4. Read the following sentences, observing the listing intonation.

Divide the sentences into intonation groups, mark stresses and tunes.

1). Presently the maid brings in tea on a trolley: a pot of tea, cups and saucers, hot water, a jug of milk, and sugar; also sandwiches, bread and butter, jam and cakes. 2). Mary has put the right number of knives, forks, spoons and glasses for each person. 3). There's also pepper and salt, oil and vinegar and mustard. 4). On the sideboard the Browns usually have a bowl of fruit: apples, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, oranges or bananas according to the season. 5). I get out of bed, put on my dressing gown and slippers and go into the bathroom. 6). On the dressing table, in front of the looking-glass, you'll see a hair-brush and a comb, a hand-mirror, a bottle of scents and a powder-box. 7). One of the people in the picture is buying postage-stamps, another is registering a letter, the third is writing out a cable. 8). You'll find opera, ballet, comedy, drama, review, musical comedy and variety in London.

5.Act out the following dialogue paying attention to enumeration.

-May I help you?

-I’d like to make a collect call.

-A collect call? Yes. Your name, please?

-(spell your name)

Spell the names below when the operator asks.

Angelo, McDonald, Garrell, Beau, Wing, Norswood, Thumb, Michael.

6. Intone the dialogue paying attention to the intonation of enumeration. Then read it.

-Do you play much tennis?

-Yes, quite a bit. How about a game sometime?

-Sorry. I’m merely a spectatorfootball, baseball, basketball, golf… I watch them all.

INTONATION OF APPOSITION

Apposition gives additional information on the subject of the conversation. There are two types of apposition: the close apposition and the loose or detached apposition.

The close apposition doesn't form a separate intonation group; it is usually unstressed and is followed by a stressed proper noun.

e.g. Doctor 'Sandford is 'still in the hospital.

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