lurk, murk,

slur, spurt, surf,

nerd, thirst, twerk,

pert, were, perk, erst,

birth, shirt, twirl, swirl,

sir, err, fyrd, myrrh,

pearl, search, learn,

girl, per, purr,

whirl, chirp

Ex. 3.1. Прочтите пары слов.

midge – church

stem – term

march – merge

march – mirch

serf – surf

err – erst

sir – first

her – score

form – firm

sport – spirt

switch – twerk

wrist – thirst

wore – were

snore – spur

store – serve

wore – turn

Ex. 3.2. Прочтите предложения.

This is her turn.

We were with the girl.

She is a nerd.

Search for a pearl.

It is a hard verb.

He has a good firm, sir.

No blur for the game.

Girls in high school wear [weər] beige skirts and shirts.

girls –> [gə:rlz]

skirts –> [skə:rts]

shirts –> [ʃə:rts]

(Модуль 7)

Ex. 3.3. Прочтите wor как [wə:r].

work – world – word

worm – worth – worse

worn – worst – warm

worm – worn – wore

war – farm – work

arm – worth – north

ward – word – world

worn – corn – curl

course – church – chore

burst – worst – thirst

warmth – warn – learn

urge – court – worse

shore – err – pour

world –> [wə:rəld] (фактически – двусложное слов)

Важно: буквосочетания or, wor стремятся к звуку [ə:r]. Слово word проще произнести как [wə:rd], нежели [wɔ:rd].

Другие сочетания с r, которые дают звук [ɔ:r], также можно встретить в версии [ə:r], особенно в быстрой речи и безударном положении.

Я называю это The Paradigm of Reduction. Все в устной версии языка стремится к редукции.

Чтение are

are читается как [eər] или [er], в зависимости от редукции.

[eər] – полная форма

[er] – сокращенная форма

Ex. 4. Прочитайте слова.

bare, care, fare,

dare, mare, stare,

pare, square, rare,

share, ware, flare,

spare

Ex. 4.1. Прочтите пары слов.

bar – bare

car – bare

far – fare

dark – dare

mark – mare

star – stare

park – pare

scar – square

part – rare

sharp – share

warp – ware

flirt – flare

sport – spare

Ex. 4.2. Прочтите предложения.

Go to the square.

Don't stare at me!

Share the food with your friend [frend].

How dare you!

I want to share a rare view.

Now we have got a flare gun.

We need more care in this world.

Чтение ere, eer, ear

ere, eer, ear читаются [i:ər] или [ɪər] в зависимости от редукции.

[i:ər] – полная форма

[ɪər] – сокращенная форма

Ex. 5. Прочтите.

sphere,

here, mere,

sere, cere,

beer, deer, jeer,

seer, fleer, veer,

cheer, peer steer,

sheer, leer, queer,

ear, beard, near, fear,

gear, rear, tear, sear,

hear, dear, year, smear,

shear, lear, clear, blear

where –> [eər] – исключение

there –> [eər] – исключение

Ex. 5.1. Прочтите пары слов.

sphere – fur

mere – mirk

here – her

sere – sir

cheer – chore

beer – bore

deer – door

jeer – tore

peer – pour

leer – lore

steer – store

sheer – shore

fleer – fourth

queer – quote

seer – board

veer – court

ear – peer

here – hurt

beard – bird

near – snort

fear – flirt

hear – curt

dear – dirt

gear – girl

dear – perl

tear – turn

blear – blur

Чтение air

air читается [eər] или [er]

[eər] – полная форма

[er] – сокращенная форма (редко)

Ex. 6. Прочтите.

air, stair, chair,

blair, fair, their,

lair, fair, hair,

pair

Ex. 6.1. Прочтите.

air – fare – chair

fair – care – pair

fail – hail – there

pare – their – stare

stair – where – chair

mare – here – air

aim – fame – fair

stair – car – care

flare – far – pair

there – their – where

Ex. 6.2. Прочтите предложения.

I don't care.

They may stare at me.

Near there is a fair.

With good chair and clean air.

Fare share.

There were no beers.

The bear is in the lair.

Чтение ire, yre

ire, yre читаются [aɪər] или [aər]

[aɪər] – полная форма

[aər] – редуцированная

Ex. 7. Прочтите.

fire, wire, spire,

pyre, mire, sire, hire,

lyre, quire, byre, tire,

squire, dire, gyre, shire

Ex. 7.1. Прочтите пары слов.

file – fire

while – wire

pile – pyre

mine – mire

spire – hail

tire – tile

quire – square

hire – share

spyre – mile

hire – lie

byre – wear

dire – dare

Ex. 7.2. Прочтите цепочки слов.

byre – beer – fire

fear – squire – queer

shire – shear – wire

weer – lyre – real

Чтение oor, ure

oor читается [u:ər], [ʊər], [ʊr] в зависимости от редукции.

ure читается [ju:ər], [u:ər], [ʊər], [ʊr] в зависимости от уровня редукции.

Ex. 8. Прочтите.

spoor, scoor,

stoor, shoor,

smoor, moor

Односложных слов с окончанием на oor не так много.

door, floor – слова исключения, читаются как [dɔ:r], [flɔ:r].

Ex. 8.1. Прочтите пары слов.

soon – spoor

coop – scoor

stool – stoor

shoot – shoor

smooth – smoor

door – dare

chore – stare

floor – flare

more – lair

saw – been

win – lean

soon – seen

smooth – clean

Ex. 9. Прочтите.

bure, cure,

jure, pure,

lure, hure,

dure, mure,

sure –> [ʃə:r]

Ex. 9.1. Прочтите пары слов.

bore – bure

core – cure

zoom – jure

shore – sure

lore – lure

door – dure

moor – mure

horse – hure

Ex. 9.2. Прочтите цепочки слов.

pour – poor – pure – purr

moor – more – mure –