Exercise 1. Comment on the different types of sound transitions in English.

CV: key, port, talk, time, calm, turn, cat, pen.

VC: button, letter, happy, worry, money, body, coming, syllable.

CC: act, checked, begged, kicked, liked, meet Tom.

VV: my apple, he is, there is, we always, the actress, she asks.

Think of your own examples and compare them with the corresponding types of transitions in your mother tongue

Transcribe the following English words and underline the transcription symbol which corresponds to each syllabic sound in the words: Candle, sand, sadden, can’t, don’t, listen, here, fire, our, needn’t, floor.

Exercise 2.

Transcribe the following words, show the point of syllable division in each of them by putting a bar between the syllables (table [tei/bl].

Ready, nature, natural, picture, finish, many, pity, pupil, study, discover, story.​

Once upon a time there lived a little green magic man in a tree leaf. His was Satchkin-Patchkin. One day he was sitting and dreaming about something when suddenly he heard a quiet voice: "Oh, what am I doing?! I am selling my only cow. And I am not able to have any milk in future." He remembered that he himself hadn't drunk milk for many years. I "I must have some milk or I die", he said. He went to the farmer's house because he wanted the farmer to give him some milk. But as soon as the farmer saw him standing at his front door, he shouted: "What are you doing here at this hour? I don't have any milk. So, go away now! When I have milk, I will give it to you". But magic man knew that farmer was telling him a lie. So Satchkin-Patchkin decided to punish the farmer.

Here are four seasons in a year: winter, spring, summer and autumn. All seasons are good in their own way. Winter, for example, is full of celebrations, presents and snow. Spring is the time of nature awakening and flower blooming. Autumn can be rainy and yet beautiful, full of multi-coloured leaves.However, my favourite season is summer. I choose summer not only because my birthday is in June, but also because it’s the time of holidays. Summer is the season when the sun shines brightly, the sky is rarely cloudy and the water in the sea becomes warm enough to swim. Even if it becomes too hot, you can always go for a walk in the shady woods. I also like summer because there are many berries, fruit and vegetables, not to mention numerous flowers on the fields. Among them roses, dandelions, daisies, and other flowers. Sometimes the air in summer becomes stuffy, but occasional thunderstorms bring relief. After the thunderstorms the air becomes remarkably fresh and very often we can see the rainbow in the sky.