V. Учебно-методический блок.

1. Повторите все звуковые явления.

2. В парах подготовьте презентации звуковых явлений и звуковых упражнений:

- Loss of Plosion and Nasal Plosion [1, p.p. 47-48].

- Lateral Plosion and Loss of Aspiration [1, p.p. 48 – 50].

- Alveolar Consonants before Inter-dental and Linking [r] [1, p.p. 51, 55].

- Consonant Clusters with [r] [1, p. 52].

- Consonant Clusters with [w] and Elision [1, p. 53, 57-58].

- Absence of Assimilation [1, p.p. 54-55].

3. Подготовьте выразительное чтение упражнений Ex.4, p49, Ex.2, p51-52, Ex.3, p52-53, Ex.2, p53, Ex.2, p54, соблюдая правильность артикуляции звуков и все типы ассимиляций [1].

VI. Вопросы для самоконтроля.

Answer the following questions about different types of assimilations.

1. How are English consonants modified in the position before sonorants [w] and [r]?

2. How is the sonorant [r] modified when combined with different consonants?

3. Explain the difference between complete and partial Loss of Plosion. Give examples.

4. Explain the phenomena of Nasal and Lateral Plosions.

5. What are the principles of pronouncing plosive consonants and fricative [s]?

6. In what consonant clusters do we observe no assimilation? How should such clusters be pronounced?

7. What happens to different consonants in their combination with inter-dental sounds [θ, ð]?

8. In what cases are English words linked together in the speech flow with the help of the sonorant [r]?

9. In what cases do we observe stronger (and weaker) assimilations?

10. When is it possible (and when is it not) to omit sounds in speech?

VII. Контрольный блок.

1. Prepare reading for a mark of Ex. 2, p. 56 (both texts) [1].

2. Do the test in a written form.

Final Test.

1. Loss of Plosion takes place when

1. 2 plosives are in contact

2. 2 fricatives are in contact

3. A plosive & a fricative are in contact

4. A fricative and a plosive are in contact

2. When Lateral plosion takes place, the air stream passes

1. through the nasal cavity

2. through the mouth cavity

3. along the sides of the tongue

4. through the sides of the tongue

3. Devoicing is the assimilation affecting

1. the place of articulation

2. the manner of articulation

3. the work of the vocal cords

4. the position of lips

4. In the clusters [tr, dr, kr, gr, θr, δr] consonants which become post-alveolar are

1. k, g b. t, d c. θ, δ

5. Double assimilation takes place in the consonant clusters

1. [br, pr, kr, gr] b. [tr, dr, sw, tw] c. [br, gr, gw, dw] d. [δr, kr, sw, kw]

6. When Nasal plosion takes place the air stream passes

1. through the nasal cavity

2. through the mouth cavity

3. along the sides of the tongue

4. through the sides of the tongue

7. Labialisation is the assimilation affecting

a. the manner of articulation

b. the place of articulation

c. the work of the vocal cords

d. the position of lips

8. At the junction of alveolar consonants with inter-dental consonants [θ, δ ]

a. θ , δ are represented by their dental variants

b. the alveolar consonants are represented by their dental variants

c. the alveolar consonants are represented by their post alveolar variants

d. θ , δ are represented by their alveolar variants

9. Clusters [θr, ʃr, sr, fr] are characterized by

a. double assimilation

b. regressive assimilation affecting the place of articulation

c. progressive assimilation affecting the manner of articulation

c. progressive assimilation affecting the work of the vocal cords

10. In the clusters [θr, δr]

a. [r] is modified c. both sounds are modified

b. [θ , δ] are modified d. both sounds remain unchanged.

11. Intrusive [r] is

a) a phonetic mistake c) a phonological mistake

b) a typical feature of English Standard pronunciation d) a slip of the tongue

12. Absence of assimilation is observed in the following words and word combinations

a) months, twelve women b) tenth, great victory c) table, thick needle

13. Omission of [t,d] is possible

a) after a fricative consonant c) between two vowels

b) between two other consonants d) after an unstressed vowel

14. Dropping of [h] is possible

a) in initial unstressed pronouns and auxiliary verbs

b) in final stressed pronouns and auxiliary verbs

c) in medial and final unstressed pronouns and auxiliary verbs

d) in final unstressed pronouns and auxiliary verbs

15. Absence of assimilation means that

a) the quality of the adjacent consonants should be preserved

b) adjacent consonants should become identical

c) adjacent consonants should be devoiced

d) adjacent consonants should become similar