Exercise 5. Listen to the rhymes and then read them yourselves

Exercise 2. Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.

Exercise 1. Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.

Zero degrees

Stan stopped smoking cigars.

Stand straight.

Small mistake

Stop sign

3. start and stop

4. Nice to see you.

6.The swimmer was slow and steady.

8. Students study in school.

9.I rest on Saturday and Sunday.

10.The postman likes to ski and skate.

Exercise 5. Read the following phrases. Pay attention to the consonant [z] in the boldfaced words.

1. Easy does it.

3.a cool breeze

4.a dozen eggs

5. busy as a bee

6. Close your eyes.

7.The puzzle is easy.

8. His cousin comes from New Zealand.

9.My husband gave me a dozen roses.

10.The museum is closed on Tuesday.

Unit 2 [b-p]

[b] At the beginning of words

be, best, boat, but, bat, back, bone, bank, begin, borrow.

[b] In the middle of words

obey, baby, table, habit, rubber, lobby, cabin, label, ribbon, neighbor.

[b] At the end of words

cab, rib, crib, bulb, rob, cub, rub, knob, robe.

[b] At the beginning of words

pen, pig, person, pain, pet, pay, put, pot, pay, past.

[b] In the middle of words

open, apart, apple, people, airport, supper, pepper, happy, paper.

[b] At the end of words

lip, soap, camp, jump, stop, cap, pipe, map, top.

Exercise 3. Read the following phrases. Pay attention to the consonant [b] in the boldfaced words.

1. bread and butter

2. above and bellow

3. baseball game

4. black and blue

5.the bigger, the better

6.I’ll be back.

7. Bad habits can be broken.

8. Bill is in the lobby.

9. Bob bought a blue bathrobe.

10. Betty was born in Boston.

Exercise 4. Listen to the dialogue. Underline the words that contain the consonant [p].

Peter: Paulette, I have a surprise! We’re taking a trip tonight!

Paulette: I’m very happy. But I need more time to prepare.

Peter: That’s simple. I’ll help you pack.

Paulette: Who will care for our pet poodle?

Peter: Your parents!

Paulette: Who will pick up the mail?

Peter: Our neighbor, Pat.

Paulette: Who will water the plants?

Peter: We’ll put them on the patio.

Paulette: Who will pay for the trip?

Peter: The company is paying every penny!

Paulette: Peter, you’ve really planned this.

Peter: Of course! I’m dependable, superior, and a perfect…

Paulette: “Pain in the neck!” Don’t get carried away!

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

2. Betty bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter,

so Betty bought some better butter, and the better butter Betty bought was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before!

3. I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits. Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mixer and brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines.

Unit 3 [t-d]

Exercise 1. Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.

[t]

time, what, between, water, late, torn, town, night, after, taxi, port, writer, empty, don’t, telephone, stool, liked, trousers, tell, hoped, storm, twelve, asked, temptation, Anthony, passed, twenty, bite, Betty.

[d]

danger, dirty, dinner, daughter, date, drive, drab, dog, day, do, rider, ladder, already, ready, Monday, holiday, idea, lady, body, study, under, read, road, side, old, head, add, afraid, loaded, acted, waited, lived.

[t]-[d]

tie-die, trunk-drunk, time-dime, set-said, bet-bed, two-do, coat-code, mat-mad, ton-done, late-laid, mate-made, heart-hard, torn-dawn.

Silent t

chris t en, ches t nut, Chris t mas, listen, glis t en, exac t ly, sof t en, cas t le, wres t le, of t en, mus t n’t, balle t, croque t, cabare t, whis t le.

Silent d

han d some, han d kerchief, han d cuff, gran d mother, gran d father, We d nesday.

Exercise 2. Read the words aloud. Underline the one letter t in each word that is pronounced [t].

Example: though t

1.traction

2.that

3.patient

4.texture.

5.temperature

6.tooth

7.presentation

8.arithmetic

9.together

10.substruction

Exercise 3. Listen to the sentences. Some words that should be pronounced with the consonant [d] will be said incorrectly. Underline C for Correct or I for Incorrect.

Example: You hear I’m reading a good book You underline C I

You hear Sat is the opposite of happy. You underline C I

1. C I

2. C I

3. C I

4. C I

5. C I

Exercise 4. Underline the word which does not have the sound [t].

Example: asked castle letter first

1.eight Thames whistle walked

2.Thomas needed time liked

3.listen winter eaten after

4.ended wished left hoped

5.whiter greater soften written

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