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4.1 Listen the sentences below and compare the number of sounds and letters in the words given in bold.

1. Travelers go to Samarkand through Jizzakh. 2. Turtles usually live in or near water. 3. Listen! Sue is murmuring to herself. 4. Cuckoos put their eggs in other birds' nests. 5. Mother made a cake yesterday. 6. Wooden houses are usually built in the regions where there are a lot of forests. 7. It was an awkward ascent, but we reached the top eventually. 8. He's quite attractive but not what I'd call gorgeous. 9. He is a man af honour. 10. Ted and Bob fought three years ago.

4.2 Listen the fallowing sentences and compare the words which have the same pronunciation but different spelling.

1. a) Last week I went to Bukhara. b) A long illness makes people very weak.

2. a) Samuel sent a letter to his friend. b) Cent is a unit of money worth 0.01 of the US dollar.

3. a) Take a piece of meat out of the friedge, please. b) They meet each other every Sunday.

4. a) I weigh myself on the scales three times a year. b) Show me the way to the post office, please.

5. a) We never see Ted at college on Sundays. b) Bob likes having time at the sea.

6. a) Nazira studies at University too. b) She keeps two parrots at home.

7. a) Eight multiplied eight is sixty four. b) Chef ate eight hamburgers at a time.

8. a) A. Temur has a sharp knife. b) You can see full of stars in the sky at night.

9. a) Z. M. Bobur was a son of Umarshayx Mirzo. b) The sun is the hottest planet.

10.a) I think their idea is brilliant. b) Go there (planetarium) in order to see different types of stars.

11. You can see high buildings in Tashkent. b) He said “hi” to everybody.

Lesson 4

Pronunciation rules of vowels

Lead in

A. Match the vowel sounds in column A with the vowel letters of the words given in column B. Write the sounds of the same vowel letter in the space given under each word.

A: vowel sounds