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Task 97. Practise saying the words and the sentences
correctly:
Sir, serve, first, early, world, fir, firm, hurt, certain, girl.
1. One good turn deserves another.
2. First come, first served.
3. Earl will be thirteen years old next year.

Task 98. Memorize the following nursery rhimes, pay special
attention to the pronounciation of [ɜ:]
There was a little girl
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good she was very, very good.
And when she was bad, she was horrid.

Little Miss Myrtle sat on a turtle,
Thinking that it was a chair;
“Oww eee!”, cried the turtle,
“I’m sorry,” said Myrtle,
“I didn’t know you were there”.

Task 99. Listen to these groups of words and tell which one is not
pronounced [ɜ:]
1. girl tired bird first
2. worm worn world work
3. advertisement university reserved western
4. nurse bury suburb disturb
5. learn earn wear early

[ə] central, mid-broad, unrounded, short and lax vowel.
Occurs in unstressed positions only and is pronounced with the

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