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central part of the tongue raised a little, but less than for [ ɜ:]. The
lips are neutral. The opening between the jaws is narrow.

Task 100 . Practise saying the words and the sentences correctly:

[ə ]
Mother, Russia, potato, sister, teacher, surprise.
1. This doesn’t take me more than an hour.
2. You can think better after a night’s sleep.
3. I can always do with a cup of tea.

Task 101. Practise the following dialogue. Learn it by heart.
A dialogue.
A: My father was a conjuror.
B: A conjuror?
A: He was a famous conjuror. He performed for the
President.
B: For the President? That was wonderful.
A: It was his last and best performance. His last trick was
the greatest of all.
B: What happened?
A: He disappeared.

Task 102 . Practise reading the following words and phrases, paying
special attention to the pronunciation of – ə - in combination with
other consonants and vowels:
Exercise1: words including - er~
Acre, actor, after, aspire, backward, bird, burn, choir.
Peculiar, per, person, regular, remember, remember, requirement,
retirement, return, scepter, service, skirt, spectacular, specter,
standard, stern, stiffer, stuffer, teacher, terms, theatre, there,
tighter, turn, verse, version, were, wire, word, world, worse.

Exercise 2: words with /eer/

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