Фонетическая зарядка. Дифтонги.
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (5 класс) на тему

Фонетическая зарядка

Diphthongs

1. Read the following pairs of words.

 /e/ -/ei/  

pen-pain

shed-shade

edge-age

wet-wait

test-taste

pepper-paper

/a/-/ai/

bar-buy

bark-bike

pa-pie

r-eye

cart-kite

heart-height

/ͻ:/-/ͻi/

all-oil

ball-boil

corn-coin

tore-toy

roar-Roy

/a:/-/aʊ/

car-cow

bar-bow

bra-brow

grass-grouse

arch-ouch

/ɜ:/-/ǝʊ/

burn-bone

fern-phone

Bert-boat

work-woke

flirt-float

/ͻ:/-/ǝʊ/

caught-coat

nought-note

bought-boat

jaw-Joe

ball-bowl

/i:/-/iǝ/

e-ear

bee-beer

tea-tear

pea-pier

bead-beard

/iǝ/-/eǝ/

ear-air

beer-bear

pier-pear

hear-hair

tear-tear

Cheers!-chairs

2. Read and underline the words with the sounds:

/ei/  

edge, barge, page, voyage, percentage, weight, fright, pain, poppies, pepper, paper

/ai/

shine, machine, sing, noise, shy, spoilt, frightened, stars, darn, sigh, shorn

/aʊ/

horse, how’s, hose, harms, grass, owl, all, tour, found, goose, house

/ǝʊ/

nose, class, annoys, home, soup, mouse, snow, serve, gnaws, though, through

/eǝ/

pear, pea, beer, pier, their, they’re, stare, pain, closed, again, ears

3. Practice the sentences with diphthongs. Compare them with the sentences with monophthongs.

/e/ -/ei/  

What an awful pen! – What an awful pain!

The dog’s in the shed. – The dog’s in the shade.

It’s a difficult edge. – It’s a difficult age.

Just wet. – Just wait.

Test this food. – Taste this food.

That’s too much pepper. – That’s too much paper.

/a/-/ai/

That was a good bar. – That was a good buy.

What a noisy bark! – What a noisy bike!

He loves his Pa. – He loves his pie.

He’s got two R’s. – He’s got two eyes.

It’s a cart. – It’s a kite.

Check the heart. – Check the height.

/ͻ:/-/ͻi/

It’s all there. – It’s oil there.

It’s a ball on his head. – It’s a boil on his head.

Look at that golden corn. – Look at that golden coin.

The paper tore. – The paper toy.

Hear the engine roar. – Hear the engine, Roy.

/a:/-/aʊ/

It’s the best car. – It’s the best cow.

It was a long bar. – It was a long bow.

Her bra is wrinkled. – Her brow is wrinkled.

There’s beautiful grass here. – There’s beautiful grouse here.

‘Arch!’ he said loudly. – ‘Ouch!’ he said loudly.

/ɜ:/-/ǝʊ/

It’s a large burn. – It’s a large bone.

It’s a green fern. – It’s a green phone.

That’s my Bert. – That’s my boat.

I work early. – I woke early.

He likes flirting. – He likes floating.

/i:/-/iǝ/

That E’s too big. – That ear’s too big.

It’s a small bee. – It’s a small beer.

This tea tastes salty. – This tear tastes salty.

It’s an old pea. – It’s an old pier.

He has a black bead. – He has a black beard.

/iǝ/-/eǝ/

The ear isn’t good. – The air isn’t good.

It’s a sweet beer. – It’s a sweet bear.

That’s an old pier. – That’s an old pear.

How do you spell ‘hear’? – How do you spell ‘hair’?

That’s a tear. – That’s a tear.

‘Three cheers!’ he said. – ‘Three chair!’ he said.

/ͻ:/-/ǝʊ/

Gino’s caught. – Gino’s coat.

It’s a nought. – It’s a note.

We had a bought picnic. – We had a boat picnic.

It’s my jaw. – It’s my Joe.

Give me the ball. – Give me the bowl.

4. Read as quickly as possible these funny poems and mind your production of diphthongs.

a)

There was a young lady of Niger,

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.

At the end of the ride was the lady inside,

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

b)

“Mr. Brown! Mr. Brown!

Are you going down town?

Could you stop and take me down?

Thank you kindly, Mr. Brown!”

c)

A young man from Salsbury Plain

Said, “I’m joining the Peace Campaign”.

When asked why it was,

He replied, “It-s because

H-bombs and war are insane.”

d)

There was an old lady of Peru,

Who found he had nothing to do.

So he sat on the stairs

And counted his hairs

And found he had seventy two.

e)

There was an old lady whose nose

Was so big as to reach to her toes,

So she hired a lady,

Whose conduct was steady

To carry that wonderful nose.

f)

There was once a boy known as Tag

Who always was wanting to lag.

When asked why he did it

He replied, “Don’t forbid it!

I feel such a joy when I lag.”

g)

A duck whom I happened to hear

Was complaining quite sadly, “Oh, dear,

Our picnic’s today

But the weathermen say

That the skies will be sunny and clear”.

h)

There was a poor man of Moldavia,

Who had the most curious behaviour

For while he was able,

He slept on a table,

That funny old man of Moldavia.

5. Guess what diphthongs in the highlighted words are in each poem (See Task 4).

a)___________

b)___________

c)___________

d)___________

e)___________

f)___________

g)___________

h)___________