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STUDY THE FOLLOWING

T a b l e No. 1 STATEMENTS I N INDIRECT SPEECH

I

he is a good student.

say

We You

she can speak English well.

tell him

They

(that)

the students must work more at

He She

says tells

their pronunciation.

me

Tom must be in Room No. 7.

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Tom says: "I have a few Eng- Tom says he has a few English

lish books." Betty says: "I am a writer." Bob says: "There are three

rooms in our flat."

books. Betty says she is a writer. Bob says there are three rooms

in their flat.

EXERCISES

I. Study Substitution Table No. 1 and compose as many sentences as

you can.

II. Read the following words and word combinations and explain the reading

rules:

a) weight, lain, coin, play, neighbour, neutral, grew, pie, pool, took, toy,

autumn, how, know, narrow, true, group, bread, peace, feel, dare, mere, where,

sore, ore, nasty, salt, lure, sure, jerk, jaw, fruit, foe, paw, hair, dear, chair, peer,

learn, car, moor;

b) a white bear; a poor fellow; a new dish; a low couch; a big mouth; a

narrow path; a broken chair; an old gypsy; chilly weather; brown bread; good

maize; bitter beer; fresh air; red hair; bad flour; repeat each word; correct

these mistakes; close the window; take the pill.

III.

The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and

tunes. Concentrate your attention on the vowel [зи]. Let your fellow-student read this

exercise for you to detect his possible errors in sounds:

|зи] 1. Oh, no, don't go home alone, nobody knows how

lonely the road is.

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2. Soames never boasts of what he knows. But Rose never knows of what

she boasts.

3. As you sow you shall mow.

4. Little strokes fell great oaks.

5. If many men knew what many men know, If many men went where

many men go,

If many men did what many men do.

The world would be better — I think so, don't you?

2. a) No devoicing before voiceless consonants: Sand-ford'sjhouse,

is_comfortable, Sandfordjsays.

b) Alveolars replaced by dentals: andj:he rooms, and J:he bathroom.

b) Loss of plosion: fruitjtrees, but^Doctor, mustj^ay.

c) No glottal stop: in frontjsf, there is_a green lawn, is^also, his_own.

1. [ d ] — doctor, not, modern, following, long;W— lawn, also,

cal , before, orchard;[зи]— cosy, also, only, own, so; ,[35]—

Sandford, pantry, grandmother;[u:]— rooms, two, fruit;[ai]—

behind, dining-room, quite;[з:]— nursery, furniture;[e]— Betty,

bedroom, every, many;[au]— house, downstairs.

V. a) Listen to the recording of the text "Doctor Sandford's House". Mark the

stresses and tunes, b) Practise the text for test reading. Listen to the text carefully

until you can say it in exactly the same way.

VI. Transcribe the following sentences. Mark the stresses and tunes:

1. Behind Doctor Sandford's house there is a small orchard. 2. He says: "I

have a good television-set." 3. The house is not large, but it is comfortable.

VII. Answer the following questions:

A. 1. Is Doctor Sandford's house large? 2. What is there in front of the

house and behind it? 3. What rooms are there in the house? 4. What kind of

furniture is there in the house? 5. Is it Doctor Sandford's own house?

B. 1. Is your flat large or small? 2. How many rooms are there in your flat?

3. What do you call a room people sleep in? 4. What do you call a room

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people have meals in? 5. What do you call a room where a person studies,

reads, writes, etc.? 6. What do you call a room where children sleep, play and

have meals? 7. What do you call a room where people spend time after dinner

or supper (where guests are received)? 8. What do

you call a room where food is cooked? 9. What do you call a room where

food is kept? 10. Is your flat comfortable and cosy?

11.There is a green lawn in front of your house, isn't there?

12.

Are there any fruit trees in your garden? 13. Is your house old or

new? 14. What colour are the walls in your flat? 15. What articles of furniture

are there in your parents' bedroom (the dining-room, your father's study, your

own room)? 16. There are many new houses in your street, aren't there? 17.

Have you got a rubbish chute in you flat to carry rubbish down? 18. Have you

got built-in furniture in your flat? 19. Has she got a unit in her room?

С. 1. Can you read English? 2. Can you speak French? 3. Who can answer

my question? 4. Where can I find this book? 5. You can transcribe this word,

can't you? 6. You can't speak German, can you? 7. May I ask you a few

questions? 8.MayIgo out? 9. May I open the window? 10. May I take your

book? 11. Must I translate this text? 12. Must we learn this poem by heart? 13.

Must I put this book into the desk? 14. What must I read now? 15. (At) What

time must I come home? 16. We can't go to the skating-rink at four, can we?

VIII. Write in words:

a) 122,2 489,1 963,1 844; 11 389,20 856; 119 922.

b) M o d e l : 3.15 — It's a quarter past three.

5.05; 3.25; 6.30; 3.35; 11.40; 10.15; 9.20; 5.10; 4.45; 7.05; 7.55; 8.50.

IX. a) Chance the following sentences into interrogative and negative:

1. There are some fruit trees in front of my house. 2. There is a study in

our flat. 3. It is a difficult text. 4.1 have a room of my own. 5. We can go out

for a walk now. 6. You may open the window. 7. The students must learn this

dialogue by heart. 8. Mr. Sandford must pay much money for his house. 9.

You must switch off the cassette-recorder.

b) Ask one another questions on the statements above and answer them in the

negative. Mind the distribution of sentence-stress in the replies.

M o d e l : The walls of our kitchen are tiled.

Are the walls of your kitchen tiled ? No, they xaren4

tiled.

X. a) Form all possible questions to which the following sentences are the

answers, b) Each sentence states a certain fact. Find some more details about it by

asking questions. Work in pairs:

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1. There are eight fruit trees in our garden. 2. Mr. Sandford is the head of

the family. 3.1 can answer this question. 4. My brother can speak French. 5.

You may ring me up tonight. 6. We may go home now. 7. They must prepare

this poem for phonetic reading. 8.1 must work much at my pronunciation. 9.

On the right you can see a standard-lamp.

XL Fill in the missing words:

1. There is no ... in my flat. 2. There are many fruit trees in our . . . . 3.

There is a green ... in front of his Institute. 4. Where is you father? — He is

working in the . . . . 5. My sister's room is very .... 6. Is this your ... book? 7.

The furniture in my brother's room is quite.... 8. The floor is covered with a

beautiful thick.... 9. A... serves to carry rubbish down.

XII.

a) Ask your fellow-student questions on pictures on p. 114—115. Work in

pairs, b) Describe the pictures.

XII.

Fill in prepositions if necessary:

1. It is a quarter ... ten (10.15). 2. I must get up ... half past six. 3. He must

be back ... half... an hour. 4. May I come ... an hour? 5. You needn't work

late ... night. 6. May I finish this translation... the morning? 7. What's the