Monophthongs and Diphthongs

WEEK FOUR

TOPIC: COMPREHENSION : BUSINESS

The passage centres on the establishment of PZ Cussons and its gradual growth in the nineteenth century. It was formerly known as PZ until 1975 when it acquired Cussons. Thus, in 2002, it was renamed PZ Cussons in order to underline its core product range.

Today, PZ Cussions is a leading public company with interests worldwide.

 

EVALUATION

Questions, Page 87

 

Topic: Vocabulary Development: Business

The passage consist two passages on business. Some of the words used in them include trade, entrepreneurs, enterprises, factories, industries, apprentices, labourers, warehouse, stock, manager, export, retail, merchant, e.t.c

 

EVALUATION

Vocabulary, Page 88.

 

Topic: Nominalization.

Nouns formed from adjectives

Adjectives                                                                   Nouns

able                                                                              Ability

holy                                                                             Holiness

lazy                                                                              laziness

clean                                                                            cleanliness

bitter                                                                            bitterness

dark                                                                             darkness

warm                                                                           warmth

wise                                                                             wisdom

young                                                                          youth

strong                                                                          strength

poor                                                                             poverty

ill                                                                                 illness

heavy                                                                           heaviness

equal                                                                            equality

 

Nouns formed from verbs.

Verbs                                                                           Nouns

repeat                                                                          repetition

mix                                                                              mixture

injure                                                                           injury

enjoy                                                                           enjoyment

bond                                                                            bondage

choose                                                                         choice

accuse                                                                          accusation

enter                                                                            entrance

differ                                                                           difference

hate                                                                             hatred

govern                                                                         government

endure                                                                         endurance

satisfy                                                                          satisfaction

think                                                                            thought

 

EVALUATION

Write the nouns of the following words:

(i) lose (ii) obey (iii) lend (iv) omit (v) give (vi) long (vii) true (viii) deep (ix) hard (x) fertile

 

TOPIC: Monophthongs and Diphthongs

The vowels in English are classified into two main groups pure vowels (monophthongs) and diphthongs

1. Monophthongs: The monophthongs are sub-classified into short vowels and long vowels.

 

Close               Front               Centre             Back

l:                                              u:

 

Half Close                   I                                                  u

 

e                      ε:

Half Open                                        ə

æ                                      л      כ:

 

Open                                                                   a:    כ

 

Diagram showing the English vowel chart.

 

The monophthongs are listed below with examples of words where they occur.

1. / i: / –           beat, seat
2. / i / –           bit, sit
3. / e / –           bed , hen
4. /æ/ –           cart, part
5. /a:/ –           cart, part
6. / כ / –           Pot, cork
7. /כ:/ –           port, cork
8. /u / –           put, foot
9. /u:/ –           two, woo

10        /л/        –           hut, cut

11. /3:/ –           bird, herb
12. /ə/ akin, baker

 

1. Diphthongs: The diphthongs differ from the pure vowels (monophthongs) because their articulation involves a glide from one vowel quality to the other. There are eight diphthongs in English and their phonetic symbols indicate the initial and final vowels represented in the articulation.

 

iə                                                             uə

 

 

əu

ei

 

eə

 

αi                      αu       כi

 

Diagram showing the diphthongs in English.

 

The diphthongs are listed below with examples of words where they occur.

1. /ei/ –           pay, again
2. / əu / –           go, home
3. / αi/ –           rice, kite
4. / au /      –           cow, house
5. / כi/          –           toy, voice
6. / iə /       –           ear, here
7. / eə / –           air, hair
8. / uə /      –           poor, tour

 

EVALUATION

Exercise 1, Question C, Nos 1 – 10, Page 30. Exercise 2, Question B, Page 31 Oral English for Schools and Colleges.

 

READING ASSIGNMENT

Adverbs and Adverbials

 

GENERAL EVALUATION

Comprehension

1. Meteors:- Summarise the passage in three short sentences.

Structure

State the grammatical functions of the underlined expressions;

2. Mr John who lost her sight a year ago was elected to the council last week.
3. She gave us direction to the restaurant where we are to meet for lunch.
4. What are the nouns formed from these verbs: lose, lend, do, omit, injure.

Letter Writing

5. Write a letter to your friend who is in another school about your annual inter-house sports which you celebrated recently.

 

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Exercise 2, Question C, Page 31, Oral English for Schools and Colleges

Revision and Tests, Part 2, Page 46 Effective English.