Study the rules for the following vowels and practice them in proverbs.

a) / ə / Graphical rules: 1. The letter combinations “ere” - here, sphere; “ear” - hear, dear; “eer” - deer, beer; “ier” pier, fierce; 2. The letter “e” in open stressed syllable + “r” -era, period, serious. Rare spellings: theory, museum, theatre, idea, real. Irregular spellings: to bear, to wear, pear, where, there. Proverbs and sayings: 1. To make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. 2. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 3. Experience is the best teacher. 4. To be up to the ears in love.

b) / зυ / Graphical rules: 1. The letter “o” in open syllables - go, home, moment. 2. “o” followed by “ll” - poll, roll; “ld” - old, told; “st” - most, post. 3. “o” in word-final unstressed syllables - hero, photo. 4. The diagraph “ow” - low, show, know. 5. The diagraph “oa” - boat, road. Irregular spellings: shoulder, poultry, soul, owe, mould. Proverbs and sayings: 1. Let’s get the show on the road. 2. As you sow you shall mow. 3. Sticks and stones may break my bones. 4. Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

c) / υə / Graphical rules: 1. The letter combination “ure” - cure, pure. 2. The letter “u” in open stressed syllable - jury, fury, during. Rare spellings: poor, moor, tour(ist), Europe. Irregular reading: to bury /bз:r /. Proverbs and sayings: 1. Prevention is better than cure. 2. Slow but sure. 3. What can be cured must be endured.

d) / aυ / Graphical rules: 1. The diagraph “ou” - out, thousand. 2. The diagraph “ow” - town, download, towel. Irregular spellings: drought, bough, plough. Proverbs and sayings: 1. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 2. Actions speak louder than words. 3. A sound mind in a sound body. 4. To come out dry.

Find the Ukrainian equivalents for the proverbs, choose 2-3 of them to explain.

E.g.“to be up to the ears in love” describes a person who loves somebody very much without

noticing anything around.

Read the following words and transcribe them.

a)mere, peer, fear, cashier, dear, serious, ideal, cereal, imperial, feared, queer, weary;

b) nosy, closed, cold, coast, roast, snow-white, denote, soak, toad, bone, mold, poll, yellow;

c) sure, surely, endure, furious, cruel, lure, during, fuel, duel, eventual;

d) owl, foul, cowboy, mouthful, house, count, howl, louse, bowel, nowadays, boundless.

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