Listen and read.
[ɪ] spring, winter, windy.
[ɒ] on, not, clock, frog, hot.
[ʌ] jump, duck, summer, sunny.
[aʊ] now, mouth, down, cloudy.
Look and guess the meaning of the words.
Read the story and answer the question: “What do the children see in the sky?”
The frog lives in the river. She is very kind. But she likes to chat (болтать) a lot. She can chat from morning till night. She has got two good friends. They are big ducks.
Autumn comes. It’s cold, cloudy and windy. It’s time for the ducks to fly to Africa. They like summer because it’s hot and sunny. They don’t like winter. It’s snowy and cold. The frog likes summer too. She wants to see Africa. She says, “My friends, take me to Africa with you, please!”
“Good!” say the ducks. “But you must not speak! Don’t open your mouth!” So the frog takes a stick in her mouth and puts it in the middle (в середине). Then one duck takes one end of the stick, the other duck takes the other end. They start to fly.
The children see the ducks in the sky. “Look! What have the ducks got? What is it?” “It is a big clock!”
“I am not a clock! I am a frog!”
And flop! The frog falls down from the sky.