Exercise No. 1. Write a transcription of the vowel sounds of the following words:
A ) be, feel, we, me, see, meet, deed, feet, need
b) it, is, in, ill, sit, fill, live, win, till, mill
c) bed, pen, ten, tell, set, let, met
d) tie, lie, my, pie, die, life, time, five, nine, smile
e) man, bad, hat, lamp, glad, fat, cat, black, sack
f) day, late, tale, main, pain, rain, male, fail
g) park, mark, arm, are, car, farm, large
h) air, chair, care, fair, rare, parent
i) there, where
j) here, near, mere, clear, fear, bear
k) hire, fire, tire, buyer, flyer
l) our, flour, power, flower, down, town
m) her, term, bird, firm, burn, turn, fur, learn
n) sorry, story, warm, word, door, all, taught, talk
Exercise No. 2. Write a transcription of the consonant sounds of the following words:
a) think, thing, thin, thought, death, threat.
b) sing, song, bang, long, something, going, hung, wrong.
c) this, that, those, the, these, there, other, another.
d) ship, shop, she, clash, sharp, shine, shame, shape.
e) chess, chop, chamber, charm, charity, future.
f) phone, photo, phenomenon, phantom, pharos, philharmonic, phase.
g) knife, know, knock, knit, knight, knee, knack.
h) what, where, when, wheel, whiff, whig, whip, whim.
Tongue twisters . Tongue-twisters.
The black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.
Betty Botta bought some butter, But she said, this butter’s bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better.
She sells seashells on the seashore, the shells that she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
A big black bug bit a big black bear, A big black bear bit a big black bug.
Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.
Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.
Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.
She slits the sheet she sits on.
A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
A twister of twists once twisted a twist. and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist. now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist, would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.
AI, AY - pain, layer ( pain ,
layer )
AIR - hair ( hair )
IGH - sigh ( sigh )
AU, AW - August, awful ( August ,
horrible )
EA - neat ( neat )(
there are exceptions [e] sweat ( sweat ), break ( break ))
EAR - dear ( Expensive ) (
Sometimes bear ( bear ))
EE - peel ( clean )
EER - beer ( beer )
EI, EY - eight, convey ( eight ,
shipping ) (
rarely ceiling( ceiling ))
final unstressed EY - [i] money ( money )
OA - toad ( toad )
OAR-board ( board )
OI, OY - coin, toy ( coin ,
toy )
OU, OW - spouse, now ( spouse ,
Now ), (
Sometimes know ( know ))
final unstressed OW - widow ( widow )
OUR, OWR - hour, dowry ( hour ,
dowry )
OUGH - brought ( brought )
OO - pool ( pool )
OOK - book ( book )
OOR - poor ( poor )
EU, EW - dew, neutral ( dew ,
neutral )
EUR - Europe ( Europe )
closed WA, WHA - what, was ( What ,
was )
WAR - war ( war )
WOR - work ( Job )
final ALL - tall ( high )
final IND, ILD - , kind, mild ( Kind ,
soft )
Reading English vowels in open position
1. B,
TO , C,D, go, be, he, me, she, we, by, my, spy, try, fly, dry, cry, shy, pry, lo, no, so, Q, P, Z, V, T .
Aid, hail, claim, chain, waist, raise, bay, day, play, pray, stay, pay, sea, tea, beach, feast, breathe, free, tree, feed, beech, sleeve, freeze, die, lie, died, tried, bye, dyed, boat, cloak, foe, sloe, toe, pie, tie, ceaze, ceiling, week, sweep, dial, phial, bias.
Bake, pale, take, pane, tape, eke, eve, cede, globe, Crete, Swede, lime, mine, mite, side, size, style, hole, home, robe, rape, vote, yoke, duke, dupe, fume, mule, tube, tune.
Cede, seed, lone, loan, bike, bake, Jane, jade, baize, bays, lace, lake, beach, beech, mice, Mike, die, dye, cage, gage, vague, plague, guide, lie, lye, yale, due.
Fatal, vacant, raven, agent, bacon, typist, evil, famous, final, silent, pilot, tyrant, total, open, moment, human, student, pupil, music, cubic, client.
Reading English vowels in closed position
Read the words and explain why they are pronounced this way:
Pad, pat, bad, bat, fan, fat, van, vat, cell, tent, dell, den, keg, get, yet, yelp. Kid, kiss, grin, wig, wit, Lynn, Pym, Sod, sop, mod, moss, nod, hot, rod, yon, F, L, M. Nun, nut, hug, hut, ruff, buzz, gulf.
Sac, sack, lac, lack, lacks, lax, tacks, tax, links, lynx, sticks, Styx, cell, sell, cent, sent, hiss, his, lacks, bags, bets, beds, cups, cubs, pence, pens, phlox, flocks, fizz, phiz, fill, Phil, batch, badge, rich, ridge; bank, hang.
Bed, had; led, lad; Ned, pad; bet,net; bend, bend; bat, set, sat; land, lend; fact, pact, plan, flag, act; slap, slap; cup, cap; lit, lid; shot, shod.
Cab, cup, cling, crest, scrub; tacks, sacks, kicks, rocks, ducks, cell, cent, hence, rince, dunce, lick, lack, pick, pack, sick, sack, dick, dig, pick, pig, rick, rig, bank, ink, drink, drunk, fact, sect, back, neck, gem, gent, gin, gist, badge, hedge, bridge, lodge, plunge, as, has, beds, rugs, prism, jam, job, jib, jest, just, yes, yet, yelp, yen, yell, bang, spring, thing, strong, lung, sell, shell, sip, ship, self, shan, shut, shrub, crash, smash, rush, shell, shelf, ship, shift, fish, mesh, smash, chip, chop, chest, rich, such, match, fetch, ditch, Scotch, crutch. Thin, thrift, width, length. That, then, this, thus, with. Phiz, phlox, lymph, nymph. Tax, sex, fix, fox, box, text, next.
Pit, pen, par, pun; fin, fen, fan, fun; tin, ten, tan, tun; red, rest, rent; risk, rim, did, tin, lid, nib, fill, drill, mill, mat, hot, pet, guest, press, stress, string, strong, stretch.
Sandal, vessel, system, children, absent, tempest, bonnet, pocket, commit, public, horrid, dwelling, summit, battle, bottom, rarely, lesson, dinner, waggon, parrot, butter, button, sister, doctor. Lapse, dense, steppe, twelve, bronze, solve.
3.
Reading
English
letters
V
open
And
closed
position Read :
Pan, pane, tap, tape, red, rede, them, theme, miss, mice, shin, shine, rob, robe, dot, dote, tub, tube, duck, duke, pad, pat, bad, bat, fan, fat, tell, tent, kid, grin, wig. Pym, Bake, pale, eke, globe, we, sweep, side, style, hole, robe, yoke, duke, sod, yon, hot, nun, hug, ruff, fume, tube, be, go, my, K, gulf, sham, shame, dense, solve, aid, hail, shut, smash, chip, chain, waist, bay, day, by, chop, chest, ship, shelf, shape, C, D, fish, chip, pea, sea, tea, beach, spring, lung, die, lie, bye, join, job, tea, tree, beech, jest, thin, freeze, this, that, these, those, foe, pie, cease, lymph, nymph, cab, cup, fact, fat, fatal, vat, vacant, back, bake, neck, yes, yet, agent, back, bacon, yell, typist, tax, sex, famous, final, cell, cent, ceiling, prince, dunce, silent, as, has, pilot, match, mate, fetch, fate, crutch, gent, gin, total, badge, open, bridge, moment, mob, pig, page, red, rage, sell, shell, human, pet, pete, student, stud, fill, file, lack, lace, music, land, mice, lake, back, bake, bike, flag, act, jade, cage, cup, yale, slab, guide, guest, shot, cap, value, due.
Reading English vowels in combination with the letter "r" in open and closed positions
Read the words and explain the reason for rethinking the sound perception of English vowels:
Bare, care, chair, hair, fair, mare, pair, dare, square, rare, hare, Here, mere, near, fear, beer, cheer, dear.Fire, briar, mire, tire, liar, byre, lyre, tire, dire. More, shore, board, roar, horse. Cure, mure, pure, lure. Fare, fair, hare, hair, here, hear, dear, deer, tire, tire, boar, bore, sore, soar. ,
Bar, far, jar, star, hard, farm, harsh, starve. Her, verb, serve, bird, skirt, shirt, herb, fern, berth, germ, verse, serve. Fir, sir, birch, girl, first, third. For, nor, sort, short, lord, horse. Urn, turn, nurse, burn, perfect, fur, furl, burn, hurt, curve, purse. Word, worm, work, world, worker, farmer, former, furnish, varnish. Earl, learn, early, earth, heard.
Bar, bare, car, care, her, here, per, peer, fir, fire, sir, sire, or, ore, for, fore, cur, cure.
5 .
Reading
English
vowels
letters
in
everyone
provisions
under
accent Read the words and explain ,
why are they pronounced like that :
Bare, fat, fan, fire, pad, tell, chair, kid, grin, more, wig, Pym, cure, bake, pale, bar, far, eke, globe, herb, fir, we, sweep, for, fur, word, side, style, urn, farmer, hole, robe, care, here, lure, farm, yoke, duke, sod, horn, worm, serve, burn, nun, ruff, fume, tube, be, hair, dare, mere, go, my, K, gulf, hair, fear, mire, harsh, sham, shame, dense, board, berth, sir, burn, world, aid, hail, shut, smash, chip, turn, former, hare, chain, waist, bay, day, by, chop, chest, ship, girl, horse, starve, roar, shelf, shape, C, D, fish, chip, mure, square, pea, sea, beach, spring, sort, fair, star, lung, die, bye, jam, jar, byre, job, tea, tree, beech, jest, germ, thin, freeze, this, these, that, those, foe, nor, pie, first, fern, dire, ceaze, lymph, furnish, tyrant, sturdy, studen, care, cab, cup, fair, fact, fatal, mare, mat, note, rare, vat, hare, vacant, near, back, lake, beer, tire, shore, neck, hoarse, yes, yet, agent, pure, back, during, bacon, third, yell, birch, typist, err, tax, sex, famous, short, final, cell. Lord, hurt, cent, ceiling, purse, prince, silent, work, as, has, pilot, worker, mate, her, fetch, fate, verb, tyrant, serve, tire, bird, crutch, gent, gin, total, burn, perfect, badge, open, bridge, moment, mob, sell, shell, guide, due, varnish.
Back, bark, had, hard, gem, germ, ten, tern, twill, twirl, spit, spirit, cock, cork, shot, short, cub, curb.
6.
Read the words and explain why they are pronounced this way:
Feud, neutral, feudal, deuce, cue, Europe, dew, few, new, newt, ewe.Diece, niece, field, yield, chief, grief, grieve, belief, believe, achieve, brief, thief, shriek, priest, shield, siege. Great, break, steak; bear, year, wear, tear, pear, swear. They, grey, prey, whey, rein, vein, feint, eight, freight, weight. Eye, height, either, neither. Dead, head, bread, ready, meadow, steady, thread, death, feather, leather, weather, breath, health, wealth, peasant, pleasant, pheasant, measure, treasure, pleasure. Range, change, haste, waste, paste, strange, danger. Find, mind, bind, child, wild, mild, able, table, fable, cradle, idle, rifle, trifle, bible, bridle, cycle, noble, bugle. Scarce, negro, nitrogen, hydrogen, micron, migrant. Old, told, sold, fold, hold, gold, droll, bolt. Live, love, about, above, give, clever, river, vivid, seven, eleven, every, heavy, ever, never, heaven. Solid, valid, static, visit, physics, rapid, Spanish, Latin, cabin, radish, satin, credit, merit, limit, finish, profit, polish, florin, punish. Capital, family, energy, medical, mineral, physical, comedy, opera, origin, probably, enemy, melody.
7.
Reading
words
,
spelling
which
connected
With
influence
French
graphics Read :
Some, come, comfort, company, son, done, none, Monday, month, London, front, among, tongue, other, another, mother, brother, nothing, dozen, color, won, wonder, fraud, haul, maul, Paul, fault, chaw, jaw, straw, shawl, lawn, drawn, cause, because, pause, author, clause, applause, August, autumn. Ground, count, stout, loud, house, spout, ounce, cow, now, crowd, fowl, down, town, out, shout, scout, how, towel, brown, about, without, trousers. Our, flour, power, tower, flower, shower. Young, country, cousin, courage, couple, double, trouble, touch. Oil, boil, joint, hoist, voice, noise, boy, coy, joy, toy, cloy, Troy, floy, hoy.
Four, your, pour, Row, brow, throw, low, flow, blow, slow, yellow, fellow, sorrow, meadow, swallow, sparrow. You, through, could, should, would, group, tour, lose, do, prove, move, to, soup, does, done.
8
Reading the words discussed above
Read the words and explain why they are pronounced this way:
Ask, cask, mask, fast, last, clasp, grass, after, master. Too, moon, stool, woo, pool, gloom, shoot, groove, soon, boot, soot. Book, hook, took, shook, Boor, moor, poor. Ball, small, fall, wall, bald, salt, false. Talk, stalk, chalk, walk. Dance, glance, prance, branch, grant, plant, cant, shant, command, demand, reprimand. What, water, was, war, wash, watch, watt, want, swamp, swan, wasp, warm, war, ward. Bull, pull, full, bullet. Brutal, plural, prudent, truly, true, blew, rude, rule, June, July, brute, grew, screw, threw, drew, flew, jew, blew, crew, include, junior.
9.
Reading English words for all the given rules
Read the words below and explain why they are pronounced this way:
1.
Light, fight, might, straight, caught, daughter, haughty, neigh, sleight, eight, freight; rough, enough, laugh, nigh, Hugh, knight, height, weight, weigh, taught, thought, bought, fought, ought; special, mission, passion, session, nation, action, caution, tradition, mention, collection, dictation, option, demonstration, special, Asia, Russia, Russian, politician, musician, glacial, especial, explosion, corrosion, illusion, collision, vision, confusion; lecture, future, furniture, nature, culture, century; pressure, sure, exposure, measure, treasure, pleasure; when, why, which, white, where, what; who, whom, whose; wrong, write, writer, writ, wring, khight, know, knew, knit, gnat, gnash, monarch, echo, school, chemistry, mechanics, architect, machine, moustache, niche, limb, lamb, bomb, autumn, hymn, guard, guest, guild.
2. Due, dew; muse, mews; tub, tube; far, far; rede, red; duck, dutch; duke, dark; faint, feint; dot, dot; asp, wasp; has, was; that, what; watch, natch; bar, bare; car, care; her, here; heal, health; on, son; ponder, wonder; home, come; grove, glove; per, peer; fir, fire; sir, sire; mood, blood rose, cousin; cut, put; rush, bush; far, far; cur, cure; ruddy, pudding; go, to, rod, good, rather, father; duty, truly; nude, rude; suit, brute; route, route; dew, drew; later, water; go, do; rose, lose; duty, truly; nude, rude; dew, drew; stew, strew; strange, haste, steak, speak; riddle, bridle; lost, post; cloth, both; cobble, nobble; now, know; bady, puny, cabin, radish, finish, civil, polish, florin, duty, eight, weight, field; great, break, year, pear; eye, height, either, neither; deed, dead, weather, wealth; pea, peasant; please, pleasant; ear, early, earth; hear, heard; ran, range; has, haste; was, waste; will, wild; mill, mild; pran, plant; can, can"t; comma, command; small, smell, slang; sale, salt; face, fast; lace, last; class, clasp; bathe, bath; father, mother, close, cloth; sole, sold; hole, hold; bull, pull, full; moon, too, book, shook, poor, door, floor, blood, flood; out, how, row, brow, low, blow, four reply; friend, heart, good;
3. Father, man, what, they, girl, first, who, no, son, daughter, child, I, work, learn, boys, works, live, four, fifth, your, Tuesday, Monday, good, food, school, go, do, room, all, small, wall, walk, sun, why, very, light, night, eight, twice, air, shine, young, cousin, shut, niece, weak, write, Thursday, chair, those, these, meal, each, year, weather, cook, book, dina, give, live, have, always, third, girl, bread, color, house, flower, window, warm, fruit. June, August, heat, great, break, pear, feather, finger, longer, friend, also, throw, soon, trees.
4. Grow, how, dead, meadow, eat, weak, water, this, thing, chalk, board, coat, teeth, tooth, thick, thin, white, night, red, nose, low, moustache, eye, blind, tear, learn, hear, ear, year, deaf, head, bed, road, mount, horse, word, board, work, heavy, town, cow, along, among, field, mice, men, country, cousin, young, see, eat, people, we, pure, here, learn, early, crow, now, grow, how, snow, fowl, house, geese, leather, beak, great, head, eat, swallow, straw, call, worm, word, near, hear, early, year, learn, bush, jug, put, such, jam, son, month, fond, catch, saucer, pour, our, your.
5. Yesterday, excite, except, during, run, brought, caught, bite, right, quite, quick, thank, this, thing, those, thin, thirsty, home, early, nearly clear, bear, learn, six, fox, eggs, go, throw, finger, hunger, longer, book, look, looked, ice, sauce, eyes, thirst, please, freeze, sees, easy, rose, houses, horses, as, this, has, us, is, was, bag, back, alone, saw, sauce, here, hair, dear, who, whose, write, shine, poor, door, pour, heap, heard, clear, early, now, bought, house, town, interesting, evening, several, page, change, hunger, thing, no, know, nose, knows.
6. Smooth, tooth, month, mouth, bright, brought, mighty, caught, daughter, eight, own, blown, town, word, world, tomorrow, whose, froze, grows, nose, throws, write, who, whole, while, wrong, tear, earth, third, learn, work, girl, return, think, true, blue, grew, who, blew, too, wisdom, husband, give, alive, five, live, hive, drive, door, blood, floor, could, good, wood, turn, learn, early, paid, made, laid, said, put, butter, trunk, sure, quite, quiet, want, water, walk, what, remember, understand, invite, arrive, cent, pence, few, knew, you, eleven, even, seven, could, would, stood, right, wrong, guard, hard, move, love, firm, sight, side, stone, ship, sheep, heart.
Hello! How did you start learning a foreign language? Theoretical knowledge and practical phonetics English language- this is the beginning for beginners to learn a foreign language. As you know, and if you don’t know, then you will know that the spelling of the American and British versions of the language is based on a historical (traditional) principle. What follows from this?
Features of pronunciation of English sounds
In addition to difficulties caused by the difference between the pronunciation and writing of words, there are pronunciation difficulties. They are determined by the peculiarities of articulation, pronunciation habits, the nature of movement and the structure of the speech organs. The English language has phonemes that have absolutely no analogues in Russian. There are also sounds, although similar, but different to one degree or another.
And finally I will say...
English phonetics So, English pronunciation characterized by the following features:
- The tongue is pulled back and spread out; when articulating consonant phonemes, its tip is positioned vertically in relation to the plane of the palate. (In Russian, as a rule, the entire front part of the tongue is adjacent to the teeth)
- The exhaled air flow is supplied in abrupt, short portions. (In Russian, the manner of pronunciation is melodious and smooth)
- The lips stretch slightly, as if smiling, especially the upper one. The corners of the lips remain motionless, are not very rounded and do not protrude, as in the Russian manner of articulation.
And finally I will say...
I decided to learn English
Competent knowledge of English phonetics will allow a beginner to quickly and easily master colloquial speech. Moreover, the perception of written speech will become easier. Any person begins to learn their native speech from early childhood precisely from sound perception, and later begins to study the sign system. The same principle of learning sequence also works when mastering foreign languages, in particular English.
Thus, it turns out that phonology is the basis for the study of foreign languages. After all, only by understanding the principles of creating words, with the mechanisms of articulation, can you grasp the essence of the diversity in the vibrations of voice and air, which affect pronunciation, and, consequently, the meaning of what is said. This is why I advise you not to neglect English phonetics.
Have a good mood and successful learning!
P.S. What is your reality?
American and British accents
English phonetics for children offers various phonetic exercise games, which create comfortable conditions not only for practicing pronunciation, but also allow you to develop imagination and stimulate interest in the language.
There is an opinion that it is not at all necessary to study the alphabet. This may be true for some languages. But not for the English language, with its diverse reading rules and numerous exceptions. It is the peculiarity English language, consisting of a significant discrepancy writing And pronunciation of words, makes knowledge necessary letters of the english alphabet. Why do you need to know the alphabet in practice? At least in order to be able to dictate your name or quickly find necessary word in the alphabet. And looking ahead, the pronunciation of vowels in an open syllable sounds exactly like in the alphabet. Therefore, anyone who has forgotten the alphabet or is just starting to get acquainted with it, take a look at the page, which is called just that -
English alphabet
Now let's talk about sounds. And first, let’s remember what you mastered earlier, when you were between 2 and 5 years old - letters or sounds? That's right, sounds (we mean mainly the sounds made by people) Note that if Russian sounds often differ only in hardness and softness, and memorizing such paired sounds does not present any special problems, then in the English language there are 23 sounds, which are even close NO in english alphabet- [θ], [ð], [ʃ], [ʒ], [ɪə], [ʊə], [ɪ], [ə], [ʊ], [g], [ɔɪ], [ɜ:], [ɔ], [ŋ], [r], [j], [h], , , [ɒ], [ɑ:], [ʌ], [æ]. The child unconsciously learns to pronounce all sounds long before he learns about the existence of the alphabet, i.e. letters. So, before moving on to learning the Russian alphabet, a child learns SOUNDS FIRST, not letters. He does this because he is learning to SPEAK! Therefore, it would be more logical to start teaching children to SPEAK in foreign language with SOUNDS.
Here you will also find funny fairy tales, educational videos that introduce your child to English sounds, as well as tongue twisters with which you can practice these sounds.
Tongue lived in the world |
Phonetics of the English language differs significantly from Russian phonetics, this fact is critically important for beginners. Therefore, it is necessary not only to understand the peculiarities of the phonetics of English sounds, but also to constantly practice pronunciation. There are some differences between Russian phonetics and the phonetics of the English language. The main ones are listed below. Phonetics of English consonant sounds for beginnersVoiced consonants are not devoiced and retain their voicedness in any position of a word or sentence, for example: Dodson["dɔdsən], This is Sid . Stunning a final voiced consonant in English leads to a change or destruction of the meaning of the word. For example, deafening the final consonant in the word send leads to a change in meaning and, accordingly, to confusion: - send; - sent, sent. In the Russian language, this feature is absent (cf.: the words prut and pond are pronounced the same, which in no way affects the meaning: [prut]. Voiceless consonants in English are not voiced and retain their voicelessness before any voiced consonant in a word and at the junction of words in a sentence, for example: I sit behind it[аi sit bi"haind it]. Replacing voiceless consonants with corresponding voiced ones d English leads to distortion or destruction of the meaning of the word. So, the final call t in a word port changes the meaning of the word, which leads to confusion: [p ɔ:t]— port; - poured, poured. Consonants in English are pronounced firmly in any position, for example: pet[p]; bill[b]; look[l]; bird[b]. In Russian, unlike English, there is a contrast between most consonants in terms of hardness/softness, for example: luk - luk; small - crumpled; was - beat, etc. In English, softening or palatalization is a mistake. It does not lead to distortion of meaning, but it does lead to a strong accent and makes it difficult to understand. Phonetics of English vowel sounds for beginnersThe vowel sounds of English vary in length and shortness. Failure to comply with this rule leads to distortion or destruction of the meaning of the word. For example, pronouncing seemingly the same word with a long and a short vowel, we end up with two completely different words: - hit; - heat; - drag; - puddle. Each disyllabic and polysyllabic word has a fixed stress pattern. An arbitrary shift in verbal stress leads to emphasis or a change in the meaning of the word, for example: "impact- hit, im"pact- hit, "subject- subject, subject; sub"ject- to subjugate, to subject. Important! In English, the stress is placed before the stressed syllable. A number of disyllabic and polysyllabic words have two main stresses, for example: "arm"chair, "after"noon. Simple (not complex or compound) words consisting of four or more syllables usually have two stresses: main (on the second or third syllable from the end) and minor (on the first or second syllable from the beginning of the word): ,university.A bottom accent (looks like a comma) means that the syllable is stressed, but to a lesser extent than the one preceded by a top stress. Pronouncing english words, try to follow the rules English phonetics for beginners. |
