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

a) / e / Graphical rules: 1. The letter “a” in open syllables - take, plate. 2. The diagraphs “ai” - main, plain “ay” - may, play 3. “ei” - veil, neighbour “ey” - grey, convey 4. “a” followed by “ng” - range, change “st” - haste, paste Irregular readings: key, height. Proverbs and Sayings: 1. Play your ace. 2. An apple a day keeps doctors away. 3. Tastes differ. 4. Haste makes waste. 5. Money spent on brain is never spent in vain.

b) / εə / Graphical rules: 1. The letter combinations “are” - hare, care; “air” - hair, air. 2. The letter “a” in open accented syllable followed by “r” - vary, Mary, parent, variant (except “rr” cases - marry, parrot) Irregular spelling: are, bear, tear, where, there. Proverbs and sayings: 1. Be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. 2. After rain comes fair weather. 3. If you run after two hares you will catch neither. 4. Where there’s a will there’s a way.

c) / / Graphical rules: The diagraphs “oi” - oil, boil; “oy” - toy, oyster. Irregular readings: tortoise. Proverbs and sayings: 1. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 2. One man meat is another man’s poison. 3. As shining as a new coin. 4. A watched pot never boils. 5. Empty vessels make the most noise.

d) / a / Graphical rules: 1. The letters “i”, ‘y” in stressed open syllables - tie, pie, final, rye, time. 2. “ight” -light, night. 3. “i” followed by “ld”, “nd” - kind, blind, child, mild. Irregular spellings: either, neither. Irregular readings: wind, city, pity. Proverbs and Sayings: 1. Once bitten twice shy. 2. Time flies. 3. Variety is the spice of life.

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

E.g.“an apple a day keeps doctors away” is a piece of folk wisdom about health.

Read the following words and transcribe them.

a)fate, maiden, grape, gain, vein, ray, delay, Frey, waste, tasteful, waitress, mail, patient, waved;

b) dare, Clare, fair, chair, prepare, dangerous, engage, bear, share, pear, theirs, affair, careful;

c) spoil, coin, boy, joyful, boiled, destroy, exploit, ointment, choice, moist, poison, annoy;

d) fly, sky-height, right, mind, crime, minus, lied, tried, frightened, knight, wider, child.

Rewrite the following sentences in more natural English with contractions where appropriate. Underline the words which are in their weak and strong forms.

1. I do not want to see him, but I am sure you want to.

2. She is not going to learn from this experience, but he is.

3. I have heard that you are thinking of moving from London. Are you?

4. They have dinner at seven, do not they?

5. You will be able to get a ticket for me, will you not?

6. I have got no idea who this letter is from.

7. Can you not remember who Bill used to work for?

8. I have been waiting for you to come.

9. We had been looking forward to coming for ages, then at the last minute we were not able to.

10. Will you not sit down for a couple of minutes?

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STRONG AND WEAK FORMS	\|	Transcribe A’s lines in the following telephone conversation between two friends. Underline the words in their weak forms. Dramatize the dialogue.

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