3). – I’m afraid I must be going.

-Well, I won’t keep you then.

-Good-bye.

-Good-bye. Remember me to your family.

INTONATION OF THE WORD "PLEASE"

Intonation of the word "please" depends on its place in the sentence.

At the beginning of the sentence it is usually stressed, but it doesn't form a separate intonation group,

e.g Please. 'take the ̖cake.

In the middle of the sentence it may be stressed or unstressed, but it doesn't form a separate sense-group,

e.g. Will you please 'take the cake?

At the end of the sentence it is usually unstressed, e.g. Take the ̖cake, please.

INTONATION OF GRATITUDES ("THANK YOU")

When "Thank you" is pronounced with the falling tone, it expresses cordial, real gratitude.

e.g. ̖Thank you, Pete.

You've helped me so much.

When pronounced with the rising tone, "Thank you" expresses a formal, polite gratitude, a rather casual acknowledgment or something not very important.

e.g. - How are you?

- Fine, "thank you. And how are you?

Tasks:

1. One of the students will suggest the verbal context given below. Answer by using the reply from the pattern. Keep the exercise moving rapidly and do not take a long time to give a reply.

Pattern 1: May I come in?

̖Yes, please. ̖Do, please.

1). May I come into the room? 2). We are going to bed. Shall I switch off the radio? 3). Shall I help you in the garden? 4). May I stay here a bit longer? 5). Shall I repeat the word? 6). Shall I lay the table? 7). May I try to put the iron right? 8). It's rather cold. Shall I close the windows? 9). It's stuffy in the room. Shall I open the windows and air the room? 10). May I switch on the radio and listen to the news?

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Pattern 2: Have some more porridge. No more, "thank уоu.

1). Have another cup of tea. Have another ice-cream. Have another lump of sugar. Have another piece of cake. Have some more coffee. 2). Will you take another book to read? Will you have some more milk? Will you buy some more flowers? Will you take another ticket for the play? Will you take some more apples?

INTONATION OF ADVERBIALS

Simple sentences with adverbial phrases at the beginning are usually divided into two intonation groups.

The non-final intonation group is usually pronounced with the low-

Adverbial phrases at the end of the sentences do not form separate intonation groups, as a rule, and often remain unstressed.

e.g. We are 'going ̖out tonight.

Tasks:

1. Learn the rule about the intonation of adverbials paying attention to their position.

2.Read the following sentences. Observe the sequence of tones: first MidLevel + Low Fall, then Low Rise + Low Fall.

1). At this time of the year the weather in Moscow is usually warm. 2). The next day she had a most unpleasant accident. 3).Outside he found a policeman. 4). In the last two weeks I found five letters at my flat. 5). Out of the room, he went like a stroke of lightning. 6). After her husband's death she had gone out very little. 7).In summer he dwelt in a wooden house. 8).After a moment she pulled herself together. 9).Some years later I got his place. 10). At last he made up his mind to come back. 11). Behind them stood a little boy. 12). At five o'clock I was in the Hotel Crillon for Brett. 13). Straight ahead you can see a library. 14). Last week he visited the agent again. 15). But a week or so later Michael mentioned the name of Alice again. 16). For the present he isn't here.

3.Divide the following sentences into intonation-groups, mark stresses and tones. Write tonograms. Read the sentences observing the rule.

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l).Next morning the milkman came and gave Harry some sugar lumps. 2).One foggy day, on the coast of Cornwall, Annabelle was in her field. 3).Оn his way out, Angus asked the man not to leave his place. 4).I have read a lot of books in my time. 5). Then, after some hesitation, Mr. Franklin told the Indian traveller all. 6). They had moved into that house two years before. 7). The day after that she had her first party. 8). There are some drops on the floor. 9). She had to take her exam that month. 10). The air was full of frost outside. 11). In the last hours of daylight, he did what he was asked to do. 12). In the examination hall I forgot all about my wet feet. 13) Once upon a time there was a little puddle on the pavement. 14). After our expedition to the fair we suffered dreadfully in the morning.

4. Give in turn a complete sentence beginning with the adverbial.

5. Read the following conversation. Underline adverbials. Comment on their intonation.

Susan: Have you ever been in a flood, Tom? Tom: Yes, I have.

Susan: When was that?

Tom: There was a terrible flood two years ago, when we lived in Venice. Susan: What happened?

Tom: Well, it rained for about a week and then there was a storm. The water came up over the doorway of our house and filled the ground floor. We had to leave the house for a month until it was dry again.

INTONATION OF ENUMERATION

If a sentence contains enumeration, each element of enumeration usually forms a separate intonation group. Non-final intonation groups are usually pronounced with the Low Rise each being a bit lower than the preceding one. The final intonation group is pronounced with the Low Fall if the choice of enumeration is exhausted.

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e.g. In all large towns | there are plenty of "restaurants, |"cafes, | "tearooms, | and public houses.

If enumeration is not complete all intonation groups take the rising tone.

What do they sell? – "Shirts, | "ties, | "socks, |"gloves…

When the speaker wants to emphasize each element of enumeration all intonation groups take the Low Fall. Such sentences are pronounced slower and with longer pauses between the intonation groups.

e.g. She is keen on ̖ music,̖| artand| ̖ theatre.

QUESTIONS AND TASKS

Questions:

1. What intonation-groups does enumeration include?

2.Is the intonation of final and non-final intonation groups of enumeration different? Why?

3.What tone does the final intonation group take if enumeration is not complete?

4.Is it possible to emphasize each element of enumeration? How?

Tasks:

1. Pronounce all the letters of the English alphabet. Mind the intonation of enumeration. If you are not sure, check the prompt:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

2. Read the following telephone numbers.

682-5193, 542-8301, 555-4807, 773-3483, 586-4887, 202-4438.

3. Read the following sentences. Observe the intonation of enumeration.

I).Mr. Dance stood up straight and told his story like a lesson.2). So he crawled under the back door, and across the kitchen floor, and up the kitchen cupboard door till he came to the keyhole. 3).In a hole, in a wall, in a room, in a house, in a street, in a town, in a country, in the world, in the sky, there lived a mouse whose name was Albert. 4).And the driver came and started his engine and turned the lights on.5).Thank you for your wonderful dinner and for the friendly company. 6). There's one chair at the desk and two chairs on either side of the sofa. 7)....she could not tell whether they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children.8). The King turned pale and shut his note-book hastily.9).And one day he took flour and water, and currants and plums and sugar and things and made himself one cake which was two feet across and three feet thick. 10).Everyone stopped talking and listened. 11). He pushed aside the ministers and the servants. 12). She put upon it a cup of tea, a plate of jam, cheese and three slices of bread. 13).She was about fifty, quite stout, with a broad face and small kind eyes. 14).She was a big woman with a long, yellow, wrinkled face. 15).Grandma took out her spectacles, the Bible and some bottles of medicine.

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