- •We are very little creatures,
- •Where is…?
- •It gave him a crack,
- •1. Which is the largest ocean?
- •In a bad mood Spoiled plans
- •Vain It was a warming party.
- •I knew hardly anyone.
- •10. … Are for the lakes as … are for oceans.
- •( G. Macdonald)
- •Reading Test
- •My search
- •Reading test
- •The Sleeping Bag
- •In dismay the cat sighed Little kittens, Little kittens
- •Reading Test
- •Reading Test
- •Reading Test
- •The crooked man
- •In a little cute crooked house.
- •Reading test
- •Winter morning
- •I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
- •Test reading.
- •I must and will deny:
- •Philosophic Advice
- •Eve Merriam
- •I think it’s queer
- •Reading test
- •I picked some wisps of weeds to eat.
- •I was wary in their curling.
- •Reading Test. Read the words according to the reading rules.
- •Think of me.
- •It was a great sensation!
- •It was her emotional explanation and declaration.
- •It was a great sensation!
- •The abc of Happiness
- •A Cradle Song
- •If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper,
- •She sells sea shells on the sea shore
- •Where are you going, Solomon Grundy
- •Grizzly Bear
- •Heart – heart attack – heart break – heartland – heartfelt – kindhearted – heartless – heartsick – hearty heart-to-heart
- •The Telephone
- •Alfred h. Miles
- •Alfred h. Miles
- •The Listening Woods.
- •I have two legs with which I walk,
- •Donkey and monkey.
- •The Brook
- •A. Tennyson
- •It only doubles troubles and troubles others, too.
- •I know tow chaps and yet a third
- •Spring Rain Rain, rain, rain, April rain,
- •Bite-kitw-five-quite-side-knife-ice-nice-dice-rice-price-size-tie
- •The climate is mild on this island.
- •²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [au].
- •Autumn Leaves
- •Bear – beer – bar mare – mere – mar
- •The Song for the Children
- •I heard music unawares upstairs, downstairs,
- •Joe Wallace
- •Part III. Stress
- •In columns.
- •B. Answer the questions about Jane using the words in the box.
- •Part IV
- •Practise in reading and explain the reading rules.
- •A man of words
- •In Heaven’s high bower,
- •The trees The poplar is a French Tree a drives-his-roots-in-deep tree,
- •Request
- •Age and youth
- •Is there any reason known?
- •Perfect your perfect English!
- •17. Read the questions below and fill in with the correct answer.
- •Activity 18. Spelling Bee
- •I once met a beautiful lady
- •Save Our Planet
- •2. Read the song and find the rhyming words.
- •Career Prospects
- •How the water comes down at Lodore
- •Its tumult and wrath in,
- •It hastens along, conflicting strong;
- •Its caverns and rocks among,
- •R. Southey
- •English for foreigners
- •I take it you already know
- •I'd mastered it when I was five!
- •Краткий справочник. Правила чтения английских слов.
- •I [ə:] girl
A Cradle Song
Sleep, sleep, beauty bright Sleep, sleep in the sleep
Dreaming over the toys of night. Little sorrows sit and weep.
By W. Blake
²Activity 6. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.
Learn one of them by heart.
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper.
A pack of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper,
Where is a pack of pickled pepper,
Peter Piper picked?
She sells sea shells on the sea shore
And the shells she sells
Are seashells, I'm sure.
[ I ]
²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
A.
in-inn-ink-inch-fin-pin-din-sin-shin-bid-tip
ill-bill-kill-gild-mill-milk-mist-hill-hitch-sill-till-pill
king-sing-spring-thing-ring-wring-string
city-pity-safety-scenery-whisky-dignity-simplicity-melody-visibility-mystery-bakery-bravery-busy-history-victory-cordialy-honestly-healthy-windy
kidney-chimney
women
B. fit – profit thing – nothing dignity – indignity
tip – tulip fish – sawfish ability – instability
list – blacklist pick – toothpick possibility – impossibility
gin – margin ring – ear-ring finity – infinity
C.
[ i ] this Finnish cryptic lynch kidney wicked
mirror reddish picnic big hockey attic
spirit selfish unit bitter chimney cyst
image blackish bridge middle money stitch
victim publish chip fish valley trolley
²Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice
Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
[ i ] - [ i: ]
sit – sea wit – wheat lip – leap rid – read
kin – keen din – dean wick – weak ship – sheep
lid – lead rich – reach pity – Peter live – belief
pin – people this – these chip – cheap hit – heat
hip – heap jig – jeez lick – legal mill – meal
Activity 3. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
It is the limit!
Willie is quick-witted.
Lily wishes it finished quickly.
It's difficult to contradict him.
Jim is in the picture.
Please keep in touch with Peter.
The pretty women are busy in the gym.
She is singing a lovely song.
Bring chicken for dinner.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
He lived in Italy.
A rich King has a pretty sister Kitty.
Kitty has sixty kittens.
He speaks Chinese quite well.
Activity 4. Learn this poem and try to make up your own version.
The snake bit a pig. The dog bit a rabbit.
The pig is ill. The rabbit is ill.
The snake is bad. The dog is bad.
The fox bit a cock. The kitten bit a fish.
The fox is ill. The fish is ill.
The fox is bad. The kitten is bad.
The cat bit a chick. ______________
The chick is ill. _______________
The cat is bad. _______________
Activity 5. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.
Can you find Russian versions for them?
Activity 6. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [ i ].
Little Kittens Solomon Grundy