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EXERCISES
I. a) The material below it to be prepared for reading. Mark the
stresses and tunes. Concentrate your attention on the vowel
[ ɒ ]
[ ɒ ]
[ ɒ ]
[ ɒ ]
[ ɒ ]
and
the consonant
[ h ]
[ h ]
[ h ]
[ h ]
[ h ]
. b) Let your fellowstudent read the exercise aloud
for you to detect his errors in sounds and tell him what must be
done to eliminate them:
[ɒ] 1. “What
an odd clock,” said Tom.
2. Lots and lots of clocks and watches have gone wrong.
3. Molly’s got a spot on her frock.
4. A watched pot never boils.
5. Honesty is the best policy.
[h] 1. Helen’s husband hates hot tea.
2. He held her hand in his.
3. The horn of the hunter was heard on the hill.
4. Healthful habits make healthy bodies.
5. He that has ears to hear let him hear.
6. My heart’s in the Highlands.
My Heart is not here.
II. Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in
the following words and word combinations:
A. 1.
[ŋ] is going to, is putting on,
is sweeping the floor, is
washing the dishes.
2. a)
Alveolars replaced by dentals: opened
the window,
on
the radio, in the bathroom, about the house.
b)
Loss of plosion: what
time, and turned, and clean
ed, just
taken, just come.
c)
No glottal stop: is
awake, has opened, turned on.
B. 1.
[] such
a fine day, nothing the matter.
2. a)
Alveolars replaced by dentals: on
the hook, at the
club, repairs
the plug.
b)
Loss of plosion: about
going, haven’t been to,
want
to have, goes out to change.
c)
No glottal stop: takes
off, what about, goes out,
not
at all.
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