Laboratory work № 3

1. Listen and circle the word you hear. (12. 1. A.)

1. pan pen

2. man men

3. sad said

4. salary celery

5. landing lending

2. Listen and circle the dates you hear. (1. 10. B.)

1. He died in 1117 / 1170.

2. He became king in 1216 / 1260.

3. It was published in 1719 / 1790.

4. It was opened in 1813 / 1830.

5. He was defeated in 1815 / 1850.

6. It was written in 1516 / 1560.

7. It was founded in 1415 / 1450.

8. The war broke out in 1618 / 1680.

9. It was signed in 1713 / 1730.

10. They were married in 1514 / 1540.

11. She was born in 1913 / 1930.

12. He resigned in 1918 /1980.

3. Listen and cross out the unpronounced plosive sounds in the following sentences (loss of plosion). (10. 7. B.)

1. She was wearing a deep purple evening dress.

2. They had dinner at nine o’clock.

3. We’ve got a flat tyre, I’m afraid.

4. She gave him a quick kiss.

5. You’re a big girl now, dear.

6. He didn’t do the washing up.

7. We had a really good time at Antonia’s.

8. What are my job prospects after the course?

9. Mmm! I love ripe bananas!

10. Give that ball a big kick!

11. They’ve got a lovely back garden.

4. Listen to the tag questions. Do they rise or fall? Write “R” or “F” according to what you hear. (4. 8. A.)

1. d) g) j)

2. e) h) k)

3. f) i) l)

5. How are the underlined words in the following sentences pronounced? Write in the phonemic transcription in each case. (7. 4. B.)

1. They had a big row about money last night. [ ________ ]

2. Shall we sit in the back row? [ ________ ]

3. She had a pink bow in her hair. [ ________ ]

4. He gave a low bow to the audience. [ ________ ]

5. There was a strong wind blowing. [ ________ ]

6. Can you wind down your window? [ ________ ]

7. Close the door, please. [ ________ ]

8. You’re too close to the microphone. [ ________ ]

9. A large tear rolled down her cheek. [ ________ ]

10. There was a small tear in her dress. [ ________ ]

11. They’re broadcasting the concert live. [ ________ ]

12. Where do you live? [ ________ ]

Laboratory work № 4

1. Listen and circle the words you hear. (2. 1. A.)

1. hair air d) hearing earring

2. heat eat e) heels eels

3. harmed armed

2. You will hear only one of three words below. Listen and circle the one you hear. (3. 1. A.)

1. ran rang rank

2. ran rang rank

3. ran rang rank

4. thin thing think

5. pin ping pink

6. win wing wink

7. sin sing sink

8. sun sung sunk

9. bun bung bunk

10. banner banger banker

3. Listen to the following short dialogue and write out all the word-clusters with linking “r”. (3. 6. B.)

4. Listen and mark the sentence if the intonation goes down, and if it goes up. (9. 9. D.)

1. A. Chris apologized for not inviting me the other day.

B. Why did she apologize?

2. A. Jenny asked Jason to go to the office party with her.

B. Who did she ask?

3. A. Rob’s offered to lend me £2,000.

B. What’s he offered to do?

4. A. Colin denied that he was going out with Liz.

B. Why did he deny it?

5. A. Rita explained her behaviour the other night.

B. How did she explain it?

6. A. Judy was complaining that nobody ever talks to her.

B. Why was she complaining?

5. A. There are two possible words for each phonemic transcription below. Find and put down homophones.

1. [ sʌn ] ________ ________

2. [ pɑ:st ] ________ ________

3. [ feə ] ________ ________

4. [ beə ] ________ ________

5. [ ə laᴜd ] ________ ________

6. [ swi:t ] ________ ________

5. B. Listen to the following sentences and short dialogues. They all sound correct, but each one contains a word which is spelt wrongly. Underline these homophones and write the correct spelling in the spaces provided. (5. 4.)

1. Witch channel is My Fair Lady on? Which

2. I don’t know weather to go to the pool or not. __________

3. Who’s watch is this on the floor? __________

4. He used to be a kernel in the army. __________

5. The dog wagged its tale happily. __________

6. A. Is he one of the town councilors?

B. No, he’s the mare of the town. __________

7. I practice playing the guitar every day. __________

8. Most of the gorillas were armed with machine guns and hand grenades. __________

9. Brrr… Close the window! There’s a terrible draft in here. __________

10. The lion gave a loud raw and then ran off. __________