Alfred h. Miles

²Activity 6. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.

Learn one of them by heart.

Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim.

Swan swam back again. Well swam, swan.

Draw a pail of water

For my Eddy’s daughter.

[u ]

BUT! [ Λ ]

²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [u].

A.

• put-pull-pulley-bull-full-bush-push-pudding-pussy-butcher

• book-cook-hook-look-rook-brook-took-good-hood-food-mood-stood

foot-soot-wool

• would-could-should

• careful-wonderful-wonderful-beautiful-restful

• wolf-woman-sugar

B. full – awfully wood – woodland hook – hooker

full – spoonful good – goodness foot – footstep

hood – childhood hood – manhood wool – woolsack

book – bookstall put – output book – bookish

wood – woodbine wolf – wolfish look – looking glass

bush – bushwhack bull – bulletin hood – hoodwink

C.

• good – good afternoon – goodbye – good-for-nothing – good-hearted

good-looking

• cook – cooker – cookbook – cookery – cookie – cooking

• could – couldn’t should – shouldn’t would – wouldn’t

• foot – footer – footing – footlights – footmark – footpath – footstep – footwear

• full – fulfill – fulfillment – fullback – fullness – full name – full length – fully

• hood – hoodwink – childhood – manhood

• look – looker – looking-glass – look-alike – lookout

• puss – pussy – pussy cat – pussyfoot

• push – pushy – push cart – pusher – pushover – pushup

• wood – woodblock – woodcut – wooded – wooden

²Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

[ u ] - [ u: ] [ u ] - [ כ ]

pull – pool full – fool good – god cook - cock

soot – sooth put – boot pull – pot soot – sock

hood – mood bull – school hood – hot boot – bottle

cook – cool foot – food look – lock took – stocking

rook – root wool – wound could – cod rook – rock

Activity 3. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

Could you if you would?

It looks good.

Keep a good lookout.

Would you help the woman, if you could?

Could I cook the food myself?

The food was very good.

It should be good wool.

I took him to the woods.

He looked for the sugar.

Did you put much sugar in your tea?

Look! They shook hands.

How good of them.

Activity 4. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Activity 5. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [ u ].

The Listening Woods.

I looked at the shadowed mosses,

I looked at the nests overhead,

I looked at the small brook dreaming

Alone in its sandy bed.

Ida W. Benham

²Activity 6. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twister.

Learn it by heart.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,

And chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would

If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

[ u: ] [ ju: ]

²Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [u:].

A.

• rue-rule-rude-flu-true-glue-truce-blue-assume-Cupid-clue

• boo-cool-moon-coon-noon-spoon-too-zoo-boot-hoot-room-boom

• group-soup-wound-bouquet-cougar

• bruise-cruise-juice-junior-fruit-suit

• crew-mew-new-view-knew

• pneumatic-pneumonia-neuter-neutral-queue

• move-prove

• tomb-who-whom-whose

B. fruit – grape-fruit rude – rudeness rue – rueful

pool – swimming pool tune – Neptune flue – fluent

truth – truthful view – interview boom – boomerang

screw –screwdriver cool – coolness amuse – amusement

tooth – toothbrush root – beetroot new – newborn

C.

• bloom – bloomer – blooming

• cool – coolant – cool box – cooler – cool head – coolly

• fool – foolish – foolproof – fool’s cap – fool’s paradise

• brute – brutal – brutality – brutish

• humour – humorous – humourless – humorist

• cruise – cruise control – cruise liner – cruiser – cruise ship

• amuse – amusing – amusement

• music – musical – musician – musicianship

• fruit – fruitcake – fruitful – fruitless – fruity

• new – newborn – newcomer – newlyweds – news – newspaper

²Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

A. [ u: ] [ u ] tool – took suit – soot goop - good

brood – brook pool – pull loop – look

wound – wool coon – cook boost – bush

food – foot who – whom fool – full

boot – put wooed – wood fruit – could

B. [ u: ] [uә] moo – moor cue – cure few – fury

boo – boor flue – fluent sue – sewer

too – tour Jew – jury fool – fuel

do – doer due – duel crew – cruel

shoe – sure pew – pure groom – gruel

Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

Who’ll do the rooms?

Do as I do.

Let’s have news of you soon.

You knew, it’s true, didn’t you?

I knew it was flu.

He was through with the task.

He was accused of abuse.

Are you used to using a computer?

Can you prove it?

The news is too gloomy.

Choose blue for the new room.

Humour is very useful.

I knew about that review.

Do you know the reading rules?

I value this true answer.

Where is avenue №2?

You are absolutely beautiful.

Do you like to go to the movies?

Activity 5. Read the rhyme. Mind the sounds [u] – [u:].