Ex. 2 Read the following and answer the questions using the above words and phrases.
table
people
blackboard
That'll do.
plate
please
classroom
not large
glass
little
well-planned
I'd like some butter.
bottle
article
vacuum-cleaner
I must leave.
1 Shall I go on reading?
2 Is your flat large?
3 Shall I put some more sugar on your porridge?
4 What are you translating now?
5 What do you usually see in the kitchen?
6 What do you need to clean a carpet?
7 What word do you usually use in a request?
8 Can you speak English well?
9 Can you stay a bit longer or must you leave right now?
5.5 Alveolar Consonants before [θ, ð].
At the junction of the alveolar consonants [t, d, n, 1] and the interdental consonants [θ, ð] regressive assimilation is observed: the alveolar consonants are represented by their dental variants, e.g.: ninth, sixteenth, about the text.
Sound Drills
Ex. 1 Practice the following words and phrases:
seventh eighth
in the morning in the evening
eleventh hundredth
sixth at the party
on the table about the film
in the sitting-room tenth
I don’t think I can. Did the bell ring? Turn round the corner. Look it through. Look at the picture.
Ex. 2 Answer these questions using words and phrases practiced above:
1 When did they meet first?
2 When do classes begin?
3 Where did you put the ash-tray?
4 What are they talking about?
5 Where is the TV-set in your flat?
6 How can I get to the book-shop?
Difficult Consonant Clusters
In the clusters of consonants the place of articulation of which is only slightly different [v-w, f-w, s- θ, z- ð, etc.] care should be taken to preserve the quality of each sound and to avoid wrong assimilation.