Ex.7 Sort out the words into columns according to the reading of consonant clusters

Machinery, scheme, scythe, child, Thames, weather, chef, Christmas, Thompson, chick, than, chic, chord, chalice, cliché, Chaos, neither, thyme, thrift, cheek, though, thorn, thaw, thief.

Ex.8 Practice reading the following words observing the rules of reading of consonant clusters:

a)Sheep, fish, Lewisham, mishap, ghost, rough, high, eight, daughter, Ghana, ghastly, ghee, gherkin, ghetto, ghillie, ghoul, Ghana, ghee, gharry, ghoulish, shoulder, shovel, show off, shrewd, shrink, Zhirinovsky, Zhukov, Zhivago, Zhejiang, Zhang, Zhuhai, photograph, shepherd, Stephen, Clapham, nephew, cheap, chair, charm, scheme, school, ache, cholesterol, chemistry, machinery, clef, sandwich, Charles, charter, charka, charivari, chateau, chauffeur, cheekbone, Chaucer, chauvinism, Chihuahua, chloral, choir, cholera, cholinesterase, pharmacology, pharyngeal, phoneme, phonetic, physiotherapy, phthisis, phylum

b) Wristband, knout, wryneck, Khachaturian, wreathe, Khan, Khyber, khanate, pneumothorax, Knox, knuckle, wrongheaded, Khrushchev, knurl, knockdown.

Ex.9 Read the proverbs; explain the reading of consonant clusters:

Th e to ng ue is not steel, yet it c ut s.

Ex c eption prove sth e rule.

Wh ere th e sh oe pin ch es.

Don’t cross th e brid g e till you get to it.

Ph ysi c ian s mend or end us.

Nei th er fi sh nor fle sh.

A bird in th e hand is wor th two in the bu sh.

A wat ch ed pot never boil s.

A drown ing man will cat ch at a straw.

Little knowled g e is a dan g erous th i ng.

Ex.10 Practice reading the following homophones:

Homophones are words (or combinations of words)

ü which sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings: e.g. meet and meat, seen and scene.

ü There are some examples of one word sounding like a combination of words: e.g. heed and he’d.

ü Sometimes three words (or combinations of words) sound exactly the same: e.g. I’ll, isle and aisle.

Ø scent – a distinctive smell, sent – the past tense of send

Ø scene – the place where an event takes place, seen – the past tense of see

Ø site – a piece of land, cite – to quote

Ø session – the meeting of a court, cession – the act of ceding

Ø scull – rowing motion, skull – head bone

Ø sic – to set upon, sick - ill

Ø sink – to submerge, synch – together in time

Ø soared – to have sailed through the air, sword – long fighting blade

Ø sucker – one who sucks, succor – relief

Ø plum – purple fruit, plumb – straight up and down

Ø profit – money earned, prophet – seer

Ø bark – outer sheath of a tree, barque – square-rigged sailing ship

Ø bloc – an alliance, block – square object

Ø bold – brave, bowled – knocked over

Ø boll – round seed pod, bowl – dish

Ø borough – township, burrow – dig into the ground

Ø bough – tree branch, bow – front of a ship, respectful bend

Ø burger – meat sandwich, burgher – merchant

Ø but – excepting, butt – the thick end

Ex.11 Practice reading the following twisters:

1. Have judgement not to judge this judgement judging by people’s judgement.

2. Each child has much chance to become the champion of the match.

3. This is a thick thimble.

4. A handsome singer sang an exciting song in English.

Ex. 12 Transcribe the following words:

Shop, fish, this, English, shot, three, cheese, something, thus, months, catch, through, that, child, chef, these, those, thirst, third, chop, shelf, anxious, trophy, scholarship, changes, England, machinery, gage, judge, science, echo, tongues, income, scheme.

Ex. 13 (from Test your pronunciation Unit 32)