['we5a],
4) Буквосочетание oa чаще всего образует звук [ou]: coat [kout].
5) Буквосочетание au обычно образует звук [о:]: например, August [o:gast], autumn [o:tam].
Исключение — aunt [a:nt].
6) Буквосочетания ia, io обычно читаются как [aia]: например, diamond ['daiamand], pioneer [paiania].
В сочетании с буквой «г» гласные снова меняют способ чтения (см. табл. 3).
Упражнение 1.1. Прочитайте слова
[ei]: date, gate, late, plate, state, skate, crate, fate, grade, made, trade, take, cake, wake, pale, tale, scale, sale, cape, tape, name, game, ace, face, space, cave, grave, brave.
[i:]: me, Pete, be, mete, Eve, scene, he, tree, these, theme.
[ai]: file, tile, fine, dine, pipe, ripe, ride, side, drive, wife, lime, crime; by, my, cry, try, fly, dry, style, type.
[ou]: go, so, no, home, Rome, bone, cone, stone, tone, phone, rose, prose, nose, close, smoke, spoke, broke, probe, globe, code, vote, note.
[ju:]: use, muse, fuse, cute, mute, cube, tube, tune, huge, mule, flute, June, rude.
Упражнение 1.2. Прочитайте слова
[ae]: pan, can, Sam, tram, man, mat, back, tack, snack, glad, hat, bat, bad, flat.
[e]: met, them, pet, bed, scent, twelve, fence, edge, ledge, hen, pen.
[i]: rid, grid, him, mince, wince, quince, bridge, fridge, twin, pin, gym..
[o]: dog, boss, loss, not, got, mop, mock, cod, nod, cross, hop, rod, lodge, dodge.
[л]: cub, tub, us, cut, fuss, bus, run, under, plum, luck, brush, umbrella.
БукваЗвук, образуемый сочетанием: гласная + г (согласная)ПримерЗвук, образуемый сочетанием: гласная + г + гласнаяПримерA[а:]саг [ка:][еа]саге [кеэ]EМher [ha:][ia]here [hia]I/Yмfir [fa:][aia]mire [maia]0[о:]bom [bo:n][о:]more [mo:]U[а:]bum [bam][jua]cure [kju:a]
Упражнение 1.3. Прочитайте слова
[a:]: far, car, bar, star, car, cart, bam, card, part, start, smart, art, arm, farm, dam, charm, large, march, scarf.
[o:]: for, form, sort, short, fork, cork, nor, norm, torch, ford, cord, or, storm, bom.
[э:]: third, firm, first, dirt, sir, bird, girl, circus, verb, serve, service, term, were, nerve, fur, further, curl, surface, Turk, nurse, murder, urgent, church, murder, murmur.
Упражнение 1.4. Прочитайте слова
[ea]: mare, air, bare, pair, care, hair, dare, fair, fare, their.
[o:]: more, fore, sore, afore, before, ashore, implore, explore, ignore, store, story, oral, forum, glory, Dora, Flora, Cora.
[ia]: here, mere, cheer, deer, ear, beer, near, dear, rear, hear, spear, clear.
[aia]: spire, tyre, hire, fire, squire, tired, wire, admire, require, inquire, acquire, desire.
[jua]: cure, pure, poor, moor, endure, secure.