Reading of Consonants

LETTER	MEANING(S)	EXAMPLES
Bb	[b]	Boy, baby
Cc	[s] – before e, i, y [k] [∫] – before unstressed vowels	City, cycle Come, cat Social, musician, delicious, special
Dd	[d] – after vowels & voiced consonants in endings [t] – after voiceless consonants in endings	Played, rained Stopped, watched
Ff	[f] [v]	Fine, film of
Gg	[dʒ] – before e, i, y [g] [ʒ] – in words of French origin	Gy m, ge ntle, an ge l Game, grow!!!girl Garage, rouge, beige
Hh	[h]	Hello, hamster
Jj	[dʒ]	Jane, joy
Kk	[k]	Kettle, kitchen
Ll	[l]	Lemon, little
Mm	[m]	Money, mirror
Nn	[n]	Nose, novel
Pp	[p]	Pepper, pick
Qq	[k] – at the end of words [kw]	Unique, technique Qu arrel, qu ality
Rr	[r]	Right, reality
Ss	[s] – at the beginning of words, after voiceless consonants in endings [z] – after vowels & voiced consonants [∫] [ʒ]	Son, stops, caps   Men ds, advert is e impre ssion, sugar in sura nce Mea sure, plea sure, usual, illu sion
Tt	[t] [t∫] [∫]	Take, water Na ture, fu ture, Na tion, educa tion, ini tial, ambi tion
Vv	[v]	Van, cover
Ww	[w]	Wood, wet
Xx	[ks] [k∫]\[gz] [gʒ] – before a stressed vowel	Box, fox Luxury\ luxurious Luxury
Zz	[z]	Zero, zebra

READING OF “c, g, j”

Ex. 7.1 Read the following words according to the rules and find exceptions:

college scoff science cyclist screen occupy cinema scenery soccer canteen success

get gallery German give general begin goal genus game ginger gather

jar judge jelly join joke justice jungle July Jump Job journalist

Ex. 7.2 Put the words into the right column and find exceptions if there are any:

[k]	[s]	[g]	[d3]

Cc: biscuit, cake, can, cap, car, cat, carpet, carry, chocolate, cinema, city, class, clean, clear, clerk, clever, clock, close, coat, come, concert, cook, cool, count, cousin, cow, cucumber, cup, cure, dance, December, doctor, face, race, factory, ice-cream, pencil, picture, place, quick, second, secretary, uncle.

Gg: august, begin, finger, flag, game, garden, get, girl, give, go, good, goose, grandfather, grass, great, green, grey, ground, jug, jungle, large, leg, orange, page, pig, porridge, tiger, village, engineer, giraffe, cage, German, together, forget, egg, dog, again, agree, angry, England, hungry, glass.

Ex. 7.3 Find the odd word:

1. cap, candle, centre, cosy, council.

2. gold, gum, gossip, game, give.

3. curriculum, century, ceramic, circle, cycle.

4. gentle, gerund, giant, gymnast, get.

5. cake, call, cease, cause.

6. gas, gentleman, ginger, gymnastics.

7. get, gain, give, begin.

8. scissors, scientific, scarf, scene.

Ex. 7.4 Add the word according to the rule:

1. career, car, can, capital,...

2. century, centre, cite, Cyprus,...

3. gallery, gamble, garlic, governmental,...

4. gentle, general, gibber, gymnasium,...

Ex. 7.5 Indicate how the letter c is pronounced in the words: [s], [∫], [k].

1. success – 2. juice – 3. sufficient – 4. anchor – 5. accept – 6. scientific – 7. chemist –

8. appreciate – 9. balcony – 10. proficiency – 11. decide – 12. clown – 13. precious – 14. tobacco –

Ex. 7.6 Indicate how the letter g is pronounced in the words: [g], [d3].

1. religion – 2. geography – 3. bridge – 4. beggar – 5. gear – 6. figure – 7. hamburger – 8. guilty -

9. engineer – 10. giant – 11. oxygen – 12. guard – 13. gypsy – 14. regulator – 15. bargain – 16. government –

Ex.7.7 C, k, ck, que or ch for [k]? Complete the words by spelling the sound [k].

statisti_ che___ pani_ing _riti_al mimi_ing traffi_er mista_e

inspe_tor heada_e _ustoms traffi_ musi_al terrifi_ uni__

pani_ basi_ te_ni__ lu__ pi_ni_ che__ _ids

pi_ni_ing tru_ wal_ basi_ally drin_ mimi_ athleti_ally

Ex. 7.8 Underline the letters which are pronounced [ ∫ ] in the following sentences. List the ways you found to spell this sound.

1. If you are an ambitious language learner, you should work hard on pronunciation and dictation.

2. So, after graduation you will be able to do translation and hold conversation taking part in negotiations.

3. He is impatient to go to the exhibition. Its expositions resulted from the exploration of the culture of ancient civilizations.

4. If you are anxious about future generations, please take part in our conversation project.

5. I don’t think I need your permission to go on an excursion.

6. Flies spread infectious disease. You’d better take measures against them.

7. I’m sure we won’t finish our work without financial support from a social organization.

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