- •The Syllable. The Principles of Syllable Division The nature of the syllable
- •Of compound words
- •The Primary and the Secondary Meaning of Letters
- •Reading of vowels in stressed syllables
- •The Primary Sound Meanings of Vowels in Different Types of Syllables
- •Reading single vowel letters in stressed non-final syllables
- •Test I
- •Test II
- •Reading of Stressed Vowels in Combination with the Letter ”r”
- •Idioms, sayings:
- •Reading of Vowel Digraphs*
- •Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
- •Reading of the digraph “ou” in homographes:
- •Vowel Letter Combinations
- •Test I
- •Test II
- •Reading of Unstressed Vowels
- •Reading of Consonants
- •Reading of “c, g, j”
- •Reading of endings -(e)s, -(e)d
- •Reading of combinations of vowels with consonants
- •Mute Consonants
- •Reading of English Consonant Clusters
- •Reading of “ng, nk”
- •Reading of letter “n”
- •Revision and Consolidation Practice
- •I) Each word here has the sound [u:]. How many ways are there to spell this sound? Arrange the words into the groups:
- •Additional Practice in Reading and Memory Work
- •Bibliography
- •Contents
Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
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The 1st letter is read in its primary long meaning: sea [i:], oak [əυ], etc.;
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The 2nd letter is read in its primary long meaning: neutral [u:], either [aı], etc.;
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Two letters are read in their primary short meanings, forming a diphthong: beige [eı], they [eı], boil [ɔI], oyster [ɔI];
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One of the letters is read in its primary short or secondary meaning: aunt [ɑ:], theory [ıə], etc.
Ex. 5.1 Read the following words with digraphs [ei|ey]. Identify the sound of each line.
[ ] 1. beige, deign, heinous.
[ ] 2. either, seismograph, deictic.
[ ] 3. seize, inveigle, ceiling, receive, deceive, conceive, perceive.
[ ] 4. heir, heiress.
[ ] 5. leisure, Leicester.
[ ] 6. counterfeit, sovereign, foreign, surfeit, forfeit.
[ ] 7. eight, freight, neighbour, weight, sleigh, weigh.
[ ] 8. height, sleight.
[ ] 9. they, survey, grey, obey.
[ ] 10. eyrie.
[ ] 11. key.
[ ] 12. monkey, money, whisky, hockey, trolley.
Ex. 5.2 Which twelve of these words contain the sound [eə] (as in chair)? How are the others pronounced? Can you think of any more words with [eə]?
Air, care, dear, fair, hair, her, here, pear, pair, share, tear (verb), their, there, they’re, were, we’re, where.
Ex. 5.3
a) Read the poem. Explain the reading of vowel combinations.
A little health, a little wealth
A little house and freedom
With some few friends for certain ends,
But little cause to need them.
b) Each word on the left rhymes with one word on the right. Match the words that rhyme and try to write a short poem using some of the rhyming words.
Brain, teeth, lost, foot, boast, suit, weight, slight, death, says, dull, phrase, war, full, chef, leaf, glued |
Deaf, great, beef, breathe, skull, Les, reign, days, tossed, post, height, wreath, food, shoot, put, law, wool |
Ex. 5.4
a) Put the following words in the correct column according to the pronunciation of “ea”. Careful! Three of the words have two different pronunciations (and different meanings).
scream bean bread gear tear breath dread lead |
spear break heal steak dead yearn spread read |
knead plead pear bead great team breathe fear |
bear thread instead wear head year mean pearl |
[e] 10 words |
[i:] 11 words |
[εə] 5 words |
[ıə] 5 words |
[3:] 2 words |
[eI] 3 words |
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b) Give 2 examples of your own to each variant of pronunciation of the given digraph.
[ıə ] [ εə ]
[ eI ]
EA [ɑ:]
[ i:]
[ e ]
Ex. 5.5 Read the following words. Identify the sound of each line.
[ ] 1. food, boot, foolish, boost
[ ] 2. good, cook, took, look
[ ] 3. should, would, could
[ ] 4. blood, flood
[ ] 5. door, four, floor, boor
[ ] 6. moor, tour, poor
[ ] 7. brooch
[ ] 8. round, found, sound, pound
[ ] 9. soul, bowl, mould, shoulder
[ ] 10. touch, rough, nourish, courage
[ ] 11. soup, group, boulevard, goulash
[ ] 12. thought, bought, caught, fought
[ ] 13. you, youth
Ex. 5.6 Pick out the odd word.
Example:
Like by ninth live
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monkey — donkey — whiskey — key
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feudal — few — sew — queue
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cook – look – pound – could
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foot — good — food — cook
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round — house — ounce — trouble
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could — would — mould — should
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seize — receive — deictic – ceiling
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toilet – tortoise – boycott – buoy
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joy –oily –voyage – connoisseur
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annoy – choice – they –joy – poison
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pear — swear — near — bear
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door – floor – start – small
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cream — head — leave — fleet
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purple – thirsty – journey – there
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ooze—wood—kangaroo—booze
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courage — soul — trouble — nourish
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plaintiff — raider — plaintive — plaid
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bread – reads – pence – very
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work – third – person – hair
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size – grey – life – eye
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buy – like – rich – kind
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wear – ear - hear – nearly
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earn – third – where – dirty
Ex. 5.7 Give 2 examples to each variant of pronunciation of the given digraph.
[əυ] [aυ]
[u:]
OU [Λ]
[ɔ:]
[ Ŋ ]
Ex. 5.8 Underline the words in which the vowel combinations are read according to the basic rule:
Cream, bleed, leave, fleet, death, dean, daily, head, rouge, great, tie, key, few, ceiling, thief, plain.
Oar, fair, fuel, fare, ore, type, ear, prior, giant, pure, fire, here, trial, real.
May, oak, coin, connoisseur, heaven, broad, seize, agree, soar, aid, via, fiery, idiot, lie, peer, fear, lean, Sunday, says, formulae, main, leisure, sea, eagle, receive, triumph, foam, aegis, sieve, needle, people, leopard, die, Leicester, pseudonym, ceiling, holiday, read, clear.