Sound Drills

Ex. 1 Practice reading the following. Think of different cases of assimilation in consonant clusters with [r].

a) dream, drift, drink (drank, drunk), drip, dread, draft, drop, drum, dry, drive.

The judge was drumming on the table.

I'm dressed for a party.

I don’t drink dry gin.

b) treaty, trick, trim, tread, tram, trot, troop, truck, trust, try.

The cheat was treated much too kindly. You dance like a dream come true.

It's true I don’t trust him. Don't try your tricks on with me!

That chap trapped me. The child tried to dress.

Jane missed her train. The train is drawing in.

c) bring, bread, breast, brush, bright, print, press, proof, price, proud, Greek, green, grim, group, ground, cream, creep, crew, cry, crown, shriek, shrill, shrink, shrub, shrug.

The trees are bright green in spring. A crust of dry bread is no breakfast.

The drum is broken. The track crossed the road to Brighton.

He shrinks from meeting strangers.

d) three, thrift, thrilling, threat, through, thrive, throw (threw, thrown), throat, throne, threshold, bathroom, with respect.

Did your sister get through? The three boys thrilled with delight.

He threw three sixes.

Don't thrust your opinions down other people's throats.

He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through.

e) tram, training, Prague, practice, street, strong, striking, demonstration, spread, spring, scream, country, literature, waitress, entrance, ash-tray, prepare, profession, shrewd, fruit, France, Friday, afraid, dry, try, thrive, thread, screw, screen, crab, craft

Ex. 2 Read these sentences, and then ask each other questions so as to make them your answers.

I'll have a cup of strong tea, I think. I prefer a glass of mineral water.

I'd like some fruit or an ice-cream. About three o'clock as a rule.

I must look right. Start reading the text.

Stop right here. I keep them in the chest of drawers.

I've sent it to the laundry.

5.9 Combinations of Consonants with [w]

Consonants preceding [w], especially in a stressed syllable are lip rounded (or labialized), i.e. regressive assimilation takes place. E.g.: twist, quarter, switch, dweller, wigwam.

When [w] is preceded by a voiceless consonant there is also some devoicing of [w]. This is the case of progressive assimilation. Thus, in the clusters [tw, kw, sw, pw] double assimilation takes place.

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