B. How do you do? Barker.
A. Parker.
B. Oh, Parker with а “P”.
A. With а “P”, yes.
B. Er. I’m Barker.
A. Barker with а “B”, of course.
B. A “B”, yes.
A. Ah.
B. Mm.
A. Er. well, good bye, Barker
B. Good – bye, Parker.
[b]
boy, cab, about, obtain, cabman
ball, sob, hobby, sobbed
1. Barbara is as busy as а bee.
2. Bob lives at the back of beyond.
3. Bob is а big bug.
Betty bought а bit of butter
But the butter was bitter.
When she put it in her batter.
And the batter became bitter.
And the batter became bitter.
Then she bought some better butter
Better butter, oh, dear.
A Dialogue
A. Seven days old! She’s а lovely baby!
B. She’s а beautiful baby!
C. And she is а clever baby!
D. She is а very clever baby!
E. However her vocabulary isn’t so big.
F. Il isn’t very big, no.
G. Not very big.
H. But it’s big for а baby of her age.
[t]
take, kettle, best, tail
minute, forty, table, blunt
1. I gave him lit for tat.
2. It’s а pity he is so timid.
3. That will take time.
4. The train is twenty minutes behind the time.
5. I don’t want to take this toast.
6. Two tired teachers were trying to turn their attention
to the time-table.
Timothy Trotter trots to town.
To shop for his pet rabbit.
Lettuce he buys and carrot tops.
For that’s his weekly habbit.
[d]
dog, said, ready, couldn’t
date, bad, leader, bad, dog, hidden
1. The kid’s as good as gold.
2. A friend in need is а friend indeed.
3. Dumb dogs are dangerous.
The Time – Table of Lazy-bones Grundy
Lazy – bones Grundy
Must do sums on Monday
“And today it is Tuesday
Says Lazy-bones Grundy
“So I’ll do it on Wednesday
If not, then on Thursday
Or even on Friday”.
Says Lazy – bones Grundy.
Now, very soon comes Friday
And Saturday comes
But Lazy-bones Gruendy
Has no time for sums.
“Never mind”, says Grundy
“I’ll do it on Sunday”.
A Dialogue
A. Many we play in the mud, Mother?
B. Don’t you dare play there!
A. Father doesn’t mind we play in the mud, Mother.
B. Father doesn’t wash your dirty clothes, dear.
[m], [n]
me, my, miss
him, sum, some
seems, times, rooms
1. Many men, many minds.
2. Time what may.
3. The name slipped my memory.
no, nor, near
in, on, sun, son
since, aunt, sent, went
ninth, tenth, in the
1. No sooner said than done.
2. In need men know their friends.
3. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.
If many men knew what many men know