- •The Syllable. The Principles of Syllable Division. The nature of the syllable.
- •Syllable division rules for simple words and parts of compound words
- •The Primary and the Secondary Meaning of Letters.
- •Reading of vowels in stressed syllables
- •The Primary Sound Meanings of Vowels in Different Types of Syllables.
- •Test II
- •Reading of Stressed Vowels in Combination with Letter ”r”
- •Idioms, sayings:
- •Reading of Vowel Digraphs*
- •Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
- •Reading of digraphs “oo”, “ou” in homographes:
- •Vowel Letter Combinations
- •Reading of Unstressed Vowels.
- •Reading of Consonants
- •Reading of “c, g, j”
- •Reading of Endings -(e)s, -(e)d
- •Reading of combinations of vowels with consonants.
- •Mute Consonants
- •Reading of English Consonant Clusters
- •Reading of “ng, nk”
- •Reading of letter “n”
- •Revision and Consolidation Practice
- •I) Each word here has the sound [u:]. How many ways are there to spell this sound? Arrange the words into the groups:
- •Additional Practice in Reading and Memory Work
Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
The 1st letter is read in its primary long meaning: sea [i:], oak [əυ], etc.;
The 2nd letter is read in its primary long meaning: neutral [u:], either [aı], etc.;
Two letters are read in their primary short meanings, forming a diphthong: beige [eı], they [eı], boil [ɔI], oyster [ɔI];
One of the letters is read in its primary short or secondary meaning: aunt [ɑ:], theory [ıə], etc.
Ex.5.1 Read the following words with digraphs [ei|ey]. Identify the sound of each line.
[ ] 1. beige, deign, heinous.
[ ] 2. either, seismograph, deictic.
[ ] 3. seize, inveigle, ceiling, receive, deceive, conceive, perceive.
[ ] 4. heir, heiress.
[ ] 5. leisure, Leicester.
[ ] 6. counterfeit, sovereign, foreign, surfeit, forfeit.
[ ] 7. eight, freight, neighbour, weight, sleigh, weigh.
[ ] 8. height, sleight.
[ ] 9. they, survey, grey, obey.
[ ] 10. eyrie.
[ ] 11. key.
[ ] 12. monkey, money, whisky, hockey, trolley.
Ex. 5.2 Which twelve of these words contain the sound [eə] (as in chair)? How are the others pronounced? Can you think of any more words with [eə]?
Air, care, dear, fair, hair, her, here, pear, pair, share, tear (verb), their, there, they’re, were, we’re, where.
Ex.5.3
a) Read the poem. Explain the reading of vowel combinations.
A little health, a little wealth
A little house and freedom
With some few friends for certain ends,
But little cause to need them.
b) Each word on the left rhymes with one word on the right. Match the words that rhyme and try to write a short poem using some of the rhyming words.
Brain, teeth, lost, foot, boast, suit, weight, slight, death, says, dull, phrase, war, full, chef, leaf, glued |
Deaf, great, beef, breathe, skull, Les, reign, days, tossed, post, height, wreath, food, shoot, put, law, wool |
Ex.5.4
a) Put the following words in the correct column according to the pronunciation of “ea”. Careful! Three of the words have two different pronunciations (and different meanings).
scream bean bread gear tear breath dread lead |
spear break heal steak dead yearn spread read |
knead plead pear bead great team breathe fear |
bear thread instead wear head year mean pearl |
[e] 10 words |
[i:] 11 words |
[εə] 5 words
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[ıə] 5 words |
[3:] 2 words |
[eI] 3 words |
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b) Give 2 examples of your own to each variant of pronunciation of the given digraph.
[ıə ] [ εə ]
[ eI ]
EA [ɑ:]
[ i:]
[ e ]
Ex. 5.5 Read the following words. Identify the sound of each line.
[ ] 1. food, boot, foolish, boost
[ ] 2. good, cook, took, look
[ ] 3. should, would, could
[ ] 4. blood, flood
[ ] 5. door, four, floor, boor
[ ] 6. moor, tour, poor
[ ] 7. brooch
[ ] 8. round, found, sound, pound
[ ] 9. soul, bowl, mould, shoulder
[ ] 10. touch, rough, nourish, courage
[ ] 11. soup, group, boulevard, goulash
[ ] 12. thought, bought, caught, fought
[ ] 13. you, youth
Ex. 5.6 Pick out the odd word.
Example:
Like by ninth live
monkey — donkey — whiskey — key
feudal — few — sew — queue
cook – look – pound – could
foot — good — food — cook
round — house — ounce — trouble
could — would — mould — should
seize — receive — deictic – ceiling
toilet – tortoise – boycott – buoy
joy –oily –voyage – connoisseur
annoy – choice – they –joy – poison
pear — swear — near — bear
door – floor – start – small
cream — head — leave — fleet
purple – thirsty – journey – there
ooze—wood—kangaroo—booze
courage — soul — trouble — nourish
plaintiff — raider — plaintive — plaid
bread – reads – pence – very
work – third – person – hair
size – grey – life – eye
buy – like – rich – kind
wear – ear - hear – nearly
earn – third – where – dirty
Ex. 5.7 Give 2 examples to each variant of pronunciation of the given digraph.
[əυ] [aυ]
[u:]
OU [Λ]
[ɔ:]
[ Ŋ ]
Ex. 5.8 Underline the words in which the vowel combinations are read according to the basic rule:
Cream, bleed, leave, fleet, death, dean, daily, head, rouge, great, tie, key, few, ceiling, eal, thief, plain.
Oar, fair, fuel, fare, ore, type, ear, prior, giant, pure, fire, here, trial, real.
May, oak, coin, connoisseur, heaven, broad, seize, agree, soar, aid, via, fiery, idiot, lie, peer, fear, lean, Sunday, says, formulae, main, leisure, sea, eagle, receive, triumph, foam, aegis, sieve, needle, people, leopard, die, Leicester, pseudonym, ceiling, holiday, read, clear.