B) Make up sentences of your own using these idiomatic expressions. Ask about Ken, Kate, Kirk, Kay, Kim, Kiki, Kit.

Clark six cakes quiet

clock next forks thank you

clever exciting clocks

cream expensive like

coffee excuse me talks

cuckoo American take two

of course chocolate plastic

bookshelf electric

milk

◊Exercise 6. Read the dialogue. Learn it. Act out the dialogue:

The Cuckoo Clock

Mrs Cook: Would you like some cream in your coffee, Mrs Clark?

Mrs Clark: No thank you. But I’d like a little milk.

Mrs Cook: Would you like some chocolate cakes?

Mrs Clark: Thank you.

Mrs Cook: Take two. Here’s a cake fork, and here’s a …

Mrs Clark: Excuse me, Mrs Cook. But what’s that next to your bookshelf? Is it a clock?

Mrs Cook: Yes. It’s an American cuckoo clock.

Mrs Clark: Is it plastic?

Mrs Cook: Oh, no, Mrs Clark. It’s a very expensive clock. It’s an electric clock.

Mrs Clark: Well, it’s exactly six o’clock now, and it’s very quiet. Doesn’t it say «cuckoo»?

Mrs Cook: Of course, Mrs Clark. Look!

Clock: Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Mrs Clark: How exciting! What a clever clock!

Clock: Cuckoo!

Exercise 7. Pronounce these tongue-twisters in the shortest possible time: