Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. A. [a:] – [Λ]bargain – bugger barge – bulge calm

A. [a:] – [Λ] bargain – bugger barge – bulge calm – culture

card – cut carpet – cupboard daft – duff

dark – duster fast – fuss gasp – gust

harbour – hubbub lark – luck mark – muck

B. [a:] – [æ] – [e] – [Λ]

bath – bat – bet – but lark – lank – leg – luck

pass – passion – pest – puzzle dark – dagger – desk – duck

mark – mag – member – muck calm – camp – scent – come

chart – chat – chest – chunk half – hack – help – huff

March – match – metric – much barn – band – bend – bun

² Activity 3. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twister.

Learn it by heart.

A large dark car is parked in our bar.

Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

Who likes tarts?

Are these pass marks?

Arthur is rather marvelous.

I asked him to start the car.

Cars can’t be parked here after dark.

I’d like to dance after classes.

Take the last bus at half past six.

I asked him to come to our party.

She was rather pretty but her face

was like a glass mask.

Half of the farms are on the

northern part.

He enlarged his knowledge in France.

I can’t answer it so far.

I can’t say it is a hardship.

The grass seemed to be varnished

with ice.

Arnold laughed at the artist.

I am the king of the castle.

The harbours are hardly visible.

Activity 5. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

Can you find Russian versions for them?

Activity 6. Read the poem. Mind the sound [a:].

The Telephone

Friends a hundred miles apart

Sit and chatter heart to heart,

Boys and girls from school afar

Speak to mother, ask papa.

Alfred H. Miles

[ כ ]

² Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sound [כ] .

A.

· oh-ox-box-cod-cot-god-goth-hob-hop-log-lock-nod-knot-mock-sock-chock-long-gong-prong-strong-wrong

· quad-qualify-quality-quandary-quarrel-quarry-quarter-quash-squad-squat

· was-want-watch-wash-wander-what

B. cot – apricot pond – fishpond block – blockbuster

log – catalogue box – boxing chock – chock-a-block

what – somewhat gob – goblin doss – doss house

frog – leap-frog ox – Oxford fog - foggy

mock – mockery cob – cobweb gloss – glossary

hock – hockey lot – lottery possible – impossible

² Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.

[כ] – [כ:] pot – port shot – short flop – floor dost – dorsal

stock – stork con – corn glob – glory fog – fork

swat – swart knot – naught gosh – gorse god – gorge

moss – more sod – sword bonk – bore hot – horde

pock – pork cock – cork bond – border lorry – lore

waft – wharf dolt – dorm fond – ford moral – mortal

Activity 3. Practice the reading of the words.

Qua

· quad – quadrangle – quadrant – quadratic – quadrille

· qualify – qualified – qualifier – qualification

· quality – quality control – quality of life – quality time

· quantity – quantify – quantitative

· quarrel – quarreled – quarreling – quarrelsome

wa / wha waft wanderings warren watch

wander want wash what

wan wanted washable whatever

wand warrant wasp whatnot

Activity 4. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

Jog on.

What a swat!

Possibly not.

What a lot of nonsense!

Tom’s watch stopped.

Rod wants his coffee strong.

Dot wants an office-job.

I got lost in the forest.

What a lot of presents.

Rose is fond of dolls.

Do you want a job?

We watched their quarrel.

He was afraid of wasps.

They quarreled a quarter ago.

Why was he so wan?

I can’t understand your wandering.

He had a great wish of wanderlust.

I admire her swan song.

² Activity 5. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. A. [a:] – [Λ]bargain – bugger barge – bulge calm – culture