Sound Practice. Task 10. Exercises based on the text of the fable.

Task 10. Exercises based on the text of the fable.

A. Listen and repeat:

/i:/	/I/			/e/		/{/
he	it	river	in	anyone	when	ran
see	with	bridge	big	went	fell	catch
the	him	into	is	reflection	end	that
greedy	his	did	will	himself	less	has
	nothing	if		said

 

B. Listen to the following sound contrasts, practise their pronunciation.

/i:/ - /I/	/I/ - /e/	/e/ - /{/
he – his	with – went	less – has
see – with	in – end	said – that
the – is	will – when	fell – ran
greedy – bridge	nothing – anyone	end – catch

 

C. Spell the words according to their transcription:

/hi:	hIm	les	h{z
si:	hIz	sed	D{t
Di:	bIg	fel	r{n
gri:dI	brIdZ	wen	k{tS/

 

D. Listen and transcribe the words you hear:

he	him	himself	that
see	did	fell	has
the	big	end	less

 

E. Transcribe the words containing /i:, I, e, {/ in the sentences you hear:

a) He ran off with it before anyone could catch him.

b) He did not know that the dog he saw in the water was a reflection of himself.

c) He has lost his own bone, too, because it fell as he jumped in.

d) If you want more because you are greedy, in the end you might find you have less.

F. Transcribe the words containing the phonemes you have learnt. Read them: (/D@/, //{nd/, /hIz/, /DeI /, /@/, /hJ/, /It/, /hIm/, /keIm/, /{z/, /dId/, /D{t/, /In/, /h{z/, /bIg/, /Iz/, /maIn/, /sed/, /aI/, /teIk/, /sJ/, /DJ/, /aID@/, /h{d/, /end /, /maIt/). Answer the following questions:

1) Which vowel is the most frequent in the words you have written? (/I/ - 7, /{/ - 5, /@/ - 3, /J/ - 3, /eI/ - 3, /aI/ - 3, /e/ - 2).

2) How many monosyllabic, disyllabic and three-syllable words are there in the text of the fable? Group the monosyllabic words according to the following syllable patterns: V, VC, VCC, CVC, CV, CCVC, CVCC, CVCCC? Note: the letter V stands for a vowel; C stands for a consonant.

Monosyllabic words – 135, disyllabic words – 20, three-syllable words – 4. V – 9, VC – 18, VCC – 6, CVC – 52, CV – 41, CCVC – 3, CVCC – 5, CVCCC – 2.

G. Define the stress patterns of disyllabic and three-syllable words in the fable. Note:the symbol| –stands for a stressed syllable; the symbolÈstands for an unstressed syllable (disyllabic words: | – È, È | –;three-syllable words: È | – È, | – È È).