3. [K] - [g]

cot — got coat — goat ankle — angle

cave — gave clue — glue crow — grow

cards — guards curl — girl back — bag

cold — gold class — glass cap — gap

could — good leak — league coal — goal

pick — pig lock — log

4. Silent k before n Silent g

know knife gnaw gnat

knock knew gnome sign

knee knight campaign foreign

poignant cognac

161. Read the following sense-groups, mind the rhythm and intonation.

(a) August; school in August; a language school in August; to go to a language school in August; idea to go to a language school in August; great idea to go to a language school in August; it's a great idea to go to a language school in August.

(b) awake; to keep me awake; coffee to keep me awake; cups of coffee to keep me awake; a couple of cups of coffee to keep me awake; I have a couple of cups of coffee to keep me awake.

162. Transcribe and intone the following sentences. Practise reading them in pairs.

[k] (a) 1. Ken quite likes Kate. Kate doesn't care for Ken.

2. Ken catches Kate and kisses her quickly.

3. Kate cries, kicks and screams.

4. Ken cures Kate with a quick cup of coffee and a cream cake.

5. To kill a wife with kindness.

6. The king was in his counting house counting out his money.

[g] (b) 1. One of my favourite guessing games is the Bag Game.

2. It's a good game at the beginning to get to know each other.

3. The girlguide is giggling at a glum guardman guarding the gate.

4. A garden is overgrown with grass.

5. Go and teach your grandmother, Gordon.

[k] — [g] (c) 1. Cats keep coming into my garden.

2. Carol's cousin had broken his leg.

3. I've broken a glass in the kitchen.

4. There's a cow in my garden.

5. Cut the grass.

6. This girl has golden curls.

163. Read the tongue-twisters and learn them.

1. Three crooked cripples

Went through Cripplegate,

And through Cripplegate

Went three crooked cripples.

2. Three grey geese in a green field grazing.

Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.

3. A canner, exceedingly canny,

One morning remarked to his granny

"A canner can can

Anything that he can.

But a canner can't can a can, can he?"

164. Read the dialogues, mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them. Act out the dialogues.

Guests in August

Craig: I've just got a telegram from Margaret and Greg.

Carol: Are they coming to England again?

Craig: Yes. At the beginning of August.

Carol: Good. We can all get together again.

Craig: I'm glad they're coming in August. We can take the dog and go for walks together.

С а г о 1: Yes. And we can give a garden party.

Craig: And Margaret can play her guitar in the garden and sing Greek songs again. ,

Carol: Yes. August is a good time to come to England.

Eggs from the Greek Grocer

Gladys: Gran, I'm hungry. Can we go home?

Granny: Grumbling again, Gladys! A great big girl like you. Now take my grey bag and go and get some eggs from the grocer, there's a good girl.

Gladys: But Gran...

Granny: I'm going to send a telegram to your grandfather. Oh, give me my glasses before you go. In the green and gold grosgrain case.

Gladys: But Granny...

Granny: Don't giggle, girl, I'm beginning to get angry. Go and get the eggs.

Gladys: But Gran, it's no good my going to the grocer. He's gone away. He goes back to Greece every August, He is Greek.

Granny: Gone to Greece? How disgraceful!