Read the following words, transcribe them, define the types of syllables which contain the underlined letters. Use a dictionary if necessary.
Codeine, donation, admonition, barley, federal, bergamot, farmhouse, formality, frustration, fucus, grime, hereby, herbal, laptop, Lothlorien, lordship, moreover, mire, internet, parentless, tenet, tiresome, pantheon, virtue, fly, funeral, Fyne, cynic, gyre, murmur, nursery, edict, milestone, filtrate, mirthful, nightmare, cure, store, lyre, demure, lynx, mustard, myrmidon.
6. Answer the questions for self control:
1. What is a syllable?
2. What sound is called syllabic?
3. What are the types of syllables in English?
4. How do we read vowels in each type of syllables?
5. What sounds can be called ‘syllabic consonants’?
UNIT 5
Study how English sounds can be elided in connected speech.
The main terms of the unit:
elision, rapid speech, casual speech, random, compound words, connected speech, contraction, unstressed syllable, weak form, weak vowel.
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