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Ex. 1 Distribute the words into four groups (one and the same word can be in different groups) according to the reading of unstressed vowels:

[ə]

[I]

[ə/I]

primary alph. meaning

Radio, message, kingdom, hopeless, gratitude, cellar, belong, changeable, divide, downy, also, prepare, deliberate, attribute, deliver, courage, teacher, countable, probable, tempo.

Ex. 2 Find the words with unstressed vowels and explain their reading:

1. Look before you leap.

2. Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

3. If you run after two hares, you’ll catch neither.

4. It’s not cricket.

5. Study sickness, while you are well.

6. Health isn’t valued, till sickness come.

Ex. 3 Transcribe the words:

Samba, gymnastics, glider, contest, spectator, vicious, medical, polo, bicycle, judo, discuss, stamina, marathon, achievement, disqualification.

Keys:

[ə]	[I]	[ə/I]	primary alph. meaning
kingdom cellar changeable deliberate deliver teacher countable probable	Radio message gratitude belong divide downy prepare deliberate attribute deliver courage	hopeless deliberate	Radio gratitude also attribute tempo

ENGLISH LETTERS’ MEANING: CONSONANTS

LETTER	MEANING(S)	EXAMPLES
Bb	[b]	Boy, baby
Cc	[s] – before e, i, y [k] [∫]	City, cycle Come, cat Machine, musician, delicious
Dd	[d] – after vowels & voiced consonants in endings [t] – after voiceless consonants in endings	Played, rained Stopped, watched
Ff	[f] [v]	Fine, film of
Gg	[dʒ] – before e, i, y [g] [ʒ]	Gym, gentle, angel Game, grow!!!girl Garage, rouge, beige
Hh	[h]	Hello, hamster
Jj	[dʒ]	Jane, joy
Kk	[k]	Kettle, kitchen
Ll	[l]	Lemon, little
Mm	[m]	Money, mirror
Nn	[n]	Nose, novel
Pp	[p]	Pepper, pick
Qq	[k]	Quarrel, quality
Rr	[r]	Right, reality
Ss	[s] – at the beginning of words, after voiceless consonants in endings [z] – after vowels & voiced consonants [∫] [ʒ]	Son, stops, caps   Vases, mends, advertise Shelf, insurance Measure, pleasure, usual
Tt	[t] [t∫] [∫]	Take, water Nature, future, picture Nation, education, initial, ambition
Vv	[v]	Van, cover
Ww	[w]	Wood, wet
Xx	[ks] [k∫]\[gz] [gʒ] – before a stressed vowel	Box, fox Luxury\ luxurious Luxury
Zz	[z]	Zero, zebra

READING OF “c, g, j”

Ex. 1 Read the words according to the rules:

college scoff science cyclist screen occupy cinema scenery soccer canteen success

get gallery German give general begin goal genus

jar judge jelly join joke

Ex. 2 Put the words into the right column:

[k]	[s]	[g]	[d3]

Cc: biscuit, cake, can, cap, car, cat, carpet, carry, chocolate, cinema, city, class, clean, clear, clerk, clever, clock, close, coat, come, concert, cook, cool, count, cousin, cow, cucumber, cup, cure, dance, December, doctor, face, race, factory, ice-cream, pencil, picture, place, quick, second, secretary, uncle.

Gg: august, begin, finger, flag, game, garden, get, girl, give, go, good, goose, grandfather, grass, great, green, grey, ground, jug, jungle, large, leg, orange, page, pig, porridge, tiger, village, engineer, giraffe, cage, German, together, forget, egg, dog, again, agree, angry, England, hungry, glass.

Ex. 3 Find the odd word:

1. cap, candle, centre, cosy, council.

2. gold, gum, gossip, game, give.

3. curriculum, century, ceramic, circle, cycle.

4. gentle, gerund, giant, gymnast, get.

5. cake, call, cease, cause.

6. gas, gentleman, ginger, gymnastics.

7. get, gain, give, begin.

8. scissors, scientific, scarf, scene.

Ex. 4 Transcribe the words:

Game, genius, gift, goddess, ginger, gather.

Cosmos, coffee, circus, cell, scooter, circle, scent, score, scientist, occasion.

Job, justice, jump, July, jungle, journalist.

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