Exercise 5. Merry – merely error – earing

merry – merely error – earing

derrick – deary terror – steering

Ferry – rearing jerry - cheering

Imitation Skills Development

/ɪə/

1. Near and dear.

2. Come here, my dear.

3. He lived near London for years.

4. The theatre and the museum are near here.

5. Near and dear.

6. To smile through tears.

7. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.

8. The end of the pier is near. The end of the pier is near, I fear. The end of the pier is near, I fear, and the mist hasn’t cleared.

9. A dreary peer sneers in the grand tier. At the rear they hear the peer and jeer. But here clearly the cheers for the hero are really fierce.King Lear, the weary hero, is nearly in tears.

Vowel No 5. / ʊə / - its nucleus is back, high, close, rounded, short, broad; the glide is in the direction of / ə /.

1. during / ʊə / get ready to pronounce /ʊ/;

2. pronounce the glide /ə/ in both the diphthongs like / ʌ /.

Graphical rules

1) -u- in the 4^th type of syllable; e.g. cure, sure , tury, fury, during.

2) -oo- +r; e.g. poor, moor, spoor.

Exercise 1

a) cure-pure-poor-spoor-moor

cure-poor-pure-cure-moor

b) en‘dure im‘mure i‘nure se‘cure

procure endure secure immure

adjure allure adjure allure

c) pure – purely poor – poorly

pure – purer poor – poorer

pure – purest poor – poorest

Exercise 2

a) cute – cure huge – pure b) cur – cure port – poor

rule – ruler rude – moor purr – pure morn – moor

plume – spoor flute – spoor fur – fury porn – spoor

Exercise 3

a) purest – purism – jury – curate b) turret – truly – fury

mural – fury – lurid – curate current – ruler – rural

rural – plural – mooring – during hurry – huger – jury

during – curing – puring – luring flurry – music – mural

Imitation Skills Development

/ʊə/

1) I’m sure it’s pure fuel.

2) The steward is sure to come.

3) Poor, tour, jury.

4) What can't be cured must be endured.

5) Curiosity killed the cat.

6) For sure.

7) I’m sure. I’m sure about Muriel. I’m sure that Muriel will be cured. I’m sure that poor Muriel will be cured. I’m sure that poor Muriel injured in the tournament will soon be cured.

Vowel No 6. / eə / - its nucleus is front, mid-open, broad, short; the glide is in the direction of / ə /.

1. make the lips flat;

2. put the tongue-tip against the lower teeth;

3. drop the lower jaw much lower than during / e /;

4. pronounce the glide like / ə ^ʌ/.

Graphical rules

1) - a - in the 4th type of syllable; e.g. vary, Mary, parents.

Exceptions: to wear/ weə /, to swear/ sweə /, to bear/ beə /, pear/ peə/, where/ weə /, to tear/ teə /.

2) -ai- before “r”; e.g. air, pair, fairy.

3) -ear (in some words ); e.g. bear, pear, swear, wear, tear.

4) -ei- before “r” ( in some words); e.g. their.

Exceptions: there, where.