Laboratory work № 6

1. Listen and circle the words you hear. (11. 1. A.)

1. joking choking

2. badge batch

3. jeers cheers

4. surging searching

5. gin chin

2. Put the words into the correct column according to their pronunciation. (9. 3.)

[ e ] [ ɪə ] [ i: ] [ ɜ: ] [ eɪ ] [ eə ]

3. Assimilation. Listen to the following words. Underline the sound that changes and write what it changes to: [ m ], [ ƞ ], [ p ], [ k ], [ g ] or [ b ]. (7. 7.)

white glove [ k ]

red pepper red carpet green card

gold medal brown paper white bread

green goodness white coffee brown belt

white magic red gold Green Movement

red brick white paper

4. Listen to the sentences, write them out and write down all the phonetic phenomena taking place while pronouncing them. ( 9. 6.)

5. A. Look at the buildings and monuments listed below. Write in ‘the’ where it is necessary.

1. the Colosseum

2. ___ Buckingham Palace

3. ___ Eiffel Tower

4. ___ Statue of Liberty

5. ___ Nelson’s Column

6. ___ Pyramids

7. ___ Sphinx

8. ___ Victoria and Albert Museum

9. ___ Taj Mahal

10. ___ St. Paul’s Cathedral

11. ___ Sistine Chapel

12. ___ Westminster Abbey

Listen and check your answers. Make sure you pronounce all the names the English way. (12. 9. A.)

5. B. Look at the books and works of art listed below. Cross out the where it is not necessary.

1. the Das Kapital

2. the Bible

3. the Odyssey

4. the King Lear

5. the Bayeux Tapestry

6. the Mona Lisa

7. the Venus de Milo

8. the Paradise Lost

9. the Michelangelo’s David

10. the Godfather

11. the Don Quixote

12. the Koran

Listen and check your answers. Make sure you pronounce all the names the English way. (12. 9. B.)

5. C. Fill in the gaps.

1. Das Kapital was written by Karl Marx.

2. __________ is one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies.

3. __________ was built to honour a great British admiral.

4. __________ was presented to newly independent North America by the Republic of France.

5. __________ was painted by Leonardo de Vinci.

6. __________ is to Muslims what __________ is to Christians.

7. __________ was woven to commemorate the invasion of England by William of Normandy in 1066.

8. __________ ceiling was painted by Michelangelo.

9. __________ was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

10. Many early Christian martyrs were thrown to the lions in __________.