Exercise 2. Read the following sentences

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

Exercise 2. Read the following sense-groups.

1.a rat; a fat rat; catching a fat rat; a cat catching a fat rat; a black cat catching fat rat.

2. his hands; clapping his hands; a man clapping his hands; a fat man clapping his hands; a fat man clapping his hands is Pat’s Dad.

3.a hat; a black hat; Pat’s black hat; a cat is in Pat’s black hat; a black cat is in Pat’s black hat; Pat’s black cat is in Pat’s black hat.

Exercise 3. Listen to the words and repeat them. Then underline the word in each group that is not pronounced with [e].

Example: Mexico America Egypt Texas

1. any crazy anywhere many

2. paper letter send pencil

3. seven eleven eight twenty

4. health wreath breath wealth

5. reading ready already head

6. present precious previous president

7. November February September April

8. guess guest cruel questions

9. thread threat fresh theater

10. mean meant mental met

Exercise 4. Listen to the sentences. Some words that should be pronounced with [e] will be said incorrectly. Underline C for correct or I for incorrect.

Example: You hear Who fed the fish? You underline C I

You hear I got wait in the rain. You underline C I

1. C I

2. C I

3. C I

4. C I

5. C I

6. C I

7. C I

8. C I

9. C I

10. C I

Exercise 5. Listen to the words. Underline the number of the word with the [æ] sound. Only one word in each series will be pronounced with the [æ] vowel.

Example: You hear add Ed odd

You underline 1 2 3

1. 1 2 3

2. 1 2 3

3. 1 2 3

4. 1 2 3

5. 1 2 3

6. 1 2 3

7. 1 2 3

8. 1 2 3

9. 1 2 3

10. 1 2 3

Exercise 6. Listen to the words and repeat them. Underline the one letter a that is pronounced [æ] in each word.

Example: ban a na

1. animal

2. Africa

3. California

4. fascinate

5. Alaska

6. attack

7. Saturday

8. Canada

9. Dallas

10. package

Exercise 7. Read the proverbs and learn them.

1. East or west, home is best.

2. All is well that ends well.

3. Good health is above wealth.

4. Better to do well than to say well.

5. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you can.

6. Money spent on brain is never spent in vain.

Unit 3 [ɒ]-[ɔ:]-[з:]

[ɒ] -dock, lock, stock, cock, not, boss, copy, cop, mop, top, nod, cod, rod, odd, dog, job, Bob, Tom, golf, fog, lost, loss.

[ɔ:] -short, port, sort, sport, fork, force, ought, bought, thought, autumn, daughter, taught, naughty, war, law, jaw, saw, thaw, care, tore, bore, for, nor, or, lord, ford, board, horn, torn, born, corn, form, storm, reform, warm, order, all.

[з:] -sir, work, hurt, fir, her, shirt, bird, skirt, heard, purse, nurse, word, world, first, burst, girl, curl, curtain, earl, thirteen, pearl, term, firm, serve, curve, prefer, worse.

[ɒ]-[ɔ:] -odd-lord, cord-cod, wad-ward, Polly-Paul, Bob-born, pot-port, fog-fork, cock-cork.

[з:]- [ɔ:] -shirts-shorts, her-horn, worm-warm, bird-board, curse-course, pearl-Paul, first-force, work-walk, curl-call, turn-torn.

[ɒ] 1.Polly wants her coffee strong.

2. John’s dog Tobby got lost.

3. Was it not possible to stop Tom and Bob?

4. Polly’s gone to the wrong shop.

[ɔ:] 1. A tall order.

2. The calm before the storm.

3. To put the cart before the horse.

4. You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make it drink.

[ɒ]-[ɔ:] 1.Paul and George, stop talking.

2. Yesterday John made four copies but Bob poured a cup of coffee all over them.

3. Cora and Polly adore small talk.

4. Olive watches John put a locked strong box on a yacht in a lock at the docks.

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