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4.Lost time is never found again.

5.Out of sight, out of mind.

6.There's no need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

7.Smile a while and while you smile, others'll smile and then there'll be miles of smiles.

8.There was a young lady of Niger, Who went for a ride on a tiger; They returned from the ride With the lady inside,

And a smile on the face of the tiger.

9.Snow came in the night Without a sound

Like a white cloud

Trembling down to the ground.

10.Take a bike or take a hike, Bake a cake or say goodnight Say goodnight or say good day

Keep your face away from sight.

Say my name or say you’re lame

Find my name in the walk of fame Same as a famous guy in LA.

[uә]

1.During the holidays many tourists go to Europe.

2.Form the plural of “moor”.

3.The purest uranium ore has been found in the Ural mountains.

4.I was furious about his injurious behavior.

5.Can you cure her of curiosity?

6.He was cured during his tour of Europe.

7.During February.

During February they made a tour

During February they made a tour of Europe

I’m absolutely sure that they made a tour of Europe during February.

[oi]

1.What kind of noise annoys an oyster? A noisy noise annoys an oyster.

2.Small boys like noise-making toys.

3.Joyce's boyfriend has the noisiest Rolls-Royce with a destroyed motor.

4.Join me in the voyage, Roy.

5.Mr. Hoyle toils the soil.

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6.Roy is a loyal royalist.

7.Joice enjoys annoying Roy.

8.Oil.

Point of oil. Boiling point of oil.

What’s the boiling point of oil?

[au]

1.Mr. Brown was not allowed to go out of the house.

2.Clowns grow glowing crowns.

3.The mouse that I found in our house was running around in the lounge.

4.What have you found out about it?

5.Out of sight out of mind.

6.Just outside the town, to the south, is Louwater House.

7.We saw a hound with a grouse in its mouth.

8.Without doubt out scout will make photos of mountains and fountains.

9.They’ve eaten me out of house and home.

10.To make a mountain out of a molehill.

11.Snow came in the night without a sound,

Like a white cloud trembling down to the ground.

12.Ground.

Mouse on the ground.

A brown mouse on the ground.

This owl has found a brown mouse on the ground.

13.There’s a flower.

There’s a flower near the tower.

There’s a flower near the tower, it’s ours.

12.There was an Old man of the South, Who had an immoderate mouth; But in swallowing a dish,

That was quite full of fish,

He was choked, that Old Man of the south.

[eә]

1.Mary is scared of fairies in the dairy.

2.Fair-haired Sarah stares warily at the hairy bear, glaring from his lair.

3.- Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?

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-I’ve been to London to look at the Queen.

-Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there?

-I frighten a little mouse from under the chair.

4.Dickery, dickery, dare, The pig flew up in the air, The man in brown

Soon brought him down; Dickery, dickery, dare.

5.There was an Old man of Peru, Who never knew what he should do; So he tore off his hair;

And behaved like a bear,

That intrinsic Old man of Peru.

6.Sam, Sam, the dirty man, Washed his face in a frying pan,

Combed his hair with the back of chair, And danced with a toothache in the air.

7.There was an old woman who had three cows, Rosy, and Colin, and Dun.

Rosy and Colin were sold at the fair,

And Dun broke her heart in a fit of despair, So there was an end of her three cows, Rosy, and

Colin, and Dun.

8.Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair;

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,

“Let me taste your ware”.

Says the pieman to Simple Simon,

“Show me first you penny”.

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,

“Indeed, I have not any”.

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More practice

1.Sidney is in the city. Betsy Nelson is at the lesson.

2.As fit as a fiddle.

3.Kitty is thin-skinned. Minnie is thick-skinned.

4.An early bird catches the worm.

5.He was the first to observe the surface of the Earth.

6.Oh, no! Don’t go home alone. Nobody knows how lonely the road is.

7.Honesty is the best policy.

8.Of all the saws I ever saw I never saw a saw as that saw saws.

9.Mark’s art and heart of the party.

10.After the party Martha and Arthur started to argue.

11.As snug as a bug in a rug.

12.Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

13.That fish has a thin fin. This fish is a fish that has a thinner fin than that fish.

14.Twenty-five weavers’ wives went to Warsaw to win a victory.

15.William always wears a very warm woolen vest in winter. Victor, however, will never wear woolen underwear even in the Wild West.

16.Betty Bottah bought some butter,

But she said, “This butter’s bitter”.

But a bit of better butter

Will make my batter better.

17. Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. A pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers,

Where is the pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

18.As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives –

Yow many were they going to St. Ives?

19.Oh, what a tangle web we weave when first we practice to deceive!

20.How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

And if a woodchuck could chuck wood,

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?

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21.It isn’t easy to please Lizzie.

22.She sells sea-shells on the sea shore. The shells she sells are sea-shells, I’m sure.

23.B + A = [bei] B + E = [bi:]

B + I = [bitibai]

B + O = [bәu]

[biti bai bәu bi: ju: bu: biti bai bәu bu bu]

C + A = [sei] C + E = [si:]

C + I = [siti sai]

C + O = [sәu]

[siti sai sәu si: ju: su: siti sai sәu su su]

(choose any letter from the alphabet)

24.One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Twotwo won one too.

25.One smart man, he felt smart. Two smart men, they both felt smart. Three smart men, they all felt smart.

26.A big black bug bit a big black bear,

A big black bear bit a big black bug.

27.The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

28.Green glass globes glow greenly.

29.No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

30.The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.

31.When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write.

32.Wow, race winners really want red wine right away!

33.You know New York. You need New York. You know you need unique New York .

34.Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.

35.That handsome man standing with his back to the track has a hat in his hand.

36.Come, come, Stay calm, stay calm, No need for alarm,

It only hums, It doesn't harm

37.Mr Grey is waiting at the railway station for a train.

38.We need tea for three, please, for Jean, Steve and me.

39.I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream!

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POEMS AND RHYMES

1. - Bow-wow, says the dog, Mew-mew, says the cat, Grunt-grunt, goes the hog, And squek, goes the rat. Tu-wu, says the owl, Caw-caw, says the crow, Quacks-quack, says the duck, And moo, says the cow.

-Spades for digging, pens for writing, Ears for hearing, teeth for biting, Eyes foe seeing, legs for walking, Tongues for tasting and for talking.

- Big bells ring a long full song, Ding-dong, ding-dong.

Hear the ringing, hear the song, Ting-a-ling, ding-ding, dong-dong.

-One-one was a race horse, Two-two was one too, One-one won the race, Two-two won one too.

-Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it thick, say it quick!

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it thicker, say it quicker!

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it the thickest, say it the quickest!

-If you understand, say “understand”

If you don’t understand, say “don’t understand” But if you understand and say “don’t understand”

How do I understand that you understand? Understand?

-I know a boy named Tate Who dined with his girl at eight.

I’m unable to state what Tate ate at eight Or what Tate’s tete- a -tete ate at eight.

-Dr. Johnson and Mr. Jackson after a great consideration,

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Came to the conclusion that the Indian nation

Is back in education because the chief occupation is cultivation.

2. Sally speaks Spanish, But not very well.

When she tries to speak Spanish

You really can’t tell.

What language she’s speaking

Or trying to speak.

The first time I heard her, I thought it was Greek.

Practice reading Russian tongue-twisters with English articulation. Explain the difference in pronunciation.

1.Коваль ковал коня, Конь копытом коваля, Коваль кнутом коня.

2.Кукушка кукушонку Купила капюшон.

Надел кукушонок капюшон, В капюшоне кукушонок смешон.

3.Купи кипу пик,

Кипу пик купи, Пик кипу купи.

4.Перепел перепёлку и перепелят В перелеске прятал от ребят.

5.Пошёл Ипат

Лопаты покупать. Купил Ипат Пять лопат.

Шёл через пруд, Зацепился за прут. Упал в пруд Ипат, Пропали пять лопат.

6. Променяла Прасковья карася На три пары полосатых поросят. Побежали поросята по росе, Простудились поросята, да не все.

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7.Сшит колпак, вязан колпак, Да не по-колпаковски.

Вылит колокол, кован колокол, Да не по-колоколовски.

Надо колпак переколпаковать, Да перевыколпаковать.

Надо колокол переколоколовать, Да перевыколоколовать.

8.Тимошка Трошке крошит в окрошку крошки.

9.У тридцати трёх полосатых поросят Тридцать три хвостика висят.

10.Карл у Клары украл кораллы, а Клара у Карла украла кларнет.

11.Пётр Петрович, по прозванью Перов, поймал птицу пигалицу; понёс по рынку, просил полтинку, подали пятак, он и продал так.

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Read the rhymes and learn them

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Oh, swing the king and swing the queen, Oh, swing the king and swing the queen, Oh, swing 'em round and round the green. Oh, swing 'em round the green.

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Tommy Trot, a man of law, Sold his bed and lay upon straw,

Sold the straw and slept on grass, To buy his wife a looking-glass.

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There was a little girl And she had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good,

She was very, very good, But when she was bad, She was horrid.

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There was an old person of Burton, Whose answers were very uncertain,

When they said. "How ďyou do?"

He replied, "Who are you?"

This distressing old person of Burton.

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There was an old lady of Chertsey, Who made a remarkable curtsey, She twirled round and round,

Till she sunk underground,

Which distressed all the people of Chertsey.

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Hiccup, snickup, Rise up, right up,

Three drops in a cup, Are good for the hiccup.

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There was a young lady of Parma, Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer, When they said, "Are you dumb?"

She merely said, "Hum!"

That provoking young lady of Parma.

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There was an old man in a garden, Who always begged every one's pardon,

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When they asked him, "What for?" He replied, "You are a bore!

And I trust you'll go out of my garden."

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There was an old man of Peru, Who dreamt he was eating his shoe, He awoke in the night

In a terrible fright :

And found it was perfectly true!

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There was an Old Man who supposed That the street door was partially closed, But some very large rats

Ate his coats and his hats.

While that futile Old Gentleman dozed.

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There was an Old Man in a boat, Who said. "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!" When they said, "Not You ain't!" He was ready to ,faint,

That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

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There was a young lady whose eyes Were unique as to colour and size, When she opened them wide, People all turned aside.

And started away in surprise.

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There was a fat man of Bombay Who was smoking one sunshine day, When a bird called a snipe

Flew away with his pipe,

Which vexed the fat man of Bombay.

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There was a young lady of Norway. Who casually sat on a doorway. When the door squeezed her flat, She exclaimed, "What of that?"

That courageous young lady of Norway.

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There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger, They returned from the ride

With the lady inside,

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