Intonation of General Questions

General questions are pronounced with a rising tone. We start high and then our voice goes down a little and then up.

Is Agatha the fifth? seventh sixth ninth twelfth

Isn’t she thin? thick slim healthy wealthy

Memory Work

1. Doing nothing is doing ill.

2. Speaking without thinking is shooting without aim.

3. As I was coming along, along, along,

Singing a comical song, song, song,

And the song that I sang was so long, long, long,

And the lane that went was as long, long, long,

And so I went singing alone.

UNIT 6

Consonants [l][∫] Intonation of Disjunctive Questions

-Do you like marshmallows? -Yes, they'relovely. But I also like lollipops.

Consonant [l] Place the tip of the tongue on the teethridge and let the voiced breath come over the telexed sides of the tongue. In the final position it is 3 times longer than in the initial one. Before consonants and in the word-final position it is “dark”, before vowels it is “clear”.

lab lad lag lamb

Mall Pal Sal

dabbed gabbed nagged nabbed stabbed

lantern fatten pattern eaten

clam clan black cattle saddle

-She shouldn't be wearing such a shabby skirt at work, should she? -She certainly shouldn't. -I do wishshe wouldn't. -Shall I tellher?

Consonant [∫] Slightly round the lips, place the tip of the tongue close to the teethridge, raise the front of the tongue towards the hard palate and make a voiceless hushing sound.

shall sham shack

lash mash cash

sham – Sam shack – sack gash – gas lash – lass mash – mass

Memory Work

She sells sea shells on the seashore,

The shells she sells are sea shells, I’m sure.

And if she sells seashells on the sea shore,

Then I’m sure she sells sea shore shells.

Intonation of Disjunctive Questions

A disjunctive question (question tag) is a question added at the end of a sentence. A disjunctive question is pronounced with either a rising tone or a falling tone. If we are sure that the statement is true we choose a falling tone. And a rising intonation means that the speaker is not sure.

He should put pull push book it, shouldn’t, he?

Douglas could do use lose it, couldn’t, he?

UNIT 7

Consonants [s][z] Intonation of Orders

-It looksso easy, doesn't it? -It does. But it isn't. -Look at those eyes, Susan. They're like ice. -He'ssuch an amazing artist.

Consonants [s][z] Raise the tip of the tongue to the teethridge and make a hissing voiceless sound for [s] and a voiced one for [z].

Sam sag sack sap

bats backs packs sacks

a bat – bats a cat – cats to pack-packs to sack-sacks

pads bags nags bans

backs – bags knacks – nags sacks – sags pats – pads

she beats eats meets needs sees

shall cash dash gash lash mash see

has had can he she

Please meet eat see act back

she hasn’t lagged nagged backed lacked snacked

Has she lagged nagged backed lacked snacked

Please meet Dean Pete Dan Nat Tad

Dean and Pete can act see eat back pack

Memory Work

1. I miss my Swiss Miss. My Swiss Miss missed me.

2. Mr., Mrs. and Miss Myth meet Miss, Mrs. and Mr. Miss.

3. There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch

4. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, FuzzyWuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?