aim, aid, mail,
snail, maid, gain,
rain, sail, claim,
fail, chain, rail,
paid, raid, plain,
train, jail, hail,
wain, lain, laid,
tail, main, bail
waist, wait,
waive,
Ex. 1.1. Прочтите пары слов с диграфом ai и открытым слогом.
tail – tale
main – mane
sail – sale
lain – lane
plain – plane
maid – made
paid – page
wait – wage
gait – guide –> [ɡaɪd]
gain – white
train – rite
jail – side
Ex. 1.2. Прочтите диграф ay как [eɪ] в словах ниже.
day, hay, lay, may,
pay, say, way, clay,
pray, tray, stay, sway,
spray, nay, play, fray
Ex. 1.3. Прочтите пары слов с диграфами ai, ay.
day – aid
hay – chain
may – main
play – plain
pay – train
say – sail
way – wain
pay – paid
lay – laid
hay – chain
fay – fail
nay – wait
Диграфы ei, ey. Буквосочетание eigh
Ex. 2. Прочтите диграфы ei, ey как [eɪ], буквосочетание eigh как [eɪ].
veil – beige
rein – reign –> [reɪn]
eight – freight
weight – neigh
weigh – sleigh
they – fey
trey – ley
hey – prey
Слово key [ki:] – исключение. Здесь диграф ey звучит достаточно нетипично на конце односложного слова. Слово key – древнеанглийское, дошло до наших дней, и является крайне употребимым.
Ex. 2.1. Прочтите цепочки слов.
rein – reign – rain
neigh – nay – hey
they – weigh – eight
may – hey – hay
lay – ley – lain
trey – try – tray
fey – fray – sleigh
they – them – freight
might – eight
fight – freight
right – weight
ley – neigh
light – sleigh
hey – height –> [haɪt]
Диграф ey читается как [ɪ], когда находится на конце двусложных слов. Структура двусложных слов и слоговое деление описаны в Модуле 5.
Ex. 2.2. Прочтите диграф ey как [ɪ] в двусложных словах на конце.
hockey –> [ˈhɒkɪ]
volley –> [ˈvɒlɪ]
cockney –> [ˈkɒknɪ]
valley –> [ˈvælɪ]
chimney –> [ˈtʃɪmnɪ]
abbey –> [ˈæbɪ]
Диграфы ee, ea, ie
Ex. 3. Прочтите диграф ee как [i:] в словах ниже.
see, feet, cheek, fee,
free, knee, lee, week,
feel, need, reed, seem,
been, teen, seen, deer,
peek, meet, beet, steel,
sheet, bee, sheep, tree,
steer, deep, keep, sleep,
deem, street, creel, feed,
sweet, speed, cheep, beef,
creed, fleet, green, keen,
teeth, three, freeze, glee,
speech
Ex. 3.1. Прочтите пары слов.
feet – fit
sheep – ship
week – wick
peek – pick
beet – bit
steel – still
deep – dip
sleep – slip
feel – fill
reed – rid
deem – dim
Ex. 3.2. Прочтите цепочки слов.
she – mete – cheek
he – theme – sleep
scene – scent – seem
me – breve – free
be – bring – been
we – Eve – keep