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Example: I’ve invited ____ Pete ___to join us.
a) Pete b) Peter c) Pet
1. I’ve just been talking to __________________.
a) Jan Lipman b) Jane Lipman c) Jane Leapman d) Jan Leapman
2. I’ve just got a letter from __________________.
a) Eryl b) Meryl
3. Can I speak to _____________, please?
a) Mick Wilson b) Mike Wilson c) Mack Wilson d) Mark Wilson
4. I haven’t seen ____________ for ages.
a) Mary b) Marie
5. Could you give this to __________, please?
a) Lucille b) Lucy
6. I think that’s ___________ over there.
a) Peter Bales b) Peter Vales c)Pete Bales d) Pete Vales
7. Have you met _________________?
a) Barbara Eaton b) Barbara Heaton c) Barbie Eaton d) Barbie Heaton
8. I’ve invited _______________ as well.
a) Joe Newman b) Joan Newman
9. That’s _________________, I think.
a) Sir Ralph b) Sir Alf
10. I think that’s ____________over there.
a) Sue Weedon b) Sue Eden
11. Is ___________ here today?
a) Gert b) Curt
12. I’m going with ___________ to the cinema.
a) Alec b) Alex
13. Have you seen ____________ recently?
a) Rita b) Lita
14. I hear that ___________has got a new job.
a) Bet b) Beth c) Betty d) Bess
15. Isn’t that ________over there?
a) Carl b) Carla
Ex. 7.26 (
, track 12)
Look at and listen to these pairs of words.
a. Peter and pepper. These start with the same consonant sound [p], but the following vowel sound is different: [ ׀ pi:tə], [ ׀ pepə].
b. Peter and pizza. These start with the same three sounds: [ ׀ pi:tə] and [ ׀ pi:tsə].
Now read the following pairs of words. How many identical sounds do they start with? Listen to the recording to check how they are pronounced.
Examples:
Peter/ pepper – 1 Peter/pizza – 3
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1. Kate \ cake __ 9. Penny \ pizza __
2. Charles \ chocolate ___ 10. Margery \margarine ___
3. Oliver \ olives ___ 11. Barbara \ bananas ___
4. Tom \ tomatoes ___ 12. Sam \ salmon ___
5. Susan \ sugar ___ 13. Colin \ cola ___
6. Salome \ salami ___ 14. Brenda \ bread ___
7. Pat \ pasta ___ 15. Jim \ gin ___
8. Patty \ pastry ___ 16. Raymond \ radishes ___
Ex. 7.27
a) Put the following words into the correct column according to the pronunciation of”-ough”:
Cough, through, plough, fought, thought, tough, nought, ought, drought, borough, bough, sought, bought, dough, though, enough, rough, thorough
| [ɔ:] | [ʌf] | [ɒf] | [u:] | [ə] | [əʊ] | [aʊ] |
b) Add two more words into each group:
caught, cuff, burglar, glow, stew, toffee, groan, snuff, warn, queue, terror, doubt, frown, off.
Mute Consonants
| Mute letter | Combinations of letters | Examples |
| b | bt mb | Doubt, subtle,climb but: obtain Bomb, comb, lamb, tomb |
| c | sc | Scissors, scene, muscle |
| d | Before consonants | Wednesday, handsome |
| g | gn gm | Sign, sovereign, gnat, resign, but: pregnant, magnet Paradigm, gnome |
| h | wh rh, h gh kh | Which, white, where, what Rhyme, hour, exhibition, honor Ghost, gherkin Khaki, khan |
| gh | igh | High, light, weight, fight |
| k | kn | Know, knife, knight, knee |
| l | ld (only in words) lf alk lm | Could, would, should Half, calf, but: golf, wolf Talk, walk, chalk Calm, psalm, but: film |
| n | nm | Autumn, column, condemn |
| p | pn pt ps | Pneumonia, pneumatic Receipt, but: helicopter, September, raptorial Psychology, psalm, but: laps, perhaps |
| r | after vowels | Far, farm, girl, turn, term |
| s | sl | Island, isle |
| t | ften stle sten | Often, soften Whistle, castle Listen, fasten |
| w | wh (before –o) wr sw | Who, whose, whom, whole Writer, playwright, wrong, wrestling Answer, but: swallow, swan, sweet |
Ex. 8.1 Find the homophones:
Lamb/ wood/ receipt/ rime/ hole/right/ reseat/ knew/ fought/ whine/ reign/ lam/ rain/ new/ fort/ wine/ would/ rhyme/ write/ whole.
Ex. 8.2 Find the rhymes:
Farm, boom, delight, hurl, gate, design, sign, who, calm, threw, court, reign, alarm, height, gloom, bite, polite, refine, weight, whirl, pine, chew, caught, refrain, incite, womb, psalm, night, charm, tomb, through, balm.
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Ex. 8.3 Choose the odd word:
when, which, whose, where
lump, limb, lamb, comb
calm, palm, film, balm
knapsack, knowledge, knick-knack, acknowledge
Gypsy, pseud, perhaps, eclipse
pseudonym, psychosis, trapshooting, psyche.
Ex. 8.4 Choose the appropriate word:
1. That was really a very courageous _______.
a) knight b) night
2. She doesn’t _____ _____ her necklace is.
a) no, were b) know, where
3. He ______ his father was coming home because he heard his horse’s _______.
a) new, slay b) knew, sleigh
4. He became an ________ of a tremendous fortune after his ________ death.
a) heir, father’s b) air, father’s
5. The troops had to _____ the river.
a) wade b) weight
6. The rose was very beautiful but the thorns on the _______ hurt my fingers.
a) stork b) stalk
7. The king’s ________ his spouse’s glance and understood everything.
a) court b) caught
8. It was the first day of ______ for the ______.
a) rain, shake b) reign, sheikh
Ex. 8.5 Correct the mistakes:
I got court in the reign this morning and got wet threw.
I’d like to get some fire-would.
I no wot you mean.
I always get aches and peigns in winter.
We booked the tickets threw the Internet.
She can’t weight for you.
It’s very hot there, she won’t knead her fur-coat.
Rite! That’s the correct variant.
