READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES

 

1. a) Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words:

 

authority; contest n, prize-fighter; enthusiastic; solo; des­pondently; paths; invigilator; flagrant; dispassionately; anony­mous; nonchalant; frustrated; recognize; tripos; admirably; re­moteness; viva; imminent; irritatingly; desperate; photographer; prejudice; admiring; tetanus; previously; triumphal; plough; opiate a; sponge.

 

b) Listen to your partners' reading of the exercise. Correct their mistakes, if they have any.

 

2. Practise the pronunciation of the following words paying attention to: