Find words on the right which rhyme with them.

What sound has each line got in common?

1. [Ə:] first – word – Thursday – learn

2. [ … ] live – English – busy – biscuit – women

3. [ … ] fish – dictation – sure – shall

4. [ … ] men – head – said – friend – says

5. [ … ] you – blue – two – fruit – through

6. [ … ] fun – worry – enough – one – Monday – won

7. [ … ] air – where – care – their – there – pear

8. [ … ] daughter – walk – more – court – caught – thought – ball

9. [ … ] god – long – sock – quality – waffle – knock

10. [ … ] price – guy – sight – sly – tie – kind – child

11. [ … ] sail – sale – obey – tray – great – sleigh

12. [ … ] cloud – crown – now – owl – mouth

13. [ … ] hope – road – foe – so – slow – ghost

14. [ … ] fear – deer – sincere – idea – period

15. [ … ] tire – tyre – ireful – irony – inspire

Activity 5. Read the pairs of words.

CLIM RING DI NJOY

HIG ERE PAG ACH HOU EPEAT

TRU AT WID ND ONL EAR

WOUL ISCUSS ASLEE LACE

STA ED LUC IND SU ICE

WOR EAR HUR REE MU HOST

MUSI REATIVE TOUC EART

Activity 7. Finish the word and start the next word with two letters from the stars.

 

 

MO ____ ALLY

DE ____ M

TOO ____ ERE

FIR ____ UDY

B ____ AIN

POSSIB ____ TTER

S ____ DER

ST ____ EN

CHUR ____ ANCE

BR ____ DRESS

 

Activity 8. Match the words that rhyme.

A. 1. red a. dark B. 1. name a. race

2. green b. kissed 2. sum b. reign

3. short c. cake 3. praise c. here

4. list d. mean 4. flower d. night

5. whose e. weigh 5. hear e. wood

6. park f. said 6. rain f. aim

7. break g. ate 7. by g. peace

8. hair h. shoes 8. knight h. flour

9. way i. hare 9. piece i. some

10. eight j sport 10. would j. buy

 

C. 1. wing a. eat D. 1. no a. money

2. house b. down 2. gun b. cook

3. brown c. enough 3. honey c. mind

4. talk d. trouble 4. kind d. lay

5. double e. hall 5. earn e. dart

6. meat f. sing 6. took f. know

7. pack g. palm 7. play g. treasure

8. tall h. back 8. die h. done

9. rough i. mouse 9. heart i. learn

10. calm j. walk 10. measure j. my

 

Activity 9. Put the words in the box into the correct column according to

Queuing is as British as Big Ben. It is a symbol of Britain and British life as traditional as the bowler hat and as popular as the Sunday joint. If a Briton wants to catch a bus or take a train, he queues. He queues to make a telephone call. he queues to see an exhibition. It has been said that wherever two or more Britons are gathered together, they form a queue. If no one else is around, a true Briton will form a queue by himself.

But what lies behind this curious custom? Why does everyone obey the unwritten rules? Why stand and wait when you can push in front of everyone else? The answer lies in the British sense of fair play. In other countries the weak and the slow may get pushed aside in the rush, the lame and the old may get left behind, but in Britain all have their turn, if all are prepared to wait.

But do not be deceived by the apparently placid picture of a queue. As long as everyone keeps their place, all is well. But the moment someone puts a foot out of line, pandemonium breaks loose. Old ladies wave their sticks, City gentlemen brandish umbrellas and insults fill the air. The innocent visitor will receive no mercy from an outraged queue.

So, when in London, do as the British do – and whatever happens, don’t step out of line!

( from: London Life by Sandra Alfry, 1978)

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