Beautiful Day, isn't it?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 742.

REVIEW EXERCISES

Exercise 20.Read the words and write down the phonetic symbol for underlined letters. Define the type of reading of each column.

Van [ ] hare [ ] blade [ ] car [ ]

Ebb [ ] here [ ] bee [ ] perfume [ ]

Silly [ ] tired [ ] fine [ ] bird [ ]

Doll [ ] store [ ] rope [ ] fork [ ]

Stuff [ ] pure [ ] tube [ ] turkey [ ]

fly[]

Exercise 21.Read and transcribe the words.

Fate, fat, far, fare; Late, flat, lark, fare;

File, fill, first, fire: Side, disc, sir, fired;

Peter, pet, pert, here; Eve, check, service, mere;

Bone, box, born, bore; Smoke, cock, sort, tore;

Tube, tub, turn, cure; Cute, cut, fur, fury;

Style, gypsy, Byrd, tyre.

Exercise 22.Read the sentences and transcribe the underlined letters.

1. Kate [ ] has [ ] a cat [ ] , a car [ ] and [ ] a hare [ ].

2. Pete [ ] is here [ ]. He [ ] has a pet [ ].

3. Mike [ ] has a pig [ ], a bird [ ] and wire [ ].

4. Rose [ ] has a dog [ ] in the store [ ].

5. Susan [ ] has a bus [ ] and pure [ ] fur [ ].

Exercise 23.Cross out an odd word and explain your choice. For example: fate, late, back, mate. The 3^rd word is of type 3, the rest of them are of type 1.

Box, lost, cost, core; lime, lit, mile, file; bird, sir, fire, dirt;

Sack, mare, fare, scare; cut, bag, tub, cute; pet, fee, get, kept;

Wire, hip, fire, tired; cat, car, dark, mark; tick, trick, time, kick.

Exercise 24. Read the text properly and quickly. What is its message?

The day started out rotten. Mary overslept and was late for work. Everything that happened at the office contributed to her nervous frenzy. By the time she reached the bus stop for her homeward trip, her stomach was one big knot.

As usual, the bus was late – and jammed. She had to stand in the aisle. As the lurching vehicle pulled her in all directions, her gloom deepened.

Then she heard a voice from up front boom, "Beautiful day, isn't it?" Because of the crowd, she could not see the man, but she heard him as he continued to comment on the spring scenery, calling attention to each approaching landmark. This church. That park. This cemetery. That firehouse. Soon all the passengers were gazing out the windows. The man's enthusiasm was so contagious she found herself smiling for the first time that day.

They reached her stop. Manoeuvring toward the door, she got a look at their "guide": an older gentleman with a beard, wearing dark glasses and carrying a thin, white cane.