Spot the homophones 2 - раздел Иностранные языки, Раздел I. Сегментная фонетика. Звуко-буквенные соответствия в английском языке In The Following Conversation A Large Number Of Words Have Been Replaced By H...
In the following conversation a large number of words have been replaced by homophones. Spot where they have been used and decide how the words should be written.
- Lousy whether we’ve been having recently. (=Lousy weather…)
- We haven’t been having much son, that’s for shore. I got court in the reign this mourning and got wet threw.
- Me two. And how about that cold missed first thing? I went out bear headed to get sum fire-would and haven’t bean warm since. And my hands got quite saw as well. Really roar, they feel.
- I no watcher mean. I always get aches and panes in the winter. Anyway, weir off to get some son necks tweak. Weave booked a few daze in Singerpoor.
- Yes, I herd you had. Lucky yew! Still, I shouldn’t mown. We flue to Florida last cheer, witch was really nice, and it’s only fore weeks till we visit my sun and daughter-in lore in Roam. Haven’t scene them for rages. We only maid the booking yesterday, threw the internet. Mary’s already pact; she can’t weight.
- Well, tell her she won’t knead her fir coat any weigh.
- Rite. Oh Kay. Aisle see you later.
- Buy. See ewe a round.
Some of the homophones show that this is fast, informal speech.
Ex. 15 Group the letters of the English alphabet according to their pronunciation:
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The types, structure and functions of syllables in English.
Syllable formation in English is based on the phonological opposition vowel-consonant. Vowels are usually syllabic while consonants are not with the exeptions of [l], [m], [n], which become syllabi
Syllable division rules for simple words and parts of compound words
vowel
intersyllabic sounds
boundary
examples
notes
I. Short stressed
a) single consonant
One word in each set has a different number of syllables from the others. Decide which it is, then check with the recording.
Example:
lengths
if
table
on
destiny
chocolate
compu
Ex.3 Divide into syllables and determine where the syllable boundary lies.
1.
goodness
5.
about
9.
Saturday
2.
hotter
6.
Ex.4 Transcribe the following words, divide them into syllables and explain the rule.
1.
ninety
6.
sentence
2.
middle
7.
vowel
The primary and the secondary meaning of letters.
In English one letter can denote a few different sounds (polysemantic letters). That’s why there are the primary and the secondary sound meanings of them. The primary meaning of a letter is the sou
The primary sound meaning of vowels in different types of syllables.
In disyllabic and polysyllabic words the vowel letter has its alphabetical (long) meaning if:
1) it is separated from the following vowel letter or from the combinations –le, -re
READING SINGLE VOWEL LETTERS IN STRESSED NON-FINAL SYLLABLES
meaning
spelling
examples
exceptions
I. Primary
long
1) vowel + sounding vowel
diet
Reading of a stressed vowel in its short meaning. Short vowels of the English language.
If there is no indicator of length (it means the second vowel or a combination “gh” after a stressed vowel immediately or in one consonant) the English vowel is read shortly.
The sh
Test II
1. Divide into groups and transcribe these words:
Worry, student, apricot, oppose, novel, after, magic, limit, visit, excuse, sentence, bypass, money, cinema, never,
Reading Vowels in Closed Syllables
#
Meaning
Context
Examples
Secondary
indicators of vowel secondary meanings
no
Ex.4 Practice reading
idioms, sayings:
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Five fat friars frying fish.
Чтение двухэлементных сочетаний гласных
VOWEL DIGRAPHS*
Aa
Ee
Ii
Oo
Uu
Yy
Aa
&n
Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
1) The 1st letter is read in its primary long meaning: sea [i:], oak [əυ], etc.;
2) The 2nd letter is read in its primary long meaning: neu
Ex.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. mo
Ex.7 Give 2 examples to each variant of pronunciation of the given digraph.
[əυ] [aυ]
[u:]
OU[\
Ex. 22 Practice reading the following words.
The letter "a":
pale, dale, rake, navy, table, ladle, staple, cradle, apron, sabre, latch, rack, jacket, quack, yank, jag, carry, parrot, garret, sparrow, barrel
Reading of Unstressed Vowels
Vowels in unstressed syllables in disyllabic and polysyllabic words usually denote the neutral sound [ə] and short [ı].
1.The letters ‘e’, ‘
Ex. 1 Read the riddles. Try to guess the right answer. Transcribe the underlined words, explain the rules.
1) A man looks at the photo and says: “Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” What relation is the man in the photograph to the man who is
Ex. 2 Learn the rhyme.
The Time-table of Lazy-bones Grundy.
Lazy-bones Grundy
Must do sums for Monday.
“And today it is Thursday”,
Says lazy-bones Grundy,
“So
Ex.8 Read the following words. Note that they have complete vowel reduction.
Britain, curtain, separate, metal, medal;
Interest, model, parcel, travel;
Medicine, professional, revolutionary.
Ex. 9 Find the words in which un
Чтение согласных
ENGLISH LETTERS’ MEANING: CONSONANTS
LETTER
MEANING(S)
EXAMPLES
Bb
[b]
Boy, baby
Ex. 5 Read the proverbs. Explain the rules of reading.
1. To let the cat out of the bag.
2. Appearances are deceitful.
3. The devil is not so black as it is painted.
4. The tongue is
Reading of Endings -(e)s, -(e)d
The ending -(e)sof plural forms of nouns and of the 3rd singular present indefinite of verbs is read
how
A) with the ending -(e)s
inches, hands, chiefs, shoes, maps, boxes, safes, dishes, machines, roofs, classes, wives, babies, benches, books, bottles, boys, brings, burns, buzzes, cages, capes, cars, catches, cats, checks, c
B) with the ending -(e)d
acted, added, advised, agreed, begged, called, camped, carried, compiled, composed, concreted, concurred, crashed, decided, defended, differed, dressed, ended, enjoyed, entered, explained, failed,
B) with the ending -(e)d
[t]
[d]
[id]
Forced, record
Ex. 11 Read the proverbs. Explain the rules of reading.
1. He laughs best who laughs last.
2. What can’t be cured must be endured.
3. Exception proves the rule.
4. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
5. Where the shoe p
Reading of combinations of vowels with consonants.
Letter combination
sound
Examples
O + ld
I+ld
I+nd
Igh
A+consonants
A+ll
Al
Listen to the recording and decide which names you hear.
Example:I’ve invited ____Pete___ to join us.
a) Pete b) Peter c) Pet
1. I’ve just been talking to __________________.
a) Jan Lipma
Look at and listen to these pairs of words.
a. Peter and pepper. These start with the same consonant sound [p], but the following vowel sound is different: [pi:tə], [pepə].
b. Peter and pizza. T
Reading of English consonant clusters
English sibilants and interdental sounds which don’t have their equivalents in the Latin alphabet are denoted by combinations of consonants, the second element of which is “h”, e. g. she, ch
Ex.7 Sort out the words into columns according to the reading of consonant clusters.
Machinery, scheme, scythe, child, Thames, weather, chef, Christmas, Thompson, chick, than, chic, chord, chalice, cliché, Chaos, neither, thyme, thrift, cheek, though, thorn, thaw, thief.
Spot the homophones 1
isle / bard / beer / bored / caught / night / pale / cawed / chord / sly / died / dyer / cored / dough / flawed / toed / pear / meal / floored / teas / knew / heard / soar / heal / lacks / lax /
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