Exercises on pronunciation of vowels

[1] [i:] [1] [e] [e] [æ] [ʌ] [α:]

film feet tin ten men man done March

it eat pit pet beg bag bug baric

ill heel Bill bell bed bad bud bard

Tim team chick check bet bat but dart

fifty fifteen pin pen met ma tcut cart

miss meet mill met said sad suck dark

sit seat sit set dead dad dust mast

ship sheep rid red led lad lug lard

[1] [i:] [1] [e] [e] [æ] [ʌ] [α:]

Hill heal hid Ted pen pan pun farm

in dean this then ten tan tub card

Bill deal lit let pet pat putt part

sixty sixteen with when set sat such calm

him beam witty wet peck pack puck park

lip leap lid led let lack luck lark

chick cheek lit let Ben ban bun bam

did deed pick peck Ted mad mud hard

pill peel dicky deck met map sun palm

Lynn lean kiss less wet fat fun arm

Smith teeth till tell neck track trunk mark

little beetle bit bet well Pall duck clerk

[æ] [o] [ͻ] [ʊ] [u:] [з] [ei]

Cap copp our push tool turn play

Cat cot store room whom sir pain

Rat rot caught would rude shirt way

mat dot port put too dirty tail

match stop four should mood learn say

clack clock north could food shirt may

had cod cord good do hurt wait

can Don dawn wood too girl rate

lab lock born took blue burn plane

ban knock horn book noon world name

wax box ball bull rule work taste

pat pot sport foot boot fur make

hat hot sort wool soup word lake

apple flop call shook June work sake

fad fox forks full fool first cake

[ai] [α:] [ͻi] [аʊ] [eʊ] [iǝ] [еǝ]

plight heart boy now phone tear chair

pie park oil how no beard bear

wide bard coin brow know ear hair

tide dark boil Brown boat here hare

side hard toy loud note near air

why hark point ground grown fear care

shy shark foil shout float idea pear

lie large choice found nose year heir

bike basket avoid how snow steer fare

Контрольні завдання

Transcribe the following words (Запишіть ці слова):

1. em—aem 2. sed—saed 3. sens—sat

men — mæn et — flæt ðen — ðæt

set—sæt met—mæt beg—bæg

ded —dæd end —ænd bet —bæt

'em—æn meni—mæn red—ræt

4. vi: —wi: 5. vet —wet 6. vais —waiz

vi:l—wi:k 'velvit—wel vain—wain

7. kα:t—kʌt 8. hʌm—hæm

dα:k — dʌk ʌn — fæn

mα:t — mʌtʃ bʌn — bæn

bα:k — bʌk kʌp — kæp

lα:k — lʌk kʌt — kæt

9. bʊk — bu:t 10. tʊk — tu:ɵ

fʊt — fu:d fʊl—fu:l

ʃʊk — ʃu:z pʊt — nu:n

11. top—tͻ:t 12. spͻ:t—spot—spǝʊk

оd — bͻ:d tͻ:n — top —tǝʊn

spot — spͻ:t lͻ:d — lot — lǝʊn

13 'fa:ɵǝ ' mʌðǝ ' wʌndǝf l ten bз: n 'kʌntr i 'blækbͻ:d gʌn smͻ:l iŋgliʃ bʊk ru:l 'nju:speipǝ 'ivniŋ lo:st dʒu:n 'evriɵiŋ

14 'ðeǝri:z ǝ'bʊk on ðǝ teibl

'ðeǝr o bʊks on ðǝ teibl

'ðeǝr o nǝʊ bʊks on ðǝ teibl

LESSON 2

MY FAMILY

EXERCISES

1. Read and memorize the following words:

name [neim] ім'я

family name/surname прізвище

patronimic [,pætra'nimik] no батькові

full name [ ful neim] повне ім'я

е. g. What is your name? My name is Jack.

We named our baby Jane.

mother ['mʌðǝ] мати

father ['fα:ðǝ] батько

e.g. I live together with my mother and father.

parents ['pзǝrǝnts] батьки

e.g. Everyone has two parents.

Your father and your mother are your parents.

grandfather ['grænd,fα:ðǝ] дідусь

e.g. Your father's father is your grandfather.

Your mother's father is your grandfather, too.

I call my grandfather Grandpa.

grandmother ['grænd,mʌðǝ] бабуся

e.g. Your father's mother is your grandmother.

Your mother's mother is your grandmother, too.

I call my grandmother Grandma.

brother ['brʌðǝ] брат

sister ['sistǝ] сестра

son [sʌn] син

daughter ['dͻ:tǝ] дочка

e.g. My parent's son is my brother.

My parent's daughter is my sister.

husband ['hʌzbǝnd] чоловік

e.g. Father is ray mother's husband.

wife [waif] дружина, жінка

child [tʃaild] дитина

e.g. This girl is a little child.

children ['tʃildrǝn] діти

e.g. Children go to school.

aunt [α:nt] тітка

e.g. My father's sister is my aunt.

My mother's sister is my aunt, too.

uncle [ʌŋkl] дядько

e.g. This man is my father's brother. He is my uncle.

cousin [kʌzn] двоюрідний брат, двоюрідна сестра

e.g. Bob and Mary are my aunt's children. Bob is my cousin. Mary is my cousin, too.

niece [ni:s] племінниця, небога

e.g. Ann is her aunt's niece.

nephew ['nevju:] племінник, небіж

e.g. Peter is his uncle's nephew.

father-in-law ['fα:ð(ǝ)rinlͻ:] батько чоловіка (дружини)

e.g. The father of my wife (hushand) is my father-in- law.

mother-in-law ['mʌð(ǝ)rinlͻ:] мати чоловіка (дружини)

e.g. The mother of my husband (wife) is my mother- in-law.

relatives ['rebǝtivz] родичі

e. g. These are my relatives: father, mother, grandmother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, son, daugh­ter, wife, sister, uncle, aunt, niece.

in-laws ['intͻ:z] родичі жінки (чоловіка)

e.g. All relatives of my wife (husband) are my in-laws.

widow ['widou] удова

widower ['widouǝ] удівець

grown-up ['grounʌp] дорослий

adult ['ædʌlt] дорослий

e.g. He is already an adult.

(to) bring up [briŋ ʌр] виховувати

e.g. We must bring up our children.

2. Answer the following questions:

1. Is your family big or small? 2. How many people are there in your family? 3. Who are they? 4. How old are your father and your mother? 5. How old are your sisters and brothers? 6. How old are you? 7. What does your mother do? 8. How many children have your aunt and uncle? 9. Is your mother beautiful? 10. What is your mother's name? 11. What is your profession? 12. Have you many relatives?

3. Complete the following sentences using the words from the right-hand column:

My father's wife is my.... aunt

My parent's son is my.... cousin

My parent's daughter is my.... father

My mother's husband is my.... brother

My mother's father is my.... sister

My father's sister is my.... grandfather

My mother's brother is my.... uncle

My father's mother is my.... niece

My mother's sister is my.... grandmother

My uncle's son is my.... nephew

My aunt's son is my.... mother

Peter is his uncle's....

Ann is her aunt's....

4. First match the words and appropriate questions. Then practice the conversation substituting these words and questions according to the model. Answer with per­sonal information:

Address Where do you work?

Occupation Where do you live?

Place of birth Where were you born?

Business phone What do you do?

Place of employment What's your business phone number?

Model: — What's your address?

— I'm sorry, I don't understand.

—Where do you live?

—Oh, I see. 1415 Concord Avenue, Apart­ment 20.

5.Translate into Ukrainian:

1. He is nine years old. 2. She is sixteen years old. 3. I want to become an engineer like my father. 4. In the evening the family watches TV or listens to the radio. 5. His family consists of six persons. 6. Her family consists of three persons. 7. My brother wants to become an officer like our father. 8. We like our English lessons. 9. They like literature 10. I want to become a technician like my mother. 11. She is like her mother. 12. He is like his father. 13. You are like your mother.

6.Translate into English:

1. Ваша родина велика? — Так. 2. Із скількох осіб вона складається? — Моя сім'я складається з п'яти осіб. 3. Чи є у вас брати та сестри? — Так, у мене є сестра та брат. 4. Хто веде господарство? — Бабуся. Мама та сестра допомагають їй. 5. Ваш батько робітник? — Ні, мій батько інженер. Він працює на заводі.

7. Fill out fhe form:

Personal Information Sheet

Date __________________________

Name_________________________________________________________

Permanent Address

TeL N: Home: Business: _____

U.S. Citizen: yes no

If no, nationality

Date of birth

(month) (day) (year)

Place of Birth______________________________________________

Occupation ________________________________________________

Place of Employment ________________________________________

Sex: M________________ F________________________

Marital Status: Married _______________Single __________________

8. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:

A: I have just finished secondary school and I want to work at a factory.

B: That is a very good idea. You may learn to be an opera­tor of the electronic computers like myself. It is a very good profession.

A: What can you tell me about the factory where you work?

B: Our factory is very big. It is equipped with modern machines.

A: It must be very pleasant to work at such a factory.

B: Certainly it is.

A: What are your wages? (How much do you earn?)

B: My wages are rather high. I'm a qualified operator of the electronic computers.

A: Please tell me, what do you do after' working hours? Have you time for the cinema, theatre or concerts?

B: Of course, I have. I go to the theatre on my days off. I like music very much and I often go to concerts. Be­sides I study English.

A: Do you know English well already?

B: No, I can't say that I do. But I try to study it regularly and I hope that soon I shall be able to speak English well.

* * *

A: Now, I'd like to know about your family.

B: Oh, my family is a very large one. I have a father, a mother, grandparents, two sisters and a brother.

A: Do you all live together?

B: Yes, we do, and it's a remarkable thing, by the way, that we practically never quarrel.

A: Besides your immediate relatives you must also have some uncles and aunts and some cousins.

B: Yes, several. Every now and then they come to see us at our place or we go to see them.

A: I wonder who does the cooking and looks after the house.

B: It's all in the hands of my mother. Of course, my sisters help her. Now tell me something about your family.

A: Well, as a matter of fact there is little to tell. I am an orphan and before I got married I used to live quite alone.

B: So you are married! You have never told me anything about it!

A: I got married two years ago. Didn't you hear about it? B: Have you any children?

A: Yes, we've a fine little girl. Her name is Ann. Come

and see us some time.

B: Thank you ever so much. You also by all means come and see us. I'll be so glad to introduce you to all the members of my family.

A: I'll come by all means. I'll be so glad to know them all.

9. Ask questions on the text and retell it:

ABOUT MY FAMILY AND MYSELF

First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Victor Popovych. I am nineteen years old. I study at the Cherkas­sy Engineering and Technological Institute. I am in the second year. My family lives in Cherkassy in one of the residential areas. My parents have two more kids besides me. Thus I have got an elder brother Olexandr and a younger sister Olga. My sister is a schoolgirl. She is fourteen. My brother is five years my senior. So he is twenty-four already. He is a designer by profession. A is married. His wife is a telephone-operator. They are four in the family. He has two children — a son and a daughter. They are twins. They are lovely little kids with golden hair and' dark blue eyes.

My parents are not old at all. Daddy is fourty-seven and my Mum is three years his junior. My grandpar­ents are already pensioners, but they are still full of life and energy. I have many relatives — aunts, uncles, cousins.

My father is an architect and my mother is a hairdres­ser. They like their work very much.

I am fond of reading books on history and science fic­tion. I go in for sports. I like playing football, basketball and chess. Especially I'm good at chess.,

In four years I shall graduate from the Institute. To be a good specialist it is necessary to study many general and special subjects. My future speciality is electronic com­puters. In our age of rapid scientific progress and scientific

discoveries electronic computing is becoming a branch of economy. It serves as the foundation of economic and engi­neering progress. Research is impossible without com­puters.

THE PRONOUN