your voice, c) Listen to the verbal context and reply in the interval.

2. In order to fix Intonation Pattern V in your mind, ear and speech habits repeat

the replies yourself until they sound perfectly natural to you.

3. Listen to a fellow-student reading the replies. Tell him what his errors in

intonation are.

4. Your teacher will suggest a verbal context. You in turn respond to it by using

mid-level nuclear tone in the non-final intonation-groups:

Verbal Context

Where is his son now? Couldn't you help him? What about Saturday?

And how's the skirt?

I won't be free for another ten minutes, I'm afraid. Am I mistaken?

Drill

Frankly, I don't know.

At present I'm too busy.

On Saturday we'll go to the

country.

For my taste cut it a bit longer.

In the meantime I'll look through the papers. You are. In future try to be more

careful.

Shall I call on you on Sunday?

So you are expecting Johnson.

-low many books would you ike?

Nhen would you like me to :ome?

Alhai did Tom say? Nhy not speak to him? \ny suggestions, Peter?

Will you have an ice-cream?

Why do you play tennis? How often do you play?

Did you meet the Nelsons

yesterday?

Why not buy a car?

I'm afraid I can't do it now.

What are you going to do then?

On Sunday I'll be glad to see you.

Yes, and when he arrives, show him in immediately. If possible, give me

three.

If you can, come right away.

Naturally, he was delighted. Frankly, I'm in two minds. If necessary, I'll let

him know.

Ice-cream I can have at any hour of the day. I play to keep fit. Generally, at

least once a week.

Yesterday I stayed in all day.

Frankly, I can't afford to.

In that case shall I have a

try?

Well, I don't know.

5. Pronounce the drill sentences with the low-rising tone in the non-final intonation-

groups.

II. Sequence of Tones

The Simple Sentence. Intonation of Adverbials.

M o d e l : /Generally. | I Vcome 'home xearly.

> Generally. | I V come 'home vearly. He is at vhome on Sunday.

Simple, sentences with adverbial phrases at the beginning are usually divided

into two intonation-groups.

The non-final intonation-group is usually pronounced with the low-rising or

mid-level tone.

e. g. At ~» two o'clock | we shall have xdinner. At -* two o'>

clock I we shall have ^dinner.

Adverbial phrases at the end of sentences do not form separate intonation-

groups, as a rule, and often remain unstressed.

e. g. We are -* going xout tonight.

EXERCISES

6. Listen carefully to the following sentences, repeat them in the intervals.

Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the adverbials. Observe the sequence of

tones. Repeat the sentences in the intervals:

1. In the dining-room we have our meals. 2. On the sideboard the Browns

usually have a bowl of fruit. 3. In front of the host there's a carving-knife and a

fork. 4. On the left of each person is a table-napkin and a plate with a roll on it.

5. Next to the piano is a tall bookcase standing against the window. 6. On the left

is a large window. 7. Under the window there's a radiator. 8. On the settee there

are two cushions. 9. On the ground floor there's the dining-room, the lounge or

sitting-room, the kitchen and the hall. 10. In the hall we see a stand for hats,

coats and umbrellas. 11. On this floor there are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a

lavatory. 12. On the top of the roof there are three chimneys. 13. In front of the

house we have a small garden. 14. At the back of the house there's a much larger

garden with a lawn and some fruit-trees. 15. At the side of the house is a garage

where 1 keep my car. 16. On the dressing table, in front of the looking-glass,

you'll see a hair-brush and a comb, a hand-mirror, a bottle of scent and a powder-

box. 17. In the wardrobe I keep my suits and other clothes, which I hang on coat

hangers. 18. On each side of the fireplace there's an armchair. 19. In the centre of

the mantelpiece there's a clock and above it an oval mirror. 20. On the right you

can see a standard lamp. 21. By the table there's a small chair. 22. On the

extreme right there's a radio-set. 23. After this there'll be fish, meat or poultry

with vegetables, then a sweet and perhaps cheese and biscuits to finish with. 24.

Once or twice a week we go to a theatre or to the pictures. 25. A few minutes

later we hear a ring at the door. 26. At night when I feel tired and sleepy I go up

to my bedroom and switch on the electric light. 27. After a few minutes I fall

asleep. 28. Punctually at seven thirty in the morning, the alarm-clock rings

and wakes me up.

7. Repeat the sentences yourself until they sound perfectly natural to you. Do not

let your Russian pronunciation habits interfere.

8. a) Read the sentences according to the given models. Observe the sequence of

tones: first Mid-Level + Low Fall, then Low Rise + Low Fall, b) Listen to a fellow-

student reading the sentences. Tell him what his errors in intonation are.

Model: On > Sunday | we shall be at xhome. Cn 7 Sunday I

we shall be at xhome.

1. On Tuesday we have six lessons. 2. On Friday they have grammar. 3. On

Saturday we go to the concert. 4. On Sunday we have dinner at home. 5. On the

1st of May we have a holiday. 6. On the 26th of October I leave for the Urals. 7.

On the 18th of November we have a test. 8. On the 9th of May we have no

classes. 9. At 4 o'clock he is at home. 10. At half past 7 I get up. 11. At 11 o'clock

I am in bed. 12. At a quarter to 8 I do my morning exercises. 13. In front of the

window there is a flowerbed. 14. On the ground floor there is a library. 15. On

the first floor there are bedrooms. 16. For the present he is not here. 17. In

January we have our exams. 18. At the club we usually meet our friends. 19. At

our faculty there is a good language laboratory. 20. In September we begin our

studies. 21. At our University there is a good drama circle.

9. Change the word order in the following sentences according to 'the model. Pay

attention to the intonation of the adverbials.

;M о d e 1: He is at the vhospital on Monday.

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On 7Monday j he is at the xhospital.

1. We have our meals in the dining-room. 2. The Browns usually have a bowl

of fruit on the sideboard. 3. There's a carving-knife and fork in front of the host.

4. There is a tall bookcase next to the piano. 5. There is a large window on the

left. 6. There is a radiator under the window. 7. There are two cushions on the

settee. 8. We see a stand for hats, coats and umbrellas in the hall. 9. There are

three chimneys on the top of the roof. |0. There's an armchair on each side of the

fireplace. 11. You can lee a standard lamp on the right. 12. There's a small chair

by the table. 13. There's a radio-set on the extreme right. 14. We

go to the theatre or to the pictures once or twice a week. 15, We heard a ring

at the door a few minutes later. 16.1 fell asleep after a few minutes.

10.

Your teacher will suggest an adverbial phrase. You in turn give a complete

sentence beginning with the adverbial. Use the sequence of tones: Mid-Level + Low Fall,

then Low Rise + Low Fall. Keep the exercise moving on rapidly.