3. This exercise is meant to review Intonation Patterns I, III, IX, XII. Read the following sentences with the Low Fall, making your voice fall
from a medium to a very low pitch; with the High Fall, making your voice fall from a high to a very low pitch; with the Low Rise, making your voice
rise from a low to a medium pitch; with the High Rise, making your voice rise from a medium to a high pitch. Use them in conversational situations.
Observe the difference in attitudes.
I can admit her.
How can you accept this I do mean that. answer?
He's a decent fellow.
Refuse it.
He thought so.
Be frank with us. Who can resist it?
4. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and reproduce intonation in proper speech situations. Listen to the following dialogue.
Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the dialogue. Find sentences with the High Fall and the High Rise. Observe the attitudes they
convey. Record your reading. Play the recording back immediately for your teacher and fellow-students to detect the errors in your pronunciation.
Practise reading each sentence of your corrected variant after the cassette-recorder. Practise reading the dia logue with a fellow-student. Make up a
conversation with a fellow-student using any phrases from the dialogue. See that your Russian pronunciation habits do not interfere.
A Letter of Introduction
S h o r t : Mr. Wills?
W i l l s : Yes.
S h o r t : My name's Short, from Malaya. J. R. Smith told me to come and see you. I believe he's written to you.
W i l l s : Yes, I heard from him— when was it? About a month ago, I suppose. He said you'd be coming along, but he didn't say
when. Have you just arrived?
S h o r t : On Monday. I rang you up yesterday, but there wasn't anyone who knew when you'd be in. I had to be passing this morn -
ing in any case, so I thought I'd look in and ask if there was any chance of finding you.
W i l l s : Well now, I'd love to have a chat with you, but it's a bit awkward this morning. The trouble is, I've got a man coming to see
me in a few minutes, and I don't know just how long the business'll take. Otherwise I ' d have suggested you having lunch with me. But
I just don't know when I shall be free.
S h o r t : Oh please don't bother. I hate to worry you, but if you could spare me a little time some other day...
W i l l s : Well, what could we do, I wonder. Are you staying in town for the moment?
S h o r t : About ten days. Till Monday week in fact.
W i l l s : Let's see. Today's Thursday, and I shall be going out of town next Wednesday. What about Monday? Is that any use to
you, or have you got other things on?
S h o r t : Could you make it the afternoon? I've already made an appointment for the morning. I might be able to change it — if I
could let you know this afternoon.
W i l l s : No, no; that's all right. We'll make it Monday afternoon. What shall we say — half-past two?
S h o r t : Yes, that'll be fine. Thanks very much.
W i l l s : Good. I'm sorry to have to push you out like this now, but we'll have our talk on Monday. See you then.
5.This exercise is meant to review Intonation Patterns VI and VII. Listen to the following sentences. Mark the
stresses and tunes. Listen to the sentences again, and repeat them in the intervals. Pronounce each group of
sentences several times so as to accustom yourself to the various intonation patterns. Do not forget to blend the
words together smoothly. In order to improve your ability to control the ups and downs of your voice, to hear
and produce an intonation pattern record the groups of sentences, play the recording back. The fellow-stu-
dents will try to detect any failure to reproduce the pattern. Give a conversational context with the same
sentences. Say what attitudes you mean to render. Make a dialogue of your own.
Intonation Pattern VI
FALL-RISE
This time
This time.
This time
Try to.
Try to.
Try to.
Take it.
Take it.
Take it.
Tell me.
Tell me
Tell me.
LOW RISE + TAIL
HIGH FALL +
FALL-RISE
TAIL
( o f more than one
( o f more than one
(spread over a
syllable)
syllable)
number of
syllables)
M o d e l : None
M o d e l ; N o n e
M o d e l : N o n e
of them.
of them.
of t them.
That was it.
That was it.
That was it.
They were in it.
They were in it.
They were in it.
These'U be good.
These'11 be good.
These'11 be good.
You could do it.
You could do it.
You could do it.
That isn't it.
That isn't it.
That isn't it.
Borrow one.
Borrow one.
Borrow one.
Wait for them.
Wait for them.
Wait for them.
Keep it for us.
Keep it for us.
Keep it for us.
LOW PRE-
LOW PRE-
LOW PRE-
HEAD + LOW
HEAD + HIGH
HEAD + FALL-
RISE
FALL
RISE
M o d e l : I'll , see.
M o d e l : I'llxsee.
M o d e l : I'llysee.
They shall.
They shall.
They shall.
You aren't.
You aren't.
You aren't.
We were wet.
We were wet.
We were wet.
They may have.
They may have.
They may have.
She could hear.
She could hear.
She could hear.
They were eight.
They were eight.
They were eight.
I can start.
I can start.
I can start.
They were mixed.
They were mixed.
They were mixed.
We were in time.
We were in time.
We were in time.
They understood.
They understood.
They understood.
You were asleep.
You were asleep.
It was the best.
It was the best.
It was the best.
Take them today.
Take them today.
Take them today.
You were asleep.
Intonation Pattern VII
(LOW PRE-HEAD +) FALLING HEAD + FALL-RISE
She never really looks very well.
I wish we could get them all to agree.
It's easier to speak than to understand.
I should like you to take the class tomorrow.
You can't be sure of finding them in the office.
I think most of the trains used to stop at Exeter.
It doesn't do to be too eager about it.
You surely don't believe everything you hear.
We didn't know the whole family was there.
They won't arrive before lunch tomorrow.
Compound Tunes
FALL + RISE
She ought to tell us when she's going to leave.
I used to be very fond of strawberries and cream.
We should have hated to have stayed any longer.
It would have been much better to peel them.
You can certainly ask him to wait in the drawing-room.
It's easy to see he's not susceptible to flattery.
The librarian lent him the book.
I know you wouldn't be anxious to go.
Nobody wanted to stay there.
6. Read the following sentences with the Fall + Rise. In order to fix intonation of this compound tune in your mind, ear and speech habits read
each sentence several times until they sound perfectly natural to you. Use them in conversational situations. Observe quick pronunciation of
