Test I

1. Divide into groups and transcribe these words:

Worry, student, apricot, oppose, novel, after, magic, limit, visit, excuse, sentence, bypass, money.

primary alphabetical meaning	primary short meaning	secondary meaning

2. Find the odd word:

1. little, silly, fiddle, middle, quite

2. tragic, pathetic, paste, falls

3. ruling, tulip, truthful, trustee, numeral

3. Transcribe these words:

Archery, point, cricket, victory, golf, runner-up, water polo, racket, rugby, swimming, championship, spectator.

Test II

1. Divide into groups and transcribe these words:

Cinema, never, crying, stupid, numeral, uncle, Monday, figure-skating, war, river, panic, staff, hunting, transport.

primary alphabetical meaning	primary short meaning	secondary meaning

2. Find the odd word:

a) doing, hunting, uncle, cinema, magic

b) stupid, trying, Friday, April, silly

c) student, numeral, never, crying, being

3. Transcribe the words:

Fibre, April, going, render, family, avid, cavity, facet, lady, fever, over, funeral, fencing.

4. Reading of Stressed Vowels in Combination with the Letter ”r”

VOWEL LETTERS + “R”

vowel	+ “r” + vowel + vowel + ”r” + vowel + ”l/n”	+ “r” + consonant + final “r”
Aa	[εə] fair, fare	[α:] farm, far
Ee	[ıə] here, hero, neon	[3:] herbal, her
Ii	[aıə] liar, fire, giant	[3:] firm, fir
Oo	[:] boar, more	[:] north, for
Uu	[(j)υə] pure, sure, fuel	[3:] surf, fur
Yy	[aıə] tyrant	[3:] byrd

Ex. 4.1

a) Name the stressed sound of every line:

1. share, rare, care, compare, prepare, hare.

2. here, mere, sphere, material, serial, period.

3. fire, lyre, hire, tired, wire, satire.

4. pure, cure, lure, curious, during, secure.

5. more, shore, explore, before, store.

b) Read these words according to the rules:

Letter “A” (primary short and long meanings):

farce arch scarf

market alarm jar

fare Mary daring

sharing snare care

Letter “E” (primary short and long meanings):

germ perch mercy

verse concern German

hero mere inhere

era severe zero

Letters “I/Y” (primary short and long meanings):

thirty birch smirch

shirk circle quirt

fire lyre tyre

require wire quire

Letter “U” (primary short and long meanings):

turn further lurch

Thursday curtains turkey

endure cure pure

obscure fury curious

Letter “O” (primary short and long meanings):

storm mort orchard

pork force thorn

core shore score

wore oral forehead

Ex.4.2

a) Make words with these beginnings and write them in the correct part of the table:

Beginnings ba fa ra da sta squa ca ha cha Endings r re lf ir rd rt lm

Words with the vowel [α:]	Words with the vowel [εə]
bar	bare

b) Divide the words into groups according to the sounds:

Air, bear, deer, square, tour, real, giant, your, near, ear, pair, oar, more, secure, cure, fire, lure, lyre, pure, satire, board, fair, hair, hear, dear, tire, fuel, sore, our, area, near, pier, hour, fire, mere, real, diamond, ear, fierce, science, vary, zero, theory, fuel, ore, millionaire, lair, mere, where, trial, work, earn, sergeant, warm, worm, heart, world, merry, persuade, nurse, harp, early, scarcely, clerk, form, target, learn, hurry, bird, persue, war, firm, circus, turn, farm, earth, word, market, girl, fir, bargain, turkey, mortar, swirl, sword, order, urgently, orchid, appear, observe, persue, surface, disregard, perm, sardines, require, depart, quarrel.

Ex.4.3 Read as quickly as possible:

1. Hares, rare hares, take care of rare hares; my parents take care of rare hares. My parents rarely take care of rare hares and canaries.

2. Football, more than football, basketballs more than football, adore basketball more than football, boys adore basketball more than football, tall boys adore basketball more than football. Almost all tall boys adore basketball more than football.

3. The theory, the theory of this experienced engineer is clear, the theory of this experienced engineer is really clear. My dear! The theory of this experienced engineer is really clear.

4. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.

5. Cheers, dear! Cheers! Here’s to the bearded mountaineer!

6. Charming, large and charming, farms are large and charming, gardens and farms are large and charming. The parks, gardens and farms are large and charming.

7. A girl, a circus girl, Pearl is a circus girl, Pearl is a circus girl who works, Pearl is a circus girl who works with birds.

8. Her work, her work in workshop, her work in a dirty workshop, her work in a dirty workshop was the worst. Her work in a dirty workshop was the worst in the world.

Ex. 4.4 Pick out the odd word:

1. term, clerk, serve, perfect.

2. target, farm, warm, market.

3. learn, earth, pearl, heart.

4. Vernon, terrible, merry, hurry.

5. word, work, world, war.

6. first, fur, far, turn.

7. girl, shirk, wire, birch, birth.

8. earn, learn, heart, early.

9. worm, worn, world, work.

10. nurse, lurk, hurry, hurt, suburb.

11. advertisement, university, reserved, western.

Ex. 4.5 Put the words into three columns:

[ɑ:]	[ɔ:]	[з:]

Tardy, sort, purge, war, heart, dormant, world, port, darling, warm, earn, lord, work, partake, furbish, learn, mortify, clerk, purblind, portly, sergeant, dart, further, partner.

Ex. 4.6 Complete this conversation using the words in the box. Then listen and check

( , track 4)

Cars cares stars stares

Sid: This is a great life, with no worries or cares!

Joe: It would be nice if we had ________ though, Sid.

Sid: I didn’t say ______, I said ______!

Joe: Oh, I see. Not _______, as in traffic, but ______ with an ES at the end!

Sid: That’s right. I’ve always loved sleeping under the ______.

Joe: But why? There’ hardly any space under the ______!

Sid: No, not ______, ______! You know, little lights in the sky.

Joe: Oh, ______! I thought you said _________, that people walk up!

Ex. 4.7 Read and transcribe the following sentences:

1. I’d like to reserve a seat on the ten-thirty flight to Birmingham, on Thursday. My name is Vernon.

2. I’ll search under the fir trees and the birches, I’ll circle the earth – and I’ll return with a superb firm earthworm for my perfect turtledove.

3. Pearl will be thirty next birthday. Her perfume from Germany is perfect.

4. Gregory reported about this story with sarcasm, then he asked rhetorical question.

5. I always think about misfortune with a horror.

6. Barbara’s government had a very bad reputation.

7. Sorry, but I don’t like horror films, I prefer going to the theatre.

Ex. 4.8 Listen and circle the word you hear ( , track 5)

Heart or hat? She put her hand on her heart\hat.

1. Nowhere or no way? There’s nowhere\no way to go.

2. Fair or far? It isn’t fair\far.

3. Part or port? This is the main part\port of Athens.

4. Bear or beer? That’s a strong bear\beer.

5. Come or calm? She told me to come\calm down.

Ex. 4.9 Practice reading