Task 5. Clusters of two identical consonants.

Practise the following word combinations with two identical sounds at a word juncture. Note that elision is not permissible here.

keep pace half full dark clouds short term

stop panicking chief functions block capitals part-time

soap powder brief form seek company hot-tempered

top pupil grave verdict make comments at table

each child foolish show joyous smile breath therapy

French chocolate Irish sheep famous scientist with the spoon

beach chair harsh shadow miss support beneath the bridge

orange juice Polish shoes nervous system smooth the way

roommate unnatural full length

homemade keenness small letters

from memory phone number double line

become mild gain nothing criminal law

Task 6. Add a noun to the colour terms below. Choose words that follow the patterns described above:

Stop + stop/affricate Identical consonant

red __tape________ purple __lake______

violet ____________ gold _____________

white ___________ pink _____________

Linking “r”

Task 7.1. Read the following phrases to yourself. Make sure you know all the words and expressions. Then practice the phrases aloud. Mind the use of linking [r] at the junction of words.

A) an hour or two As far as I know

a quarter of an hour As far as I remember

a year and a half As far as I can see

an hour and a half As a matter of fact

B) near and dear, fair and square, a burglar alarm, higher education, a newspaper article, a car engine, a matter of habit, an interview for a job, a lecture on history, a seminar in linguistics, to send for a doctor, to ask for a favour, to phone for an ambulance, make sure of that, take care of her, the Tower of London, the Mayor of Manchester, the Peter and Paul Fortress

Task 7.2.Choose a few phrases from either part A or part B or both and use them in a story telling about your real life experience.

Task 8.1. Practice the linking [r] at word-boundaries in connected speech:

(a) in set expressions:

a) caliph for a day

b) the picture of health

c) once and for all

d) not for all the world

e) year in, year out

f) to bear in mind

g) to square accounts

h) to pour out one's heart

g) to go through fire and water

j) to keep within the letter of the law

k) to look for a needle in a haystack

(b) proverbs and sayings:

1. There is no smoke without a fire.

2. There is no rose without a thorn.

3. There is a skeleton in every house.

4. There is no rule without an exception.

5. While there is life, there is hope.

6. Four eyes see more than two.

7. Mind your own business!

8. All the future exists in the past.

9. Better untaught than ill taught.

10. Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

11. In for a penny, in for a pound.

12. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

13. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

14. Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.

Task 8.2. Choose one of the set expressions and one of the proverbs above. Use each of them in a short story or conversation. Present them to your group mates. Mind the cases of linking.

Consonant + Vowel word junctures (CV)

Task 9.Read the following word combinations and phrases. Mark the links. Practise them aloud.

an opera an office an artist

an interesting opera in an office an Irish artist

it’s an interesting opera works in an office a group of Irish artists

an idea an argument

a good idea in an argument

that’s a good idea involved in an argument

an event a glass of milk

an exciting event cheese omelette

full of exciting events cheese omelette and a glass of milk

Task 10. Read the following phrases paying attention to linking:

Two consonants + vowel Single consonant + vowel

Hol/d on Is it?

Lef/t it Keep up

Fin/d out Gone in

Task 11. Think of verbs ending in consonants that would complete the following phrases. Write one word in each blank. Then practice saying the phrases.

_________ it on. _____________ at me.

_________ it down. _____________ out.

_________ up. _____________ on it.

Task 12. Give your examples of linking a consonant to a vowel.

Two adjacent vowels in a word and at a word boundary (VV)

Task 13. Read the following words and phrases, paying attention to linking within and across words.

/j/ glide /w/ glide

Within words: re(j) action gradu^wate

high(j) er co^walition

Across words: We(j)aren’t coming. Let’s go^won.

Try(j)it again. Try to^wunderstand.

The boy(j) ate an apple. How^ware you doing?

Task 14.Practice linking / w/ and /j/ at the junction of words. Be sure to make the glides /w/ and /j/ sound very short.

[w]no^wentry, no^waccess, no^wanswer, how^wugly, too^wexpensive, to^walter, two^walternatives, a photo^wof a house, how^wabout, to grow^wold, to know^wall of them, go^wupstairs, now^wand then, how^ware you, who^wis he, here you^ware, you^wought to, sorrow^won you

[j] my(j)own, three(j)apples, key(j)issues, by(j)air, by(j)all means, body(j)and soul, enjoy(j)it, hurry(j)up, stay(j)away play(j)outside, happy(j)Easter, in the(j)evening, free(j)on Tuesday, to destroy(j)enemies, to deny(j)everything, to pay(j)a great deal

Task 15. Read the following words, word combinations and phrases. Identify and mark /j/ and /w/ links. Practice them aloud.

the artist to earn the twentieth the easiest trying

the actress to own the thirtieth the earliest going

the Indian to envy the fortieth the heaviest crying

the earth to argue the fiftieth the happiest staying

the only to occupy the sixtieth yellowish mowing

the eleventh to invent the eightieth bluish laying

too ugly very often every other day a new opera

too awful very easy only eight hours very interesting

too arrogant pretty awful two empty boxes two oranges

Task 16. Mark cases of linking in the following tongue twisters and practice reading them:

1. The awful auntie is here in a new outfit.

2. The doctor advised me to eat only apples.

3. The author is an ugly individual who earns a lot.

4. A new Austin is too expensive for us to afford.

5. He and Hugh Appleby are thirty-eight years old.

Task 17.1. Read the following sequences. Identify and mark possible /j/ and /w/ links. Then practice reading them aloud.

Example: Why(j)are you^w always_ in the bathroom when_ I need_ it?

1. - Now I know you’d like a cup of tea.

- No, I really fancy a coffee for a change.

2. - I’m not going to eat this!

- Yes, you are! Have I ever made anything you didn’t like?

3. Half the oranges I bought are bad, and I had to throw away all the apples.

4. Look, it’s two o’clock now. Let’s meet here at three o’clock.

5. My Uncle Tom lives in Scotland, and my aunt Mary in Wales. They often meet up to go on holiday in Ireland together.

6. - Has she ever been to England?

- No, I don’t think she has.

7. - That was so interesting. I didn’t know any of the actors, though. Did you?

- I knew one or two of them.

8. Now I know you said you’d be a little late. But I’ve been waiting here two hours! More like two and a half, in fact!

9. I’d like to return this toy I bought from you last week.

Task 17.2. Choose one or two sequences in task 12 a. With a partner develop them into longer conversations and act them out in class. While you perform, observe the rules of connecting vowels and consonants within the words and at word junctions. Make your speech sound fluent and smooth.

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