Poems to be learned by heart

ORAL INTRODUCTORY COURSE

(pronunciation of vowels)

1. [ i:] me - meal - meet fee - feed - feet

knee - need - neat see - seed - seat

bee - been - beet he - heel - heat

pea - speed - Pete lee - lead – leap

1). Eve is Peter's niece.

2). Freedom and peace.

3). I feel the need of deep sleep.

4). Keep your teeth clean.

5). My tea is sweet enough.

6). Extremes meet.

There was once a man from Niece,

Who joined in the fight for peace.

When asked to say why,

He replied, "I must try

To prevent our untimely decease".

2. [ ı ] sit, still, Bill, pin, ill, fill, bid, lid

[i:] and [ı]

deep - dip heel - hill read - rid

sleep - slip seen - sin leave - live

sheep - ship meal - mill ease - is

beet - bit feet - fit feel - fill

keen - kin seat - sit green – grin

earl - ill lead - lid seal – sill

1). This is an interesting system.

2). Finish it. It isn't difficult.

3). His pretty sister lives in this little village.

4). Please, listen a minute to Kitty.

5). A little leak will sink a big ship.

There was a young man who was bitten

By twenty two cats and a kitten.

Cried he, "It is clear

My end is quite near.

No matter, I'll die like a Briton".

3. [ e ] цепь, тембр, set - said, let – led, net – ned, fet - fed, bet - bed, beck -beg

[ i: ] - [ı ] - [ e ]

read - rid - red

lead - lid - led

teen - tin - ten

feel - fill - fell

seat - sit - set

bead - bid - bed

1). Ned's friend intended to mend his pen.

2). These men send letters every day.

3). Let him go to bed.

4). A friend in need is a friend indeed.

5). East or West, home is best.

6). Better late than never. Better never late.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,

A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,

Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

4. [ æ ] bad - bat, sad - sat, lag - lack, fad - fat, cad - cat, pad - pat.

[ i:] - [ı ] - [e ] – [æ]

bead - bid - bed - bad

feel - fill - fell - fad

seat - sit - set - sat

[ e ] and [ æ ] bed - bad, head - had, men - man, merry - marry

1). Ann has a fat black cat.

2). The back of Jack's rabbit is black.

3). If you, Andy, have two candies,

Give one candy to Sandy, Andy.

4). The neck of Jack's cat is fat.

5). Habit cures habit.

Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean,

And so between them both, you see, they left the platter clean.

Jack Sprat ate all the lean, his wife ate all the fat,

And when the bone was clean, they gave it to the cat.

5. [ aı ] майка - my, байка - buy, пять - pie.

my, knife, ice, line, eye, tie, lie, side, night, sight, time, light, shy, sigh,

side - sight, lied - light, tide - tight, alive – life

1). We tried to find the right time on Friday night.

2). What kind of ice-cream shall I buy?

3). Isn't it fine to fly a kite?

4). Out of sight, out of mind.

There was a young lady of Niger,

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.

At the end of the ride

Was the lady inside,

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

6. [au] пауза - round

out, mouth, crowd, town, house, mouse, cow, brown, count, how

1). The crowd shouted loudly outside.

2). How can you count a thousand brown cows?

3). She shouted loudly when she found a mouse in her house.

4). Our brown cow has been found.

5). I have ploughed the ground round the house.

6). Burn not your house to rid of the mouse.

"Mr. Brown! Mr. Brown!

Are you going down town?

Could you stop and take me down?

Thank you kindly, Mr. Brown!"

7. [eı] чей - chain, шейка - shaker

shame, rain, save, place, day, table, plate, Kate, tape-recorder, page, tray, paper, face, say

1). They may take the train the same day.

2). The waiter gave the lady the stale cake.

3). Stay and play with the baby.

4). The rain in Spain is mainly in the plain.

5). No pains, no gains.

6). The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.

A young man from Salsbury Plain

Said, "I'm joining the Peace Campaign".

When asked why it was,

He replied, "It's because

H-bombs and war are insane."

8. [u: ] умный - whom, суживает - soon, стужа - too

group, blue, shoe, food, cool, room, fruit, rule, broom, moon, spoon

who - whom - hood sue - soon - soup

moo - - moon - moot root - rude

too - tomb - took moot - mood

boo - boon - book hoot - hood

new - noon - nook soup - soon

1). My ruler is at school too.

2). Whose soup was cool at noon?

3). June threw her shoes into the pool.

4). The fool stood aloof in his boots.

5). A new broom sweeps clean.

6). Soon ripe, soon rotten.

A tutor who tooted the flute

Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.

Said the two to the tutor,

"Is it harder to toot or

To tutor two tooters to toot?"

9. [ʋ] тугой – тыква - took, стук – стык - look

took, book, look, foot, shoot, full, hook, stood, could, put, cool, cook, pull, could - cook, stood- soot, hood - hook.

[u:] and [ʋ]

fool - full

pool - pull

food - foot

1). The book looks good.

2). You shouldn't look at the cook-book.

3). The rook stood on one foot.

4). By hook or by crook?

5). He took the book to school.

6). Look before you leap.

The Termite

Some primal termite knocked on wood

And tasted it and found it good.

And that is why your cousin May

Fell through the parlour floor today.

10. [ɔ:] смола - small, полк - port

saw, straw, floor, door, salt, floor, chalk, board, fork, all, four

ford - fought, cord - court, shored - short

four - fall - fought

saw - sword - sort

core - cord - court

bore - born - bought

1). The tall boy saw the ball on the lawn.

2). We all saw the small ball fall in the hall.

3). More and more.

4). George was born on the fourth of August.

5). If a white chalk chalks on a black blackboard

Will a black chalk chalk on a white blackboard?

6). Of all the saws I ever saw a saw

I never saw a saw saw as that saw saws.

7). Grasp all, lose all.

Tommy Trot, a man of law,

Sold his bed and lay upon straw.

Sold his straw and lay on grass

To buy his wife a looking-glass.

11. [ɑ: ] бал - bard, галстук - garden

ask, task, glass, bath, path, laughter, far, farther, rather, start

card - cart hard - heart

carve - calf bard - bark

car - card - cart bar - bard - bark

1). Father can't start the car.

2). Are they dancing in the garden?

3). He laughs best who laughs last.

4). Barking dogs seldom bite.

There was an old man in a barge

Whose nose was exceedingly large.

But in fishing by night

It supported the light,

Which helped that old man in a barge.

12. [ɒ ] восторг - nod

on, box, doctor, job, not, dog, hot, hog, log, odd, nod, dog - dock, log - lock, mob - mop, nod – not

1). What is the cost of the novel John lost?

2). Wasn't the box lost in the forest?

3). Pop got what he wanted.

4). Copy the song, it's not long.

5). Drop the block and lock the box.

6). A little pot is soon hot.

Three wise men of Gotham

Went to sea in a bowl,

And if the bowl had been stronger,

My song would have been longer.

13. [ʌ] восторг- cup, каток - cut, басы - bus, мосты - must,

сама - some

number, come, sun, fun, London, young, mother, brother, love, does, but, bus, money,

cub - cup, cud - cut, sung - sunk, sub – sup

1). It was such fun cutting up buns for supper on Sunday.

2). Someone must have done it for fun.

3). You mustn't touch the luggage.

4). As smug as a bug in a rug.

5). Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you

6). Every country has its customs.

See a pin and pick it up,

All the day you'll have good luck.

See a pin and let it lay,

Bad luck you’ll have all the day.

14. [ɜ: ] learn – earn – turn, nurse, nerve, turner, worker, purl, girl, bird;

burn, sir, stir, her, learn, bird, purse, turn, term, serve, first, shirt:

her - heard - hurt girl - girt

sir - surge - search surge - search

heard - hurt purge - perch

curd - curt perd – pert

1). The German girl learns words.

2). I heard her bird chirp.

3). He heard her words.

4). First come, first served.

5). The early bird catches the worm.

There was a young fellow of Perth

Who was born on the day of his birth,

He was married, they say,

On his wife's wedding day,

And he died when he quitted the earth.

15. [eə] реализм – rare; chair, share, stare, spare, glare, fair, bear, hair, pear, care, there, where, air, parents, mare, Clare

1). There were rare pairs at the fair.

2). Mare does care for fresh air.

3). Where are the parents? They are there.

4). Mary shared the pears with Clare.

5). Where there is a will, there is a way.

There was an old man of Peru,

Who found he had nothing to do.

So he sat on the stairs

And counted his hairs

And found he had seventy two.

16. [ ou ] еще - show

oh, no, low, snow, go, blow, boat, home, hose, rose, comb, row

1). Go home and show those roses to Joan.

2). Joan groaned when she broke a bone.

3). Oh, don't go home alone. No, I won't.

4). He only spoke low and slow.

5). A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There was an old lady whose nose

Was so big as to reach to her toes,

So she hired a lady,

Whose conduct was steady

To carry that wonderful nose.

17.[oı ] стойка - toil, oil

boy, joy, point, pointer, noise, voice, spoil, avoid, annoy

1). The noisy boy spoilt his voice.

2). Mothers avoid noisy toys.

3). Johnny joined the noisy boys.

4).Give a nice toy to the little boy.

5). Politeness oils the wheels of life.

There was once a boy known as Tag

Who always was wanting to lag.

When asked why he did it

He replied, "Don't forbid it!

I feel such a joy when I lag."

18. [ıə ] did - dear, knit - near

ear, dear, severe, earphone, dear, tear, here, near, idea, appear, hero

1). I feel this is a queer idea.

2). Oh, dear, do you not hear?

3). He lived near London for years.

4). Joy and sorrow are as near as today and tomorrow.

5). As clear as day.

A duck whom I happened to hear

Was complaining quite sadly "Oh, dear,

Our picnic's today

But the weathermen say

That the skies will be sunny and clear".

19. [uə ] full - pure, shook - sure

poor, moor, cruel, gruel, tourist, pure, newer, curious, furious

1). I'm sure the poor man was furious.

2). They are going to see fewer tourists during thistour,

3). The steward is sure to come.

4). Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.

There was a poor man of Moldavia,

Who had the most curious behaviour

For while he was able,

He slept on a table,

That funny old man of Moldavia.

20. [ ə ] senator, suppose

a) sentence, gentleman, father, England, cinemas, centre leader, waiter;

b) along, above, again, aloof;

c) B конце слов перед паузой как [ ]: runner

He is a good runner.

d) Под влиянием [k] и [g] похож на [ ы ] (язык больше отодвинуть):

back again, put the bag aside

1). This Englishman has come from Scotland.

2). Father and mother went to the cinema.

3). He is a very good runner.

4). They will soon be back again.

5). What does it matter? He was right.

6). Custom is a second nature.

There was once a student named Besser,

Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser,

And at last grew so small,

He knew nothing at all,

And today he's a college professor.

Poems to be learned by heart

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