1. Вставьте пропущенные согласные:

…onest, …hose, bom…, g…ost, …nocking, …nowledge, …our, …neumonia, …rapping, …not, de…t, thum…, s…ene, s…ience, adoles…ent, dis…ipline, mus…le, indi…t, a…quit, yac…t, san…wich, han…ful, gran…ma, We…nesday, …nome, soverei…n, …eir, …han, T…omas, T…emes, w…iskey, w…ether, Birming…am, …neel, ha…f, pa…m, sa…mon, ta…k, yo…k, wou…d, shou…d, ras…berry, sof…en, a…ful

2. Выпишите слова с непроизносимыми согласными:

b:

subtle, subtract, debt, crumble, limb, numb, plumb, somber,

plumber, tomb, thumb, amber, bombard, doubt, number,

mumble, jamb

n:

autumn, autumnal, column, condemn, condemnation,

con­demning, hymn, hymnology, solemn,

solemnize, solemnity, solemnly

k:

Kremlin, knitting, kleptomania, knighthood, knobby, kvass,

krona, knuckle-joint, knock-down, knee, kneel, knelt

p, d, f:

symptom, psychology, stump, pneumonia, Psalter,

cupboard, recipe, receipt, complement, glimpse, coupe,

coup, prompt, raspberry, couplet, corpse, corps, corpus,

concept, complain, pseudo, pneumatic,

pneumonia, landscape, landslide, landlord, landmark,

landlady, handle, handwriting, pancake, handsome,

handbook, handkerchief, handful, sandwich,

sandstone, Wednesday, grandma, half, half-witted,

halfpenny, halfprice, calf, draft, leaflet

s:

islet, lisp, aisle, chamois, corps, corpse, rendezvous, alas,

psyche, Illinois, chassis, scheme, lisle, sparse

c, ch:

Cecil, corpuscle, scholastic, miscellaneous, excuse, cliché,

skeptic, indict, Scylla, muscle, muscular, scheme, yacht,

excessive, adolescent, victual, scanty, discipline, acquit

t:

Christmas, Christine, Christopher, pastry, pastel, listless,

postal, listen, glisten, fasten, haste, hasten, christen, soften,

moist, moisten, thistle, bristle, Bristol, pistol, Priestley,

whistle, nestle, nestling, wrestle, rustle, rustling, bust, jostle,

apostle, monstrous, ballot, ballet, buffet, restaurant, debut

3. ~ Прочитайте слова с непроизносимыми соглас­

ными:

doubt, campaign, design, foreign, sign, hour, vehicle,

honest, honour, exhibit, exhibition, know, knew, known,

knee, knife, knock, knight, autumn, column, hymn, bomb,

climb, comb, thumb, coup, corps, cup, board, receipt,

pneumonia, psyche, raspberry, pneumatic, pseudonym,

island, isle, aisle, often, listen, mortgage, castle, postpone,

whistle, ballet, fasten, hasten, waltz, wrestle

4. ~ Прочитайте и переведите текст:

Thomas White lives in West London with his wife Bess and their three children – two sons and a daughter. Tom is an economist with a big company and earns to keep such a big family. Tom is always very busy on weekdays. He stays at his office till half past six and only gets home at seven o’clock.

Perhaps his wife Bess isn’t a very beautiful woman, but she is a kind person, an excellent mother and a good wife to her husband. And she always makes the difficult decisions in the family. Tom finds this very convenient. Bess is an excellent cook, too. She just loves to cook! It’s her hobby.

There are a lot of nice cafes, restaurants, pubs and snack bars nearby, but the Whites like to have their meals at home.

5. ~ Прочитайте и переведите без словаря:

medicine, clinic, hospital, sanatorium, service, ambulance,

doctor, dentist, oculist, patient, epidemic, symptom, nerve,

vein, analysis, temperature, pulse, diagnosis, crisis,

operation, diet, instruction, tablet, pill, capsule, container,

mixture, iodine, plaster, thermometer, bandage, injection,

compress, antiseptic, recreation, relaxation, pneumonia,

tuberculosis, bronchitis, abscess

6. ~ Прочитайте, переведите и выучите наизусть:

Four things a woman should know:

How to look like a girl,

How to act like a lady,

How to think like a man,

How to work like a horse.

7. ~ Выучите скороговорку:

William wants to know whether the weather will be wet.

8. ~ Выучите пословицы:

Custom is the second nature.

Time brings wisdom.

Eat at pleasure, drink for measure.

9. ~Выучите стихотворение наизусть:

A right-handed fellow named Wright

In writing “ write” always wrote “right”

Where he meant to write “right”,

If he’d written “ write” right,

Wright would not have wrought “rot” writing “ rite”.

10. ~ ² Выучите диалоги наизусть:

А. You know, I am hungry. Have we got any cold meat in the house?

В. No, but we have some bread, butter and milk.

А. Can you cook a cake?

В. Of course, I can.

A. Oh, good.

B. Are all your children grown up, Alice?

A. Oh, yes. Laura is the cleverest one. She is an economist.

B. Very interesting. And what about Betty?

A. She is a secretary. She works for a big firm.

B. And what about Tom?

A. Tom is a student of the University. He is going to be a psychologist.