Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. [כu] [כ:] boll – ball load – lord tone – torn

[כu] [כ:] boll – ball load – lord tone – torn

bolt – board loan – lawn cone – corn

choke – chalk moan – morning bone – born

comb – corn moat – mortal drone – drawn

coat – court mobile – morbid note – naught

dole – door stoke – stork pole – Paul

Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

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

Oh, no! Don’t go.

I suppose so.

Go slow.

Nobody is at home.

Stones grow old.

I don’t suppose you know Rose.

Floe chose to row the old boat.

Throw your stole over your shoulder.

²Activity 5. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [כu].

[ iә]

²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [iә].

A.

· ear-earring-earphone-earshot-earmark-clear-fear-dear-hear-spear-tear-sear

· beer-peer-deer-sheer-queer-career-volunteer

· here-sphere-sincere-severe

· idea-ideal-Korea-theatre

· fierce-tierce-pierce

· obviously-serious-curious-furious

· museum – period – audience – familiar

B. deer – deerskin tear – tier tear – tearless

dear – dearness rear – rearward tier – frontier

deer – dearer sphere – atmosphere near – sneer

clear – nuclear pierce – piercing hear – here

near – linear hear – hearsay peer – pierce

C.

· fear – fearful – fearsome

· sincere – insincere – sincerely

· ear – earache – ear drops

· fierce – fierceness – fiercely

· hear – hearsay – hearing

· here – hereafter – hereby

· idea – ideal – idealist

· obvious – obviousness

· clear – clearance – clear cut

· near – nearby – nearly

· peer – peerage – peeress

· serious – seriousness

Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

A. [iә] [εƏ] [ai]

here – hair – higher pier – pare – pie ear – air – eye fear – fair – fire dear – dare – dive steer – stare – style

sneer – snare – snipe tear – tare – tie cheer – chair – chime beer – bear – buy spear – spare – spy mere – mare – my

B. [ i ] [ i: ] [iә]

hit – heat – here fit – feed – fear limb – lean – linear

bit – beat – beer sit – sea – sear din – dean – dear

did – deed – deer ship – sheep – shear pit – Peter – pier

pit – speed – spear tin – teen – tear whim – weed – weird

Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

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

I fear he is far from being sincere.

It’s cashmere, my dear.

The day was clear and we went to the pier.

Have you read W. Shakespeare’s “King Lear”?

Really, dear!

All is queer here!

Can you hear clearly from here?

The theatre is somewhat near here.

All people are very sincere.

His appearance is clear.

Activity 5. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [iә].

[εƏ]

²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [εƏ].

A.

· hare-dare-fare-care-scare-rare-ware-bare-square-share-mare

· air-fair-pair-hair-chair-lair-stairs

· where-Mary-parent-variant

B. hair – haircut pare – compare mare – nightmare

chair – chairman fare – farewell wear – underwear

rare – rarebit share – shareholder where – everywhere

flare – flaring ware – warehouse pair – despair

fare – fanfare bare – barefaced bare – barefooted

C.

· air – airport – airsick – aircrew

· dare – daredevil – daring

· fare – taxi fare – fare stage

· fair – fare haired – fairy

· hair – hairdresser – hairstyle

· care – great care – careless

· rare – rare field – rarebit

· mare – nightmare

· pare – parent – parentage

· share – share out – shareware

· tear – tear in – tear way

· wear – wear and tear – wearer

²Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice