Learn one of them by heart.

Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

Go and get your grandmother’s glasses.

Gloria gave gracious get-togethers.

Golf is a game when you use a white ball into a hole in the ground.

“Glare” means an angry look.

George was very generous and gentle.

“Goodness” means the quality of being morally good.

The younger generation generates a new image.

A giant is an imaginary person in the stories.

Have you ever seen a gigantic giant or a gigantic giraffe?

As a gesture of goodwill we agreed to do the work free of charge.

Activity 5. Read the similes. Which one do you like most of all? And why?

Activity 6. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

[n]

Activity 1. Read the words and sentences. Mind the reading rules.

· gnarr – gnarl – gnarled – gnat – gnaw – gnawing – gnome – gnomic

· align – sign – design – malign – resign – benign – reign – foreign – campaign – designer – foreigner – alignment

Gnat is a very small flying insect. Nick was called agnostic-fellow.

He was so gnarled. The gnome was good-hearted.

She answered with a gnash of the teeth. He was gnawed by fear.

[ŋ]

²Activity 2. Listen to the words and repeat them after the speaker

paying attention to the sound [ŋ].

· ring – bring – boring – sing – king – thing – finger – singer – wing

· long – song – strong – belong – wrong – prolong – longing – tongue – young

· sing – sang – sung ring – rang – rung

· going – discussing – reading – speaking – sitting – sleeping – writing – reading

Activity 3. Read the rhyme paying attention to the sound [ŋ].

The singers singa nice song -

Ting-a-long, ting-a-long.

The song they sing is very long

Ting-a-long, ting-a long.

Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

The singer sang a long song.

Your fingers are longer and stronger than mine.

The rings belong to the singer.

The singer was wrong.

Reading was boring for him.

It is a boring thing.

Look! Our team is winning.

It’s exciting!

He was a very strong and amazingly interesting person.

Activity 5. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

²Activity 6. Read the words in bold type, explain the reading rules of

the letters “gn”, “ ng”. Read the poem according to the reading rules.

WINTER MORNING

Winter is the king of snow men,

Turning tree stumps into snow men

And houses into birthday cakes

And spreading sugar over lakes.

Smooth and clean and frosty white,

The world looks good enough to bite.

That’s the season to be young,

Catching snowflakes on your tongue.

Snow is so snowy when it’s snowing,

I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.

²Activity 7. Listen and repeat the words.

[ - ] high – sigh – weigh – light – flight – might – night – right – sight

[ f ] tough – cough – rough – slough – enough – laugh – draught – rough

[ g ] ghastly – ghoul – ghost – ghostly – ghoulish – ghetto

[ - ] through – though – thorough – dough – daughter –

neighbour -borough

[ - ] ought – bought – brought – caught – fought – taught –

thought – naught – sought

Activity 8. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules..

The sight was bright.

The night was light.

It was a high flight.

It was a right weight.

The neighbors were right.

The work was thorough.

He guided me through the museum.

We heard cough.

It’s enough!

He looked ghastly.

²Activity 9. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.