Exercise 3. Practise the following tongue-twisters

Exercise 4.

Practise the following tongue-twisters.

1. Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut butter.

Peter Pan peanut is the peanut picky people pick.

2. A big bad baby brought the bought black blanket back.

3. I’ll have a proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee-cup.

4. The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.

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

Exercise 5. ¯ /Track 4 /

Imitation. Practise the phonetic difficulties before you start the conversation.

'tea an d ‘c offee	a 'cu p o f ‘coffee	‘coun t th em
a t ‘b reakfast	a 'cu p o f ‘tea	i n th e ‘tea break
'bi sc uit	a 'coup le o f 'cup s of ‘tea	a t ‘th ree
‘kee p m e	a 'coup le o f 'cup s of ‘coffee	an d ‘thr ee
an d ‘l ater	'four 'cup s o f ‘coffee	dr ink
a 'cou pl e	'three 'cup s o f ‘tea	ge t ‘ in

A: 'How many 'cups of 'tea and ֻcoffee ¦ do you 'drink each ‘day? ||

B: I’ll ‘count them. || I 'drink ‘two.cups of.coffee at ‚breakfast. || In the 'morning ˇbreak, | I 'drink a‘nother ◦cup of ◦coffee. || In the ‘tea ‚break ¦ at 'three o’‚clock, | I have a 'cup of ‚tea ¦ and a ‘biscuit. || 'When I get 'in from ˇwork, | I 'drink a ‘couple of ◦cups of ◦tea. || And 'later in the ˇevening, | I.drink a'nother 'cup of ‘coffee. ||

A: 'So that’s 'four 'cups of ˇcoffee | and ‘three ¦.cups of ‘tea. ||

B: ‘Yes. || And 'if I’m 'working ˇlate, | I 'have a ‘couple of.cups of ‚coffee ¦ to 'keep me a‘wake. ||

4. Occlusive Affricative Consonants [C, G]

[C, G] are occlusive, noise, affricative, fore- and mediolingual, apical, palato-alveolar, oral consonant phonemes. [C] is voiceless, fortis; [G] is voiced, lenis.

The tip and the blade of the tongue touch the back part of the alveolar ridge and form a complete obstruction. Then the front of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate, the tongue tip is slowly removed from the alveolar ridge and the air escapes through the narrowing with friction.

[C] is not so palatalized as the Russian corresponding sound.

Exercise 1. ¯ /Track 5/

Read the words with [C] and [G].

Do not palatalize [C, G] in the word-final position. Prolong the vowel before the final [G].

chin	gin	rich	ridge
chear	jeer	search	surge
choke	joke	H	age
chain	Jane	larch	large

Exercise 2. ¯ /Track 6/

Say these phrases with [C] after [t]. Link the words together, to help you say [C] correctly. Mind that [t] loses its plosion before [C].

It’s 'quit e ‘ cheap	'Don’ t ‘c heat
a 'whit e ‘c hair	a 'grea t ‘c hance
a 'ho t 'c heese ‘sandwich	a 'fat ‘c hild

Practise the following tongue-twisters.

1. If two witches were watching two watches,

which witch would watch which watch?

2. A gentle judge just judges justly.

3. Which witch wished which wicked wish?

4. Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager,

imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

Exercise 4. ¯ /Track 7/

Imitation. Practise the phonetic difficulties before you start the conversation.

'things ha ve ‘ ch anged; ‘las t ‚m atch;ˇbea ten; 'seven-yea r-•o l d ‘c hild.

A: 'Can you 'play ‘chess? ||

B: ˇYes, ¦ I en'joy chess very ‘much. || 'I was a 'chess ‘champion when I.was a ‚child. ||

A: And 'are you 'still a ‚champion chess °player? ||

B: ›No, ¦ 'things have ‘changed.|| In my ‘last ‚match | I was ˇbeaten ¦ by a 'seven-year-•old ‘child.|| ˇI think ¦ she’s a 'future ‘champion! ||

5. Occlusive Nasal Sonorants [m, n, N]

[m] is an occlusive, bilabial, nasal sonorant.

The lips are pressed together and form a complete obstruction in the mouth cavity.

[n] is an occlusive, forelingual, apical, alveolar, nasal sonorant.

The tongue tip touches the alveolar ridge and forms a complete obstruction in the mouth cavity.

[N] is an occlusive, backlingual, velar, nasal sonorant.

The back of the tongue is raised and touches the soft palate forming a complete obstruction in the mouth cavity. To produce [m, n, N]the soft palate is lowered and the air escapes through the nasal cavity. The vocal cords are drawn together and vibrate.

Exercise 1. ¯ /Track 8/

Distinguish between [n] and [N].

sin	sing	sinner	singer
ran	rang	win	wing
ton	tongue	thin	thing
son	sung	ban	bang

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