Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper.
A pack of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper,
Where is a pack of pickled pepper,
Peter Piper picked?
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She sells sea shells on the sea shore
And the shells she sells
Are seashells, I'm sure.
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² Activity 1. Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
A.
in-inn-ink-inch-fin-pin-din-sin-shin-bid-tip
ill-bill-kill-gild-mill-milk-mist-hill-hitch-sill-till-pill
king-sing-spring-thing-ring-wring-string
city-pity-safety-scenery-whisky-dignity-simplicity-melody-visibility-mystery-bakery-bravery-busy-history-victory-cordialy-honestly-healthy-windy
kidney-chimney
women
B. fit profit thing nothing dignity indignity
tip tulip fish sawfish ability instability
list blacklist pick toothpick possibility impossibility
gin margin ring ear-ring finity infinity
C.
[ i ] this Finnish cryptic lynch kidney wicked
mirror reddish picnic big hockey attic
spirit selfish unit bitter chimney cyst
image blackish bridge middle money stitch
victim publish chip fish valley trolley
² Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice
Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds.
[ i ] - [ i: ]
sit sea wit wheat lip leap rid read
kin keen din dean wick weak ship sheep
lid lead rich reach pity Peter live belief
pin people this these chip cheap hit heat
hip heap jig jeez lick legal mill meal
Activity 3. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.
It is the limit!
Willie is quick-witted.
Lily wishes it finished quickly.
It's difficult to contradict him.
Jim is in the picture.
Please keep in touch with Peter.
The pretty women are busy in the gym.
She is singing a lovely song.
Bring chicken for dinner.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
He lived in Italy.
A rich King has a pretty sister Kitty.
Kitty has sixty kittens.
He speaks Chinese quite well.
Activity 4. Learn this poem and try to make up your own version.
The snake bit a pig. The dog bit a rabbit.
The pig is ill. The rabbit is ill.
The snake is bad. The dog is bad.
The fox bit a cock. The kitten bit a fish.
The fox is ill. The fish is ill.
The fox is bad. The kitten is bad.
The cat bit a chick. ______________
The chick is ill. _______________
The cat is bad. _______________
Activity 5. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.
Can you find Russian versions for them?
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Activity 6. Read the rhymes. Mind the sound [ i ].
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Little Kittens Solomon Grundy
