- •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
Where is…?
Where is the band? It’s on the strand.
Where is the snake? It’s in the lake.
Where is the ball? It’s near the wall.
Where is the lark? It’s in the park.
Where is the star? It’s very far.
Where is …? It’s … .
[α:]
[כ:]
[כ]
BUT!
[æ]
[ ei ]
BUT!
[εƏ ]
[Ə ]
²Activity 5. Listen to the words and repeat them after the speaker
paying attention to the difference in spelling.
[ei] slave – slain – slay tale – tail – stay make – maid – dismay
hale – hail – hay page – pain – pay wane – wail – way
male – mail – may rage – rain – ray trade – trait - tray
pale – paid – pay bake – bait – bay plane – plain - play
sale – sail – say late – laid – lay grade – grain – gray
[כ:] saw – sauce – salt claw – clause – call paw – pause – pall
fawn – fauna – fall gawk – gaunt – gall law – launch – all
bawl – baulk – ball dawn –daub – dwarf hawk –haunt – hall
[כ:] wall – wallet swan – want wad – water
war – warn warm – ward what – watt
wash – watch warp – ward wand - wan
[כ:] talk – tall stalk – stall chalk -hall
balk - ball walk – wall halt – hall
malt - mall scald – call falter – fall
[a:] last – mast – fast – class – glass – vast – pass – ask – mask
At last our class passed the exam.
[a:] - [εƏ] part – pare car – care park – pare
spark – spare bar – bare hard – hare
shark – share scar – scare mark – mare
star – stare lard – flare far – fare
Activity 6. Read the words according to the reading rules.
far – fat – fare – fast – fall – fraud – fray – fame – father – fault – fraught – fawn – fax – fast – fashion – fart – fan – fair – faith – fable
bar – bard – bad – bare – baby – brain – bald – bark – balm – bath – bawl – bay - bat – brass – banner – blame – backtrack – baker – balk – bask
star – stab – stable – stain – stair – stalk – stalwart – stance – stare – staunch – stay – starve – stave – stairway – stall – stag – stake – staff
Activity 7. Read the words according to the reading rules.
a
+ br + e a
+ ng + e a
+ st + e
Danger – ranger – strange – angel – waste – hasty – pastry
paste – bass – chamber – hatred – patriot – patron – sacred
apricot – apron – fragrant – matrix – matron – swathe
Activity 8. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
That’s the man who sat on my hat in the tram.
I asked a lad why he was always sad.
Her small naughty daughter Maul is at fault.
They glared and stared at the hare.
Paul is tall and hardball.
He looked pale and harassed.
We waited for half an hour, but nothing happened.
I like raspberry and strawberry.
It’s very rare for her to miss lawn tennis.
Bakery is a place where cakes are made.
A balmy air and warm weather gave pleasure.
Fast food is harmful.
He was brain washed into believing that he was brainless and warlike.
What a waste of money!
We watched a waterfall in August.
A small piece of paper is called a scrap.
Make sure the ladder is stable.
The staff was praised.
He had a scar on his pale face.
He passed the exams in France.
The match ended in draw.
I had a talk with a small naughty daughter of Laura.
Pat managed to catch the last train.
A passer-by heard his call for help.
High heels are back in fashion.
Activity 9. Read the similes. Which one do you like most of all? And why?
Activity 10. Read the words in bold type explaining the reading rules of
the letter “A” Read the limerick observing the reading rules.
There was a young man from Crail,
Who wanted to ride on a whale,
When he got on its back,