EXERCISES
3. a)* Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your
attention on the intonation of the replies:
Verbal Context Drill
S t a t e m e n t s
[expressing concern, hurt feelings, reproach, contradiction,
correction, contrast)
There were seven boys there. Six.
Eight.
Nine.
Ten.
This is Hilda's book. Mine,
Yours. Jack's.
[Attracting attention) John.
Tom. Mark. Ann. Pat.
Can you delay it a bit longer?
Well, yes.
b) Listen to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Make your voice fall as low
as possible and then raise it slightly, c) Listen to the verbal context and reply in the
interval.
4. In order to fix Intonation Pattern VI in your mind, ear and speech habits repeat
all the replies yourself until they sound perfectly natural to you.
5. Listen to a fellow-student reading the replies. Tell him what his errors in
intonation are.
6. Listen to your teacher reading the verbal context. Reply nsing one of the drill
sentences below. Pronounce it with Intonation Pattern VI. Say what attitude you mean
to render:
Nobody worked at the labI did.yesterday.Nobody's coming.Bob is.No one has brought
theThat's bad.headphones.I think you've done it.Almost.Is this book good?Fairly.I shall
never speak to him again."Never" is a very dangerousword.Is it going to keep fine?I hope
so.Are you at home on Sunday?I think so.That's a fine book, isn't it?Parts of it are fairly
interest-ing.I'l give him a good piece of mind.That won't get you very far.What do you do on
Sunday?Usually, I spend it out oftown.He knows English and French.German and French
youmean.This piano's out of tune.The piano's al right.Shal we go and see him ?If you can
go, you ought.I don't think he's worse now.When I saw him, he wasmuch better.Can you
speak English?Once I could.I thought you don't ski at al .Well, sometimes I do.(On
addressing a person)Mary.Helen.Betty.Bill.Tom.Jane.You won't go there, wil you?No.You
have four lessons today.Five.It's nearly five, isn't it?Six.May I keep this book a bit longer?
Well, yes.I can't do it now.You can.Tt won't take you long.It will.
7. Pronounce the drill sentences with Intonation Patterns I, Ш. Observe
be difference in meaning.
8. Your teacher will suggest a verbal context. You In turn reply by state-
|fents expressing contradiction, correction, contrast, concern, reproach.
9. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear the falling-rising tone and
reproduce it in proper conversational situations, a) Listen to the following dialogues. Mark
the stresses and tunes. Practise and memorize them.
A: My holiday starts tomorrow. B: Not
tomorrow.
A: You'll be seeing Tom on Sunday. B: On
Saturday.
A: I'm having tea at five o'clock. B: At four
o'clock, you mean. A: I can do it in a few minutes. B:
A few hours, more likely. A: It's your birthday on
Monday. B: Not this Monday. A: You'll be thirty-five
then. B: Thirty-four.
A: I think I'll have a rest now.
В: I shan't.
A: I feel tired today.
В: I don't.
A: It's so hot in this room.
В: I don't think so.
A: My head aches when it's hot.
B: Mine doesn't.
A: I don't like the heat.
В: I do.
A: I'll go for a swim this afternoon. В: I shan't.
A: It'll be cool in the winter. B: It won't.
b) Listen to the dialogue "Is it going to rain?" sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark
the stresses and tunes. Practise and memorize it. c) One of the students will suggest a verbal
context. The other will contradict or correct him. Keep the exercise moving rapidly until
everyone has participated.
10. One of the students will suggest' the verbal context given below. You answer by using
the reply from the model. Continue the exercise until every student has participated. Keep the
exercise moving rapidly and do not take a long time to give a reply.
M o d e l 1: May I come in?
vYes, ,please. vDo, ,please.
1. May he come into the room? 2. We are going to bed. Shall I switch off the
radio? 3. Shall I help you in the garden? 4. May ^ stay here a bit longer? 5. Shall
I repeat the word? 6. Shall I lay the table? 7. May I try to put the iron right? 8.
It's rather cold. Shall I close the windows? 9. It's stuffy in the room. Shall I open
the windows and air the room? 10. May I switch on the radio and listen to the
news?
M o d e l 2: Do you find it difficult to study maths? vRa,ther.
1. Do you find it difficult to translate the sentence? 2. Does she find it
difficult to study languages? 3. Do you find it easy to do this exercise? 4. Do you
find this book interesting? 5. Do you find it warm to set a tent here? 6. Do they
find it cold to plant the flowers?
M o d e l 3: Have some more porridge.
No more, , thank you.
v
1. Have another cup of tea. Have another ice-cream. Have another lump of
sugar. Have another piece of cake. Have some more coffee. 2. Will you take
another book to read? Will you have some more milk? Will you buy some more
flowers? Will you take another ticket for the play? Will you take some more
(apples?
fVlodel 4: Do you always get up at the same time? vOf,ten.
(often, sometimes, never, rarely, generally, usually)
1. Do you regularly go to the laboratory? 2. Does your little brother like to
read books? 3. Do you go to the theatre every week? 4. Does she always agree
with him? 5. Do you rarely go shopping? 6. Can you often go to the cinema on
week-days? 7. Do you always have dinner at home? 8. Do you ever go to the
Institute on Sunday? 9. Do you ever miss your friends when they ^ire far away?
10. Can you help your friends with phonetics?
11. Read the sentences according to the models. Concentrate your attention on the
intonation of the address.
M o d e l 1: xPe,ter, where are you?
1 . Benny, come home. It's getting dark. 2. Kitty, it's high time to get up. 3.
Betty, why aren't you listening to me? 4. Edward, stop talking. 5. Alec, come
here. 6. Minnie, why aren't you writing? 7. Nick, why aren't you listening to the
text? 8. Billy, you've left your umbrella. 9. Harry, wake up.
M о d e 1 2: I xsay, ,Mike, I've just had a wire from Mary.
1.1 say, Peter, I've just seen Sid. 2. 1 say, Nick, something has gone wrong
with the tape-recorder. 3.1 say, Alec, whet are you doing tonight? 4.1 say, Helen,
have you seen the film "War and Peace"? 5. I say, Kitty, I've got two tickets to
the theatre. 6. I say, Mum, can I have another ice-cream? 7. 1 say, Dad, can I go
bicycling?
12.
Address your fellow-student according to the models above. Make him (or her)
reply by using the intonation patterns you have studied.
12.
Read the following conversational situations. Use Intonation Pattern VI in
them:
Shall I go on?
May I take your ball-pen?
Shall I switch on the cassette-recorder?
Will you pass me the mustard, please?
(Edward repairs the plug and then
gives it back to Mary.) Will you please give me a little
more porridge, dear? Are you ready to go now? Where do I sign? What do
you say to a bottle of
beer? How are things? Let's go to the dining-room. Mr. White wants to see
