2. Practise consonant clusters with [w] in connected speech.

a) set expressions, proverbs and sayings

a) a brain twister

b) swan song

c) (an) old wive’s tale

d) as white as a sheet

e) as wise as an owl

f) in full swing

g) not worth a straw

h) of the first water

i) to work wonders

j) to kill two birds with one stone

k) to twist someone round one’s little finger

1. All is well that ends well.

2. Eat with pleasure, drink with measure.

3. No sweet without some bitter.

4. No sweet without some sweat.

5. Measure twice and cut once. / Score twice before you cut once.

6. He gives twice who gives quickly.

7. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

8. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

9. If we can’t as we would, we must do as we can.

10. A stick is quickly found to beat a dog with.

11. A bad workman always blames his tools.

12. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

b) sentences

1. What wonderful weather!

2. You are always welcome.

3. The front wheel was flat.

4. The door swings outward (inward).

5. It was a most weird plot with many twists.

6. Jack was wearing a tweed suit of high quality.

7. Edward was ready to swallow his words.

8. Your name will always remain twinned with Gwen.

9. The withered leaves were swirled round by the cold wind.

10. It was said that Baldwin’s speech would be his swan song.

11. ‘The twilight is sad and cloudy, the wind blows wild and free…’

12. ‘And then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils.’

c) conversational contexts

1.

– What would you like to start with?

– I’ll have prawn cocktail to begin with.

2.

– Would you like any sweet?

– Yes, please. Summer Pudding with Ice-cream would be nice.

3.

– We are quite sold out, I’m afraid.

– Then I must try somewhere else, I suppose.

4.

– What did your parents think of it?

– My dad was delighted with it, but my mum was sceptical.

5.

– And what does she look like?

– Quite young and pretty, but she does wear a lot of make-up.

6.

– My brother Charles always works by fits and starts.

– He does, doesn’t he? As for me, I hate working in this way.

7.

– What wonderful shelves. They look really professional.

– Yes, I must say they’ve turned out quite well.

8.

– It was nice and bright on Wednesday.

– Yes, quite different from the weather forecast. But I will get worse.

9.

– Why do planes make you nervous? How often do you hear of a crash? Once or twice a year?

– Yes, but aeroplanes fly so high and fast that once would be enough.

10.

– How’ll we manage?

– Oh, we’ll always manage. Trade will never stop. Tourism will increase. And the leisure business will flourish.

11.

– You seem rather disappointed with what we were shown by the Headmaster.

– It was very disappointing! The equipment in the language rooms is so outdated.

12.

– I’m sorry to complain but this radio doesn’t work.

– And what’s wrong with it?

– There’s no sound when you switch it on and we want it replaced.

13.

– I’m sure he’ll win a scholarship.

– Yes, we hope he will. He’s done well in all his exams up to now. But we daren’t count on his winning one. If he doesn’t win a scholarship he may go to a technical college.

d) rhymes, dialogues, texts

1.

Swan swam over the sea,

Swim, swan, swim;

Swan swam back again,

Well swam, swan.

2.

The south wind brings wet weather,

The north wind wet and cold together.

The west wind always brings us rain.

The east wind blows it back again.

3.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are

Up above the wolrd so high

Like a diamond in the sky.

When the glorious sun is set,

When the grass with dew is wet,

Then you show your little light,

Twinkle, twinkle all the night.

4.

A:	Supposing you missed your train this morning.
B:	That would be rather annoying.
A:	But you might have been given a lift by a friend.
B:	That would’ve be wonderful!
A:	But then you might have got stuck in a traffic jam.
B:	Oh, that would’ve been awful.
A:	You’d have to walk to work.
B:	Oh, that would’ve been pointless.

5.

A Walk in the Woods.

Gwen:	Did you see Victor on Wednesday, Wendy?
Wendy:	Yes. We went for a walk in the woods near the railway.
Gwen:	Wasn’t it cold on Wednesday?
Wendy:	Yes, it was very cold and wet. We wore warm clothes and walked quickly to keep warm.
Gwen:	It’s lovely and quiet in the woods.
Wendy:	Yes. further away from the railway it was very quiet, and there were wild squirrels everywhere. We counted twenty squirrels.
Gwen:	How wonderful! Twenty squirrels! And did you take lunch with you?
Wendy:	Yes. About twelve we had veal sandwiches and sweet white wine, and we watched the squirrels. It was a very nice walk.

6.

U.K. Elections.

Next month the people of the United Kingdom will be voting in a general election, and shortly the seemingly interminable political speeches and debates on radio and television will be under way. If the Labour Party succeeds in its attempt to increase the slender majority of seats in the House of Commons that it won at the last election, it will be introducing radical new measures, including widespread nationalisation of private industry, in an effort to rescue Britain from threatening economic problems. The Conservatives, the main opposition party, will be hoping to convince the nation of the need for encouraging private enterprise: they have hopes, if the people unite under a Conservative government, of overcoming such evils as inflation, food shortages, fuel crises and a possible world-wide slump. The Liberal party will be trying to persuade the voters that Britain can achieve economic stability and industrial prosperity only under Liberal leadership. Meanwhile the Scottish and Welsh Nationalists may be urging the citizens of Scotland and Wales to vote for their complete independence from England and the parliament at Westminster.