Fill in the missing word

1). Excuse me, do you ________ where Richard is?

2). It ________ not usually rain in August.

3). I get up at seven _________ every Monday.

4). Tom and Ann __________talking in a café.

5). _________ your English getting better?

6). Is Sally here? No, she has __________to the market.

7). Is Fred coming to the cinema with us? No, he _________already seen the film.

8). Tom has been reading a book _________ two hours.

LESSON TWO (parts 1, 2)

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”

Christopher Morley

LESSON TWO. Part one

1. Phonetics

Rules of reading and rhythm

Study Phonetic reference

Practice in Reading

Task 1: Read the tongue twisters.

Notes:

1).You shouldread English sounds much more distinctly than Ukrainian ones. Stress those words which seem to be most important in sense.

2). English sentences are read quicker because the words are connected, not each of them is stressed. Practice the reading.

We surely shall see the sun shine soon.

On the beach I saw six small seals.

Three grey geese in the green, green grass.

The rat ran by the river with a lump of raw liver.

Peter Piper picked up a piece of pink paper.

There’s no need to light a night – light on a night like tonight.

Pink silk socks with seven spots are lying on the sofa.

Thirty three yellow flowers for thirteen lucky thieves.

Task 2: Compare the reading of the pairs of words.

- e, i: seat-sit, beet-bit, clean – skin, seal – six, me – think, these – this;

- a, e: black -deck, latter – letter, have-never, Jack-Ben, candy-ten;

- ar, u: car-bug, art-fun, park-run, dark – duck, cart - cut;

- ir / -er / -ur in the stressed and -er/-or/-ar in the unstressed position: bird-corner, girl-computer, burglar-doctor, herb-summer.

Task 3: Read some sayings and verses then translate them:

- Step by step one goes far.

- As smug as a bug in a rug.

- He laughs best who laughs last.

- As busy as a bee.

- Just think and think, what horses get to drink.

- In the night I slept,

After dinner I swept,

In the evening I met

My dear cousin Ted.

- Hearts like doors will open with ease to very, very little keys;

And don’t forget that they are these:

“We thank you all” and “If you please.”

- Flowers here, flowers there, flowers growing everywhere.

- Always in a hurry, always behind.

Language Focus

Moods and feelings: How can a person feel about the following things? – career, family, study, travelling, cooking, exercising, sport, marriage, money, housework, gardening, health, work, good / bad news, driving, friendship, shopping.

These words can help you make a proper answer:

- angry, cross, annoyed, frustrated;

- surprised, shocked, amazed, puzzled, astonished;

- happy, glad, pleased, relaxed, joyful, perfect, fantastic, cheerful, optimistic;

- tired, exhausted, bored, sleepy;

- stressed, worried, tense, moody, terrible, thoughtful;

- afraid, frightened, scared;

- sad, miserable, unhappy, pessimistic, dull.

2. Grammar

2.1. There is / there are

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