The Fall-Rise on One, Two, Three and Four Syllables

Exercise 1.¯ /Track 57/

Listen to the demonstration of the basic tones on one syllable.

Tone IH: High Rise	Tone II: High Fall
’Now. ’Ten. ’His. ’Deaf. ’Back.	‘Here. ‘Whose. ‘Both. ‘Hush. ‘Which.
Tone IL: Low Rise	Tone III: Fall-Rise
‚True. ‚Fine. ‚Was. ‚Quite. ‚Stop.	ˇSigh. Beg. Shout. Guess. Lift.

Exercise 2.¯ /Track 58/

Practise the basic nuclear tones on one syllable. Pay attention to the High and Low Level tones.

IH	LL	IL	II	HL	III
’High	›High	‚High	‘High	>High	High
’Long	›Long	‚Long	‘Long	>Long	Long
’Move	›Move	‚Move	‘Move	>Move	Move
’Hope	›Hope	‚Hope	‘Hope	>Hope	Hope
’Knock	›Knock	‚Knock	‘Knock	>Knock	Knock

Exercise 3.¯ /Track 59/

Practise the High Rise, the Low Rise, the High Fall and the Fall-Rise on two syllables.

a) Nucleus +Tail

IH’Always. ’May I. ’Have we. ’Can't you. ’This time

IL	II	III
‚I did.	‘I did.	I did.
‚They can.	‘They can.	They can.
‚Try to.	‘Try to.	Try to.
‚That side.	‘That side.	That side.
‚This time.	‘This time.	This time.

b) Prehead + Nucleus

IHTo’day. For ’me. In ’these. My ’aunt. You ’missed.

IL	II	III
I’ll ‚see.	I’ll ‘see.	I’ll see.
They ‚shall.	They ‘shall.	They shall.
You ‚aren’t.	You ‘aren’t.	You aren’t.
We’re ‚wet.	We’re ‘wet.	We’re wet.
He’s ‚rich.	He’s ‘rich.	He’s rich.

Exercise 4.¯/Track 60/

Practise the High Rise, the Low Rise, the High Fall and the Fall-Rise on three syllables.

a) Nucleus + Two-syllable Tail

IH’Are we to. ’Will they be. ’Doesn’t it. ’Haven’t they. ’Which is it.

IL	II	III
‚I’m in it.	‘I’m in it.	I’m in it.
‚Borrow one.	‘Borrow one.	Borrow one.
‚John took it.	‘John took it.	John took it.
‚Wait for them.	‘Wait for them.	Wait for them.
‚That was it.	‘That was it.	That was it.

b) One-syllable Prehead + Nucleus + One-syllable Tail

IHAre ’they here. Is ’yours good. In ’London. The ’first one. Would ’this fit.

IL	II	III
They ‚may have.	They ‘may have.	They may have.
I ‚shall be.	I ‘shall be.	I shall be.
He ‚asked you.	He ‘asked you.	Heasked you.
There’s ‚plenty.	There’s ‘plenty.	There’s plenty.
It’s ‚risky.	It’s ‘risky.	It’s  risky.

c) Two-syllable Prehead + Nucleus

IH Will it ’do. Is it ’brown. Will you ’wait. Can I ’start. Were they ’mixed.

IL	II	III
She could ‚hear.	She could ‘hear.	She could hear.
It’ll ‚do.	It’ll ‘do.	It’ll do.
There were ‚eight.	There were ‘eight.	There were eight.
I can ‚start.	I can ‘start.	I canstart.
They were ‚mixed.	They were ‘mixed.	They were mixed.

Exercise 5.¯/Track 61/

Practise the High Rise, the Low Rise, the High Fall and the Fall-Rise on four syllables.

a) Nucleus + Three-syllable Tail

IH’Are you the one. ’Will she be there. ’Won’t it be done. ’What did you say. ’Which did he take.

IL	II	III
‚They were in it.	‘They were in it.	They were in it.
‚These’ll be good.	‘These’ll be good.	These’ll be good.
‚You could do it.	‘You could do it.	You could do it.
‚Keep it for us.	‘Keep it for us.	Keep it for us.
‚That isn’t it.	‘That isn’t it.	That isn’t it.

b) One-syllable Prehead + Nucleus + Two-syllable Tail

IHIs ’Paul away. Would ’wool be best. Are ’these to go. Does ’laughing help. Is ’this the one.

IL	II	III
She’s ‚done with it.	She’s ‘done with it.	She’s done with it.
There ‚wasn’t one.	There ‘wasn’t one.	There wasn’t one.
It’s ‚probable.	It’s ‘probable.	It’sprobable.
They ‚hope it will.	They ‘hope it will.	Theyhope it will.
He’d ‚wait for us.	He’d ‘wait for us.	He’d wait for us.

c) Two-syllable Prehead + Nucleas + One-syllable Tail /Track 62/

IHIs it ’cleaner. Will you ’tell me. Could we ’trace it. Was she ’pushing.

Are there ’sixty.

IL	II	III
He’s the ‚owner.	He’s the ‘owner.	He’s the owner.
You must ‚tell me.	You must ‘tell me.	You musttell me.
We could ‚trace it.	We could ‘trace it.	We could trace it.
She was ‚pushing.	She was ‘pushing.	She was pushing.
It’s an ‚extra.	It’s an ‘extra.	It’s an extra.

d) Three-syllable Prehead + Nucleus

IHWill they be ’there. Were you in ’time. Are they as ’good. Where there e’nough. Can she do ’this.

IL	II	III
We were in ‚time.	We were in ‘time.	We were in time.
They under ‚stood.	They under ‘stood.	They understood.
We can do ‚this.	We can do ‘this.	We can do this.
You were a‚sleep.	You were a‘sleep.	You were a sleep.
It was the ‚best.	It was the ‘best.	It was the best.

Exercise 6.¯

Ear-training. Identify simple tones demonstrated on one, two, three and four syllables. Mark the tones.

a) On one syllable

/Track 63/

1. Now

2. Now

3. Five

4. Five

5. Eight

6. This

/Track 64/

1. High	2. High	3. High	4. Run	5. Run
6. Run	7. Sad	8. Sad	9. Wait	10. Push

/Track 65/

1. Here	2. Here	3. Here	4. Here	5. Come
6. Come	7. Come	8. Come	9. Good	10. Good
11. Good	12. Laugh	13. Laugh	14. Guess	15. Which

/Track 66/

1. More	2. More	3. More	4. More	5. Pull
6. Pull	7. Pull	8. Pull	9. Read	10. Read
11. Read	12. Race	13. Race	14. Race	15. Shake
16. Shake	17. Up	18. Up	19. Books	20. Watch

b) On two syllables /Track 67/

1. He will	2. He will	3. Has she	4. Take it	5. I can’t
6. It was	7. Really	8. Really	9. Hardly	10. Hardly
11. We may	12. It does	13. Can you	14. Can you	15. Can you

c) On three syllables /Track 68/

1. I was there	2. I was there	3. I was there	4. It was good
5. It was good	6. It was good	7. Was it there	8. They couldn’t
9. They couldn’t	10. They couldn’t	11.Has John come	12. Wonderful
13. Possibly	14. Remember	15. Did you wait	16. We thought so
17. It’s a shame	18. Where was it	19. Wait for me	20. Wait for me

d) On four syllables /Track 69/