so. From where I stand, he seems to be An uncompleted O’.
C was vexed, ‘I’m much perplexed, You criticize my shape. I’ve made like that, to help spell Cat And Cow and Cool and Cape.’ |
‘He is right’, said E, said F, ‘Whoopee!’ Said G, ’Ip, ip ip ooray!’ ‘You are dropping me,’ roared H to G. ‘Don’t do it please I pray!’
‘Out o f my way,’ LL said to K. ’I’ll make poor I look like ILL’. To stop this stunt, J stood in front, And presto! ILL was JILL.
‘U know said V’, that W Is twice the age of me, For as a Roman V is five I’m half as young as he’.
X and Y yawned sleepily, ‘Look at the time!’ they said, ‘Let’s all get off to beddy byes, They did, then, ‘Z-z-x’.
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Where is the story set? Who speaks?
Can you explain, in your own words, the two descriptions of C?
Can you tell the story in your own words in just one sentence?
What is your favourite letter of English alphabet and why?
How do letters help each other build a new word? Find examples in the poem and give your own.
We are very little creatures,
All of different voice and features;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you find in jet,
T’ other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within.
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you.
(Jonathan Swift)
1. Name the words in which the single vowels appear. What do these words have in common?
2. Who is speaking in the poem?
3. What is your favourite vowel? Name five necessary things for you which have this vowel.
See how quickly you can work out the following.
A |
B |
C |
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E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
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18 |
19 |
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1. What’s the 14th letter of the alphabet? _____
2. What’s the 7th letter from the end of the alphabet? _____
3. Make three words starting with the 4th letter of the alphabet.
___________ __________ __________
4. Make a word from the 12th, 5th, 9th, 13th and 19th letters of the alphabet. _________
5. How many different letters appear in the word embarrassed? _________
6. Make three words that end the 20th letter of the alphabet.
___________ __________ __________
7. Which letter occurs twice in realise and once in scream? ______
8. Which letters occur most often in interesting? ______
9. What is the position in the alphabet of the middle letter in the word
advertisement? ______
10. Arrange the following words in alphabetical order:
crab comb carrot cream curious cotton
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11. Which letter in the word hair is closest to N in the alphabet? ______
12. Make three words that includes the 1st and 16th letters of the alphabet.
____________ __________ __________
13. What letter can read? ______
14. What letter grows in the garden? ______
15. What letter do people drink? ______
16. What letter likes honey? ______
17. In what words you can find a bus (eg. busker)_____ , a rain _____, a sin ______,
ice ______, ink ______, old _____, ill _____.
открытый слог [еi] |
закрытый слог [æ] |
a + r [α:] |
ar + гласная [ә] |
blame |
map |
car |
stare |
fame |
matter |
star |
bare |
fate |
act |
starve |
declare |
crane |
active |
art |
fare |
hate |
happy |
tart |
dare |
pale |
flat |
part |
rare |
state |
black |
arm |
prepare |
²Activity 1. Contrasting Sound Practice
A. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds:
[ ei ] [ æ ]
hape – hap skate – cat gape – gap
lady – lad trace – track mate – mat
safe – sad face – fact fate – fat
same – sale fame – fan late – lad
sane – sang save – savvy pane – pan
B. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds:
[æ] [еi] [α:] [ә]
rat – rate – rar – rare lack – lake – lark – lair
mat – mate –mar – mare fat – fate – far – fare
cap – cape – car – care hat – hate – hard – hare
pat – plate – part – pare shack – shake – shark – share
bat – bate – bar – bare stack – stake – star – stare
Activity 2. Read the words and sentences according to the reading rules.
[ә]
fare – fair |
hare – hair |
dare – dairy |
flare – flair |
stare – stair |
pare – pair |
declare – lair |
rare – repair |
Is it fare to pay high bus-fare? He stared at the hare.
These chairs need to be repaired. Her fair hair is beautiful.
Activity 3. Distribute the words according to the sounds given in columns.
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bard |
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share |
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car |
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face |
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start |
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glad |
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mate |
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card |
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star |
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rare |
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nanny |
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nape |
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mar |
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carve |
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Activity 4. Read the rhymes and continue them.