Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. A. [Λ] [a:]hush – harsh hut – hard touch

A. [Λ] [a:] hush – harsh hut – hard touch – tart

muck – mark fun – farm bun – barn

us – grass plum – palm love – laugh

fuss – farce pus – pass much – March

duck – dark country – can’t sludge – large

B. [Λ] – [æ] – [e] – [a:]

cut – cat – kettle – cart lust – lass – less – last

bud – bad – bed – bard hut – hat – het up – heart

musk – mass – mess – mask fuss – fat – fester – fast

tusk – tax – text – task luck – lack – leg – lark

dug – drag – deck – dark strung – strand – strength – star

Activity 3. Read the proverbs according to the reading rules.

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

Something must be done.

Don’t touch this money till next

month.

Something must be done to save

the funds.

The mother won some of the

money, but not enough.

The dust is under the rug.

I’d love to come on Sunday if

it’s not sunny.

Activity 5. Read the words in bold type and explain their reading rules.

Read the poems.

Donkey and monkey.

Donkey and monkey went to the park.

Donkey and monkey want to buy a big tart.

- Where is your money? Where is your money?

- Donkey and monkey have no money.

Oh, funny donkey, oh, funny monkey,

Donkey and monkey have no money.

Donkey and monkey want to buy honey.

- Where is your money? Where is your money?

- Donkey and monkey have no money.

The Brook

Grumbling, stumbling, fumbling all the day.

Fluttering, stuttering, muttering away,

Rustling, hustling, bustling as it flows,

That it how the brook talks, bubbling as it goes.

A. Tennyson

² Activity 6. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.

Learn one of them by heart.

Don’t trouble troubles till troubles trouble you.

It only doubles troubles and troubles others, too.

First a daughter, then a son

And the world is well begun.

To market, to market to buy a plum bun

Home come, home come, market is done.

[ ә:]

BUT! [a:]

BUT!BUT!BUT!

[u:] [Λ ] [כ:]

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

· fir-firm-first-sir-stir-dirt-dirk-girl-shirt-third-chirp

· cur-curl-curd-curt-fur-slur-spur-bur-burn-burst-turn-purse-thurst-nurse-church-churl-hurt

· her-fern-berth-berg-mercury-perfect-kerb-kern-kerchief

· work-world-word-worth-worse-worst-worm-worsen-worship

· worn-wore

· worry-worrisome-worrier

· worsted

· were

· earl-pearl-earn-learner-earth-earthly-heard

B. burst – outburst bur – burden gird – girdle

shirt – nightshirt verse – universe girl – girlish

curve – curvature urge – urgent further – furthermore

curb – curfew curt – curtain turn – turnabout

hurt – hurtle dirt – dirty shirt – shirtsleeves

Activity 2. Contrasting Sound Practice

Listen and repeat the words paying attention to the sounds. A. [Λ] [a:]hush – harsh hut – hard touch – tart