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1) The 1st letter is read in its primary long meaning: s ea [i:], oa k [əυ], etc.;
2) The 2nd letter is read in its primary long meaning: n eu tral [u:], ei ther [aı], etc.;
3) Two letters are read in their primary short meanings, forming a diphthong: b ei ge [eı], th ey [eı], b oi l [ ɔ ı], oy ster [ ɔ ı];
4) One of the letters is read in its primary short or secondary meaning: au nt [ɑ:], th eo ry [ıə], etc.
Ex.1 Read the following words with digraphs ei|ey. Identify the sound of each line.
[ ] 1. beige, deign, heinous.
[ ] 2. either, seismograph, deictic.
[ ] 3. seize, inveigle, ceiling, receive, deceive, conceive, perceive.
[ ] 4. heir, heiress.
[ ] 5. leisure, Leicester.
[ ] 6. counterfeit, sovereign, foreign, surfeit, forfeit.
[ ] 7. eight, freight, neighbour, weight, sleigh, weigh.
[ ] 8. height, sleight.
[ ] 9. they, survey, grey, obey.
[ ] 10. eyrie.
[ ] 11. key.
[ ] 12. monkey, money, whisky, hockey, trolley.
Ex. 2 Pick out the odd word.
1. Toilet – tortoise – boycott – buoy
2. joy –oily –voyage – connoisseur
3. annoy – choice – they –joy – poison.
4. pear — swear — near — bear
5. eight — freight — sleigh — sleight
6. cream — head — leave — fleet
7. jeopardy — leopard — Leo — Leonard
8. ooze—wood—kangaroo—booze
9. courage — soul — trouble — nourish
10. plaintiff — raider — plaintive — plaid
Ex.3 Read the poem. Explain the reading of vowel combinations.
A little h ea lth, a little w ea lth
A little h ou se and fr ee dom
With some few fr ie nds for certain ends,
But little c au se to need them.
Ex.4
a) Put the following words in the correct column according to the pronunciation of “ea”. Careful! Three of the words have two different pronunciations (and different meanings).
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