Ex. 4. Прочтите.

wise – vice – rise

rise – rice – prize

size – ice – nice

size – rise

maze – glaze

wise – prize

graze – raze

Иногда встречаются исключения, например:

base –> [be?s]

case –> [ke?s]

Однако, они немногочисленны.

Ex. 5. Закрепите полученные знания.

make – take – type

spade – plate – lite

state – wake – style

maze – mace – mice

craze – lace – spice

mete – mate – kite

pan – pane – ban

tram – mane – man

back – badge – bake

tack – stack – take

shack – hat – shake

back – bake – bid

lack – lake – lid

cash – shake – dish

page – cage – badge

age – Madge – hinge

bake – cake – make

plate – gate – trade

pace – graze – grace

race – braze – brace

skate – wade – crate

rice – cite – site

life – spice – nice

slime – fine – dine

wife – wine – drive

side – bride – hide

pile – mile – file

stripe – strip – try

smile – slip – sly

mine – mile – pry

she – mete – him

theme – me – breve

we – Eve – did

scene – bent – scent

Pete – lend – tent

Swede – nine – ment

Steve – have – went

dyke – tyke – mike

syce – sci – scene

vice – price – dice

by – sky – type

Ex. 6. Прочтите o в открытом слоге как [o?].

go, home, rose, close, nose,

clove, grove, no, stove, so,

Rome, stone, wove, phone, code,

probe, rode, joke, broke, woke,

spoke, coke, yoke, zone, vote,

toke, bole, prone, probe, drone,

rote, dose, globe, robe, cope,

dome, hole, note, pole, mope,

mole, rope, scope, slope,

smoke, stole, tone, robe,

wove, froze, chose,

hose, yoke, lode

Ex. 6.1. Прочтите пары и цепочки слов.

rope – tobe

lope – trobe

slope – globe

vote – lode

rose – pose

nose – hose

prose – close

smote – code

brose – cross – rose

close – this – those

note – boss – cock

note – nod – node

smoke – code – mock

lode – lodge – podge

home – dodge – those

this – that – those

miss – mat – rose

dime – dap – dose

rice – rise – rose

slice – nice – hose

style – stack – close

Чтение [u:] или [ju:] зависит от предыдущего согласного звука.

– буква r убирает [j]:

rune –> [ru:n]

prude –> [pru:d]

– согласная + L убирает [j]:

flute –> [flu:t]

fluke –> [flu:k]

– [d?] убирает [j]:

June –> [d?u:n]

jute –> [d?u:t]

В современно английском люди тяготеют к [u:] больше чем к [ju:]. Однако в Великобритании дифтонг [ju:] достаточно популярен.

Еще часто Вы можете услышать [u:] со смягчением предшествующего гласного звука. В транскрипции, как правило, это не отражается.

Ex. 7. Прочтите слова с буквой u в открытом слоге.

use – ruse – fuse

huge – tube – cube

cute – muse – mute

spruce – Bruce – truce

plume – brume – dune

June – fluke – flute

jute – rule – prune

rude – rune – crude

truce – spruce – mule

1) Как правило, буквосочетание oo дает звук [?] перед буквой k:

look, took, book,

cook, hook, nook,

brook, crook, shook

2) oo дает звук [u:] перед d, t, b, p, m, n, l, f, ch, th:

mood, food,

root, loot, boot,

shoot, hoot,

noob, boob,

stoop, loop, hoop,

snoop, sloop, coop,

loom, groom, room,

broom, noon, moon,

spoon, soon, toon,

pool, fool, tool,

stool, cool,

roof, hoof,

oof, proof,

mooch, smooch,

hooch, smooth, sooth,

soothe, tooth, booth

3) иногда правила не работают: