Sound Practice. A. Listen to the fable,concentrate on the words containing the letter O; group them in accordance with the sounds it represents in speech

A. Listen to the fable,concentrate on the words containing the letter O; group them in accordance with the sounds it represents in speech. Explain the reading rules in writing. Define the structure of the stressed syllables. Example: /Q / – d o g (CVC).

1) /@U / – d o n’t, s o, g o;

2) /Q/ – d o g, st o p, n o t, m o ral;

3) / O:/ – bec au se; h or se;

4) / u:/ – t oo,y ou,d o,t o;

5) /aU/ – c ow, ou rs;

6) / V / – s o me, o thers;

7) /U/ – w ou ld;

8) / u / – int o.

B. Listen to the dialogues, practise reading them, linking the words smoothly. Lay stress-and-tone marks. Record the dialogues.

a) - Are you going to the party with ÿ Alan?

- I can’t go with ÿ Alan.

- Or with ÿ Eric?

- I can’t go with ÿ Eric.

- Oh.

- Why don’t you go with both ÿ of them?

- To tell you the truth, ÿ I can’t go with ÿ eithre.

- You’re not going?

- I’m going with ÿ Alec.

- With ÿ Alec? Both ÿ of us? [Mortimer:49]

b) - One cup ÿ only, Mrs Lobb, ÿ I think... I diet, ÿ actually. No bread, ÿ of course... oh, that beautiful cake, ÿ if you like. Not very big, ÿ I beg you... oh, too much, ÿ I assure you. Well, that’s not large, ÿ I suppose... If ÿ I have to have ÿ a double portion please make the second slice small. Cream? On both ÿ – oh dear! With ÿ even more cream? Really, this ÿ is ÿ excessive... I wish ÿ I could persuade you not to...

- Some jam ÿ on ÿ it?

- Nothing ÿelse.

- Ah.

- The jam will ÿ indeed be the climax! [Mortimer:55]

C. Listen to the fable. Write down the word combinations in which final consonants are linked to initial vowels. Add examples from your text book (The New English Course). Practise reading them smoothly.

ranÿ into a stable ÿ and jumped ÿ into the manger. hay in ÿ it. horse ÿ and cow don’t ÿ eat hay, you don’t need ÿ it It ÿ is ÿ ours. It ÿ is ÿ our dinner

If ÿ I can’t ÿ eat ÿ it, then ÿ I let you eat ÿ it ÿ either!” “Because ÿ I don’t like to see you what ÿ I can’t ÿ eat So the horse ÿ and the cow stop ÿ others