- •1. Intonation and Its Components The Structure of a Tone-unit
- •3. Basic Nuclear Tones: the High Rise, the Low Rise, the High Fall, the Fall-Rise on One, Two, Three and Four Syllables
- •Ih To’day. For ’me. In ’these. My ’aunt. You ’missed.
- •4. Basic Nuclear Tones: the Fall-Rise divided Polysyllabic Preheads Heads
4. Basic Nuclear Tones: the Fall-Rise divided Polysyllabic Preheads Heads
Exercise 1. /Track 70/
Practise the Fall-Rise divided on two and four syllables.
a) on two syllables
‘We’ll ‚go. ‘I ‚can. ‘You’ve ‚won. ‘Leave ‚those. ‘This ‚works.
b) on four syllables
It ‘might be ‚there. |
‘That’s what I ‚did. |
‘She’s the ‚waitress. |
I ‘told you ‚that. |
‘Take what you ‚like. |
‘I can’t ‚help it. |
One ‘never ‚knows. |
‘Wait for the ‚rest. |
‘Tell the ‚others. |
He ‘gave us ‚two. |
‘This is the ‚best. |
‘Wait a ‚minute. |
You ‘said I ‚might. |
‘Give me a ‚chance. |
‘These are ‚better. |
We ‘all de‚clined. |
‘Henry’s the ‚last. |
‘We’ll do ‚that one. |
They ‘never ‚write. |
‘They never ‚write. |
‘Help me ‚count them. |
She ‘said she ‚had. |
‘Nobody’s ‚there. |
‘Send them ‚plenty. |
Re‘turn the ‚rest. |
‘You needn’t ‚wait. |
‘Those are ‚nicer. |
In‘vite your ‚chum. |
‘Say that a‚gain. |
‘John told ‚Mary. |
Exercise 2. /Track 71/
Practise the Fall-Rise divided on longer sentences. Transcribe and tonescribe the given examples.
1. ‘Everybody.knew that you were .waiting for ‚me.
2. She ◦ought to ‘ tell us when she’s .going to ‚leave.
3. I ◦used to be ‘very .fond of .strawberries and ‚cream.
4. We should have ‘hated to have .stayed any ‚longer.
5. It would have been ‘much .better to ‚peel them.
6. You can ‘certainly .ask him to .wait in the ‚drawing-room.
7. It’s ‘easy to .see he’s .not sus.ceptible to ‚flattery.
8. The li‘brarian ‚lent him the°book.
9. I ‘knew you .wouldn’t be ‚anxious to °go.
10. ‘Nobody ‚wanted to °stay there.
Exercise 3. /Track 72/
Practise polysyllabic preheads. Transcribe and tonescribe the sentences.
1. Will there be any ’room. 2. She used to be ‘fond of us. 3. You must be reliable. 4. He could have been mis‚lead. 5. Shall I be the ’first one. 6. We shall be delayed. 7. There’d have been a ‚row. 8. It’ll be the ‚easiest way. 9. One would have ‚thought so. 10. It was indes‘cribably dull. |
11. Would he have been a’sleep by now. 12. Would there have been e’nough of it. 13. I should have been ‚ready for you. 14. We should have been transferred. 15. They ought to have ‘waited for us. 16. Will she have been disap’pointed. 17. They’ll have been imagining things. 18. Must one be ex’ploited all the time. 19. You ought to be a‘shamed of yourself. 20. One could have been a‘musing oneself. |