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1. Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the replies:
Verbal Context | Drill |
Statements (conveying personal concern or involvement, disgruntled protest) | |
I must see Mr. Roberts. | I'm afraid you can't. He's just gone out. |
What did you think of the house? | I was rather taken with it. It seems quite nice. |
He says he knows nothing about it. | I just can't understand it. I distinctly remember telling him. |
Haven't you finished that book yet? | I've only just begun it. |
I'm afraid I failed my exam. | I'm not at all surprised. You must try working a bit harder. |
You ought to have informed me at once. | I didn't realize, it was so important. |
Special questions (sounding displeased, unpleasantly surprised, protesting) | |
What's that you say? | Why don't you listen? |
I can't find the file anywhere. | What have you done with it? |
You can't easily mend it. | What do you mean, easily? |
I gave it to her personally. | But when did you see her? |
Which one shall I have? | Which would you prefer? |
I shall write to him again. | Whatever do you hope to gain by that? |
I was too late. They'd sold out. | Whyever didn't you buy it when you had the chance? |
General questions (protesting, impatient) | |
I'm terribly hard up! | Aren't we all? |
It's always possible. | But do you think it's likely? |
I'm quite booked up next week. | Will the week after suit you better? |
In my view he's a culprit. | Could you be mistaken? |
I can't meet you this Tuesday, | Shall we leave it till next week? |
1 can't say I do like this coat. | Would you have preferred the plum coloured one? |
Imperatives (lively, with a note of critical surprise) | |
What on earth shall I do? | Try it again. You've no alternative. |
What should I tell him? | Tell him exactly what you think. |
How many sandwiches shall I make? | Make as many as you think we'll eat. |
I don't want to go alone. | Come along with us, then. |
I've lost my invitation. | Well write and ask them to send you another one. |
Exclamations (conveying affronted surprise, protesting) | |
I told him what I thought of him. | Good for you! |
She says she's twenty-nine. | Absolute nonsense! |
But I can't take you out tonight. I'm working late. | What a pity you didn't say so sooner. |
Look. It works. | So it does. How very odd! |
You're a bit grumpy today. | Not in the least! |
Listen to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Pronounce the first stressed syllable as low as possible; the following stressed syllables of the head gradually rise to the high level. Start the fall on the nucleus high enough.
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