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Unit four
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Task 1. Listen to thefollowing words containing silent letters. Transcribe them. Practise their pronunciation. Write ten words exemplifying not phonetic English spelling.
lamb
answer
half
Island
knee
sign
bomb
bomber
foreign
know
receipt
write
debt
eight
hour
heir
whole
vehicle
who
ghost
exhibition
honest
dishonest
thought
walk
listen
autumn
high
knife
daughter
comb
palm
psalm
psychology
Christmas
bought
Task 2. Put one word in each space to make four compound nouns each time. Give their stress pattern. Practise their pronunciation. Offer ten written examples of your own.
a) Paint ---
Tooth ---
Clothes ---
Hair ---
b) Washing ---
Coffee ---
Sewing ---
Answering ---
c) Black ---
Notice ---
Chess ---
Score ---
d) Wrapping ---
Writing ---
Note ---
wall ---
e) Flower ---
Coffee ---
Pepper ---
Tea ---
f) Book ---
Suit ---
Pencil ---
Brief ---
Task 3. Give stress patterns of the following composite verbs. Make up sentences with them. Practise their pronunciation. Offer ten composite verbs exemplifying their stress patterns.
put off
look after
make up
look at
look for
listen to
take after
wait for
bring up
put up
take off
get up
wake up
hurry up
get off
Task 4. Chose 10 words given below, transcribe them, give phonetic characteristics of the phonemes they consist of. Do it in writing:
nickname
youngster
minor
senior
outlive
infant
brunette
chestnut
curly
forehead
delicate
charming
beard
freckles
pearly
paunchy
grasshopper
stout
beauty-spot
cross-eyed
hazel
eyelashes
jet-black
Grecian
aquiline
piercing
moustache
famous
glorious
ghastly
disgusting
odious
hideous
attractive
ingenious
thoughtful
Task 5. Listen to the following “content” words occurring together [Allen: 6-7]. Take care to give them full stresses, space the stressed syllables in a regular rhythm. Prepare good reading of them.
a) a è book / a " good è book / a " very . good è book / a " very . good è text-book / a " very . good . school è text-book.
b) a è cloth / a " piece of è cloth / a " piece of " white è cloth / a " large " piece of white è cloth / a " large " piece of pure . white è cloth.
c) a è doll / " Mary’s è doll / " Mary’s . new è doll / " Mary’s . new . china è doll / " Mary’s two " new . china è dolls.
d) a è boy / a " naughty è boy / a " very . naughty è boy / a " very . naughty . English è schoolboy.
e) the è day / the " whole è day / " nearly the " whole è day / " very " nearly the whole è day / " very " nearly the whole . day è long.
f) a è cup / an " empty è cup / an " empty " cup and è saucer / an " empty " cup and a broken è saucer / " two . empty " cups and a broken è saucer.
g) a è lorry / a " heavy è lorry / a " heavy " lorry with a è load / a " heavy " lorry with a load of è è wood / a " heavy " lorry with a full . load of è è wood / a " heavy " lorry with a full . load of two . tons of è è wood.
h) è whisky / " Scotch è whisky / a " bottle of " Scotch è whisky / a " bottle of " genuine " Scotch è whisky / " half a " bottle of genuine . Scotch è whisky.
i) a è clock / my " friend’s è clock / the " hands of my " friend’s è clock / the " metal " hands of my " friend’s è clock / / the " two . broken . metal " hands of my friend’s è clock.
j) a è hat / a " straw è hat / a " dirty " straw è hat / a " very . dirty " straw è hat.
Task 6. Listen to the following utterances [Allen: 58-59]. They are exactly the same, except a different word is stressed in each utterance. Write them down. Underline the most prominent word(s) in them. Lay stresses and tone marks in the utterances you hear. Give tonograms.
| a) Must you go ™ now? Must you ™ go now? Must ™ you go now? b) Has my book been ™ found? Has my ™ book been found? Has ™ my book been found? c) Do you want to stay ™ here? Do you want to ™ stay here? Do you ™ want to stay here? Do™ you want to stay here? d) Can you come to lunch to™ day? Can you come to ™ lunch today? Can you ™ come to lunch today? Can ™ you come to lunch today? | e) Will you have a little more ™ meat? Will you have a little ™ more meat? Will you have a ™ little more meat? Will you ™ have a little more meat? Will ™ you have a little more meat? f) Is Mary going to wear that ™ hat? Is Mary going to wear ™ that hat? Is Mary going to ™ wear that hat? Is Mary ™ going to wear that hat? Is ™ Mary going to wear that hat? g) Have you met my wife be™ fore? Have you met my ™ wife before? Have you met ™ my wife before? Have you ™ met my wife before? Have ™ you met my wife before? |
Task 7. Read the fable given below. Divide the sentences into intonation groups, lay stresses and tone marks. Write down the words in the right column which are usually stressed, which are unstressed, as a rule, the words which are sometimes stressed defining the parts of speech they belong to. Practise reading the fable, record it.
| Words which are usually stressed | Words which are usually unstressed | Words which are sometimes stressed |
| grapes(n) | a (art.) | he (personal pron.) |
Note: Short forms of parts of speech: adj. – adjective; adv. – adverb; art. – article; conj. – conjunction; part. – particle; n. – noun; v. – verb; prep. – preposition; pron. – pronoun.