Lessons 4 + 5 Exercises
Lessons 4 + 5 Exercises
Lessons 4 + 5 Exercises
ea: beach /biːtʃ/, bread /bred/, break /breɪk/, bear /beə(r)/, dear /dɪə(r)/
oo: too /tuː/, look /lʊk/, flood /flʌd/, brooch /brəʊtʃ/, floor /flɔː(r)/
ei: eight /eɪt/, receive /rɪˈsiːv/, counterfeit /ˈkaʊntəfɪt/, leisure /ˈleʒə(r)/, height /haɪt/
ou: out /aʊt/, soul /səʊl/, touch /tʌtʃ/, could /kəd/, you /ju/, pour /pɔː(r)/
ough: though /ðəʊ/, through /θruː/, bought /bɔːt/, drought /draʊt/, borough /ˈbʌrə/, cough
/kɒf/, enough /ɪˈnʌf/
Exercise 4: Write the sound /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/ next the following words.
1. Judges ----- 6. watches -----
2. Lives ----- 7. attends -----
3. Plates ----- 8. tapes -----
4. Classes ----- 9. books -----
5. Breathes ----- 10. wives -----
Exercise 5: Write the sound /d/, /t/ or /ɪd/ next the following words.
1. Studied ----- 6. answered -----
2. Judged ----- 7. tested -----
3. Listened ----- 8. invented -----
4. Missed ----- 9. researched -----
5. Worked ----- 10. enjoyed -----
Exercise 8: Listen and circle the word you hear in its context.
1. whose / who’s 6. right / write
2. there / their 7. hear / here
3. sale / sail 8. rain / reign
4. rode / road 9. bare / bear
5. steel / steal 10. by / buy
Practice: This poem illustrates the various English complexities. Read it aloud.