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I. E. S.

Nº 28 “OLGA COSSETTINI” - Traductorado en Inglés

A day in the life of Irene Redmond

Irene Redmond is a 27-year-old Australian. She and her husband Ken live in
Hamilton Gate in Queensland. They have three children.
When it’s hot, Irene gets up at six o’clock and tries to do all the housework by eight.
Ken makes breakfast: bacon and eggs, steak and toast. He’s a good cook.
At eight o’clock Ken’s boss calls him on the radio. After Ken goes to work, Irene does
the rest of the housework. She hates housework. The house is sixty years old, made of
metal, and very difficult to clean. Most days Irene washes the clothes.
At ten o’clock Irene puts the baby to bed and teaches her eldest daughter. Usually
she manages to do two hours with her. They should study six hours every day. They eat at
twelve. Irene always bakes her own bread, cakes, and biscuits. She doesn’t go shopping,
but orders food on the radio. In the afternoon she spends time with the children.
The nearest town is Tibooburra. It’s 100 miles away. Irene isn’t lonely, but she
misses her family. Sometimes she drives to Tibooburra to stay the weekend with a friend.
The nearest neighbour lives 35 miles away. She invites him to tea every week.
In the evening Irene reads a lot or plays cards with Ken. They don’t have a television.
Irene likes living in Hamilton Gate. Ken loves it and wants to stay there, but Irene isn’t sure.

- Underline the verbs in the present simple tense. Divide the ones that finish in s/ es/
ies into three columns according to their pronunciation.
- Are there nouns or genitive cases that follow the same rule? Mark them.
- Interview a partner about his/her daily routine. Then write a short paragraph to report
to the class.

Pronunciation rule for regular plural nouns, third person singular present simple
tense and the genitive case

A. When the free morpheme ends in a vowel, a diphthong, or the lenis consonants
........................................................................................... (except the lenis
sibilant or a shibilant consonants) the lenis alveolar fricative / z / is added
Eg.:

B. When the free morpheme ends in the fortis consonants ................................


............................ (except the fortis sibilant or a shibilant consonants) the fortis
alveolar fricative / s / is added
Eg.:

C. When the free morpheme ends in a sibilant or a shibilant consonant (hissing sound)
.......................................................................... the syllable / Ǻ z / is added.
Eg.

Exceptions:
D. / f v + z / Eg.:

E. /θ ð + z / Eg.:

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