Listen to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Start the fall high enough
Listen to the Verbal Context and reply to it in the intervals.
In order to fix Intonation Pattern IX in your mind, ear and speech habits, pronounce each reply several times until it sounds perfectly natural to you.
Listen to a fellow-student reading the replies and point out his (her) errors in pronunciation.
6. Listen to the Verbal Contest said by a fellow-student. Make your replies sound lovely, warm, airy. Use the proper intonation patterns. Continue the exercise until everyone has participated:
| Verbal Context | Drill |
| Isn't it too far away from here? | Awfully far. |
| Where is my book? | Mary took it for you. |
| Have you been there before? | Of course, I have. |
| May I leave you for a moment? | Why, yes. |
| You ought to let him know. | I have. |
| What is she doing here? | She's waiting for somebody. |
| I'd love to stay up for the play. | You can't. It's too late. |
| She's twenty. | Eighteen, I think, she said. |
| It'll take much time. | How much? |
| Give them one of these books. | Which one, do you think? |
| I must go there. | But when? |
| I'll find him. | But how can you find him? |
| You can't go there. | But why not? |
| She wouldn't listen to me. | Wouldn't she? |
| Everybody agrees with you. | Oh, do they? |
| Nobody can do it | Can I have a try? |
| Lock the door. | Wait a minute. |
| I'll phone her. | Don't. |
| May I help you? | Yes, do. |
| What has she done? | Look. |
| Thank you very much. | Thank you. |
| Would you like to stay up for the television? | Indeed I would. |
| I've been helping Tom, Mummy. | That's a good girl. |
| How are you getting on? | Wonderfully. |
| Hello, Mary! | Oh, there you are, Tom. |
| Do you play chess? | Surely, I do! |
Give your own replies to the Verbal Context above. Use Intonation Pattern IX in them.
Use Intonation Pattern I in the Drills. Observe the difference in attitudes.
This exercise is meant to revise the intonation patterns you already know. Work in pairs.
The teacher or one of the students will suggest a Verbal Context You in turn reply to it using:
a) statements, sounding lively, interested, airy; conveying personal concern or involvement;
b) special questions, sounding lively, interested;
c) general questions, conveying mildly surprised acceptance of the listener's premises;
d) imperatives, sounding warm;
E) exclamations, very emotional.
10. Practise the following dialogues. Use the High Fall in them. Observe the attitudes you convey:
— Oh, dear! Oh!
— I'm so sorry! I do hope I haven't hurt you!
— Oh, no. I was just a little startled, that's all. It's quite all right.
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— Do you like this flat?
— Oh, yes, 1 do, definitely.
— I'm afraid I couldn't possibly do that.
— Why not?
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— You'll have to clean the window.
— Not me!
— Why not?
— I did it last time.
— Whose turn is it then?
— Helen's, I think.
11. Listen to the Verbal Context suggested by the teacher. Reply by using one of the drill sentences below. Pronounce it with Intonation Pattern IХ. Say what attitude you mean to render;
| Verbal Context | Drill |
| I'll ring you up on Sunday, | Right! Good! Fine! Certainly! Naturally! Surely! Oh, ho! That won't do! |
| It all depends on the weather. | Right you are! Exactly so! Naturally! Undoubtedly! Sure enough! By no means! You are wrong! Far from it! Certainly not! |
| I shall take you to the Opera House. | Fine! Good! Certainty not this week! Agreed! Settled! Oh, no! |
| Will you be ready by six? | Certainly! Decidedly! I think so! Undoubtedly! Surely not! |
| I believe he's finished bis job. | Hardly ever! I think so! Sure enough! |
Make up a dialogue of your own, using some of the phrases from Ex. 10.
13. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and reproduce intonation in conversation.
a) Listen to the dialogue "A Visit to the Doctor" carefully, sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Your teacher will help you to correct your variant. Practise reading each sentence of your corrected variant after the cassette-recorder.
b) Record your reading of the dialogue. Play the recording back immediately for the teacher and your fellow-students to detect your errors. Practise the dialogue for test reading.
c) Make up conversational situations with the following phrases:
Well, what's the matter with ...?
You'd better ask me what is not the matter with me, ...
To make things still worse ...
In fact...
D) Make up a talk about illnesses and their treatment, using phrases from the dialogue above. Work in pairs.
E) Imagine you are consulting a doctor — tell him what troubles you. Imagine you are a doctor. You diagnose the case as quinsy. Tell your
Patient what he should do to get well.
This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and reproduce intonation in reading.
A) Listen to the text carefully, sentence by sentence. Write down the text. Mark the stresses and tunes. The teacher will help you to correct your variant Practise reading each sentence of your corrected variant after the cassette-recorder.
B) Record your reading. Play the recording back immediately for the teacher and your fellow-students to detect your errors.
Practise the text for test reading.
15. Mark stresses and tunes in the following text, listen to the model. Mark the stresses and tunes. Compare your intonation with that of the model. Practise the text according to the model: