Phonetics

Part I

III. Test

Questionnaire

II. Practice

Analytical Form of the Imperative Mood

(Аналитическая форма повелительного наклонения)

*) Let **) Let him us (’s) read go this text – aloud. there today.

 

A

 

1. Выпишите слова, в которых гласные буквы дают звук [a:], прочтите их.

cold, few, mast, mind, fast, chalk, ask, kind, branch, vast, find, glance, fight, path, half, blind, can't.

 

2. Сгруппируйте слова, имеющие одинаковое звучание выделенной буквы.

a) find, fit, fight, fill, mild, kind.

b) hold, not, sole, hot, told, note.

c) half, fast, fat, bar, fag, mass.

 

3. Прочтите следующие слова.

bold, kind, chalk, calm, grass, branch, tight, child, chance, ask, craft, false, work, half, raft, worm, law, fold, fast, salt, grasp, mind, fight, blind, cold, halves, raw, France, mild, pass, palm, hold, down, find, past.

 

4. Прослушайте упражнения 1, 2, 3, и проверьте свое произношение.

B

1. Write down questions and answers about the professions and the nationalities of the persons in the questionnaire.

Example: What is Mr. Black? He is a teacher. What is Mr. Black's nationality?1 He is English.

 

Name Nationality Profession
Ivanov Black O'Neil Sokiaki Peter Russian English Irish Japanese Dutch engineer artist doctor teacher writer

 

2. Write down your name, your age, your nationality and your profession and the same information about the members of your family.

 

3. Complete the sentences and translate them into Russian.

Example: 1) ... this book. -Let's read this book. 2) ….do it – Let him do it.

1. ... to the cinema. 2. ... English. 3. ... this man tell you about his profession. 4. ... English stamps.
5. ... to the University. 6. ... a letter to our friend. 7. ... come here. 8. ... know about it.

9. …. her read aloud.

 

4. Listen to the text, repeat it after the speaker and write down 8 questions to this text.

 

My Friend's Family

 

Vladimir Petrov is my friend. He is a student. I am a student too. We were workers last year. Vladimir has a father, a mother, a sister and a grandmother. Vladimir's mother is an economist. His grandmother is an old woman now. She was a good economist and her husband (Vladimir's father) was a physician. Nina (Vladimir's sister) is a schoolgirl. She is in the fifth form. She is the youngest in the family.

 

5. Write about your family.

 

6. Translate into English.

1. Это наш студент. 2. Вы студент? 3. Он выдающийся ученый. 4. Он был членом нашего кружка. 5. Это трудный вопрос. 6. Мы были большими любителями кино. 7. Я редактор нашей газеты. 8. Я не студент, я инженер. 9. Он мой любимый актер. 10. Это известный художник, не так ли? 11. Пусть он прочтет этот текст. 12. Пусть они выучат эти слова.

 

В каждой строчке найдите два слова, которые содержат указанный звук.

1. [a:] 2. [] 3. [ou] 4. [ai] 5. [u:] 1) pare 1) coat 1) mode 1) bind 1) suit 2) grasp 2) pot 2) bolt 2) bird 2) true 3) grape 3) war 3) down 3) paint 3) boot 4) sat 4) bound 4) word 4) high 4) tube 5) pass 5) salt 5) hold 5) pin 5) pure

 

В каждой строчке найдите два слова, в которых гласные буквы читаются так же, как в первом слове.

 

6. mild 7. grant 8. worm 9. chance 1) fit 1) path 1) burn 1) hare 2) fight 2) pat 2) sort 2) branch 3) fir 3) fate 3) core 3) chat 4) pain 4) false 4) firm 4) clause 5) find 5) half 5) war 5) staff