2020-01-14
208
idioms, sayings:
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Five fat friars frying fish.
While there is life there is hope.
No smoke without fire.
Real weird rear wheels.
First come, first served.
Even a worm will turn.
It is the early bird that catches the worm.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
One good turn deserves another.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The calm before the storm.
To put the cart before the horse.
A barking dog seldom bites.
Don’t take your harp to the party.
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
Adversity makes the man wise, not rich.
Through hardship to the stars.
Return good for evil.
Better unborn than untaught.
You can bring your horse to the water but you can’t make it drink.
rhymes and twisters:
An old woman, old woman, shall we go a – shearing?
Speak a little louder, sir, - I am very hard of hearing.
Old woman, old woman, shall I love you dearly?
Thank you, kind sir, I hear you very clearly.
How many boards
Could the Mongols hoards
If the Mongol hoards got bored?
“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?”
I cannot bear to see a bear
Bear down upon a hare.
When bare of hair he strips the hare,
Right there I cry, “Forbear!”
5. Reading of Vowel Digraphs*
| Aa | Ee | Ii | Oo | Uu | Yy | |
| Aa | [i:] formul ae | [eı] ai d [aı] balal ai ka [æ] pl ai d [e] s ai d | [α:] au nt [ɔ:] Au gust [ɒ] s au sage [əυ] au bergine | [eı] w ay [e] s ay s [ə] alw ay s [ı] Mond ay | ||
| Ee | [i:] s ea [eı] gr ea t [ ıə ] id ea [e] br ea d | [i:] n ee d | [i:] c ei ling [eı] b ei ge [aı] ei ther [e] l ei sure | [i:] p eo ple [ıə] th eo ry [e] l eo pard | [(j)u:] n eu tral [jυə] Eu rope | [i:] k ey [ı] mon ey [eı] th ey |
| Ii | [ə] Parl ia ment [aıə] d ia mond | [aı] t ie [i:] ach ie ve [ı] Fredd ie [e] fr ie nd | [ıə] patr io t [aıə] l io n | [aıə] tr iu mph | ||
| Oo | [əυ] oa k [ɔ:] br oa d | [u:] sh oe | [ɔI] b oi l [ə] tort oi se [ı] conn oi sseur | [əυ] br oo ch [u:] f oo d [υ] f oo t [Λ] bl oo d | [əυ] s ou l [u:] y ou [υ] c ou ld [aυ] th ou sand [Λ] c ou rage [ɒ] c ou gh [ɔ:] ou ght | [  ı] l oy al
|
| Uu | [u:] tr ue [υə] cr ue l | [(j)u:] j ui ce [ı] bisc ui t | [aı] b uy | |||
| Yy | [aıə] h ya cinth | [aı] b ye | [(j)əυ] yo ga |
Principles of Reading Vowel Digraphs
|
|
|
1) The 1st letter is read in its primary long meaning: s ea [i:], oa k [əυ], etc.;
2) The 2nd letter is read in its primary long meaning: n eu tral [u:], ei ther [aı], etc.;
3) Two letters are read in their primary short meanings, forming a diphthong: b ei ge [eı], th ey [eı], b oi l [ ɔI ], oy ster [ ɔI ];
4) One of the letters is read in its primary short or secondary meaning: au nt [ɑ:], th eo ry [ıə], etc.
Ex. 5.1 Read the following words with digraphs [ ei|ey ]. Identify the sound of each line.
[ ] 1. beige, deign, heinous.
[ ] 2. either, seismograph, deictic.
[ ] 3. seize, inveigle, ceiling, receive, deceive, conceive, perceive.
[ ] 4. heir, heiress.
[ ] 5. leisure, Leicester.
[ ] 6. counterfeit, sovereign, foreign, surfeit, forfeit.
[ ] 7. eight, freight, neighbour, weight, sleigh, weigh.
[ ] 8. height, sleight.
[ ] 9. they, survey, grey, obey.
[ ] 10. eyrie.
[ ] 11. key.
[ ] 12. monkey, money, whisky, hockey, trolley.
Ex. 5.2 Which twelve of these words contain the sound [ eə ] (as in chair)? How are the others pronounced? Can you think of any more words with [ eə ]?
Air, care, dear, fair, hair, her, here, pear, pair, share, tear (verb), their, there, they’re, were, we’re, where.
Ex. 5.3
A) Read the poem. Explain the reading of vowel combinations.
A little h ea lth, a little w ea lth
A little h ou se and fr ee dom
With some few fr ie nds for certain ends,
But little c au se to need them.
B) Each word on the left rhymes with one word on the right. Match the words that rhyme and try to write a short poem using some of the rhyming words.
|
|
|
| Brain, teeth, lost, foot, boast, suit, weight, slight, death, says, dull, phrase, war, full, chef, leaf, glued | Deaf, great, beef, breathe, skull, Les, reign, days, tossed, post, height, wreath, food, shoot, put, law, wool |
Ex. 5.4
a) Put the following words in the correct column according to the pronunciation of “ea”. Careful! Three of the words have two different pronunciations (and different meanings).
| scream bean bread gear tear breath dread lead | spear break heal steak dead yearn spread read | knead plead pear bead great team breathe fear | bear thread instead wear head year mean pearl |
| [e] 10 words | [i:] 11 words | [εə] 5 words | [ ıə ] 5 words | [3:] 2 words | [eI] 3 words |
