Task 13. Exercises based on the text of the fable.
Sound Practice A. Listen and repeat:
B. Listen to the following sound contrasts, practise their pronunciation: day – cried tree – it said – graceful very – unhappy hill – top up – good ugly – beautiful started – cut made – bramble bramble – bush sorry – some look – too
C. Spell the words according to their transcription: /"hIltQp/, /"br{mbl %bUS/, /lUk/, /strQN/, /"greIsfUl/, /"bju:tIfUl/, /gUd/, /"VglI/, /"Vn"taIdI/, /"Vn"h{pI/, /raIt/, /nekst/, /"k{rIIN/, /"{ksIz/, /"stA:tId/, /kVt/, /"pi:pl/, /"sQrI/, /"leIt@/. D. Listen and transcribe the words you hear: said, would, moral, cried, to use, new, may, pond, eat, manger, asked, can’t, away, others, having, either, hungry. E. Transcribe the words containing /U, V, @U, Q, A:, u:/ in the sentences you hear: a) Look at me, I am tall, strong, graceful and very beautiful. b) What good are you? c) This made the bramble bush very unhappy because he knew the fir tree was right. d) They wanted to use it to make a new house. e) “Oh dear!” cried the fir tree, as it started to fall. F. Read the fable,concentrate on the words containing the letter A in their phonemic staff; group the words in accordance with the sounds it represents in speech. Explain the reading rules in writing. Give qualitative and quantitative changes of some phonemes when used in unstressed positions (/@ / – a t, a m, a nd, h a ve, a s, w a s; / A./ – ar e) 1) /eI/ – d ay, m ay, a, gr a ceful, m a de, c a me, m a ke l a ter; 2) /{ / – br a mble,unh a ppy, c a rrying, a xes, a t, a m, a nd, h a ve; a s; 3) /@ / – a, a t, a m, a nd, h a ve; a s 4) /Q/ – wh a t, w a nted, w a s; 5) / A:/ – ar e, st ar ted; 6) / O:/ – t all, sm all, f all; bec au se; 7) / e/ – s ai d.
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