1 He left Russia two years ago. 2 She spent all her life in Edinburgh. 3 Tom Collins was a school teacher. 4 He adores being helpful and useful. 5 His classes are very interesting. 5 Mark will never divorce Mary. 6 That is a good decision. 7 They would never agree with me. 8 Everybody seems to have an opinion about Americans. 9 I recommend purchasing his book. 10 Eve will be seeing you soon.
Ex. 2 Ask a Yes/No question, follow the model. Sound warm, interested (LWF):
Model: A: I went home early yesterday. (feel sick) – B: Did you feel sick?
1 A: Mary bought a new house. (big) – B: …. 2 A: We’re leaving on Monday. (holiday) – B: …. 3 A: Joe’s finished reading “Gone with the Wind”. (like) – B: …. 4 A: Sue and Mike are a beautiful couple. (marry) – B: …. 5 A: My cat is three years old. (catch mice) – B: …. 6 А: My mother has never left Belarus. (travel) – B: …. 7 A: We study a lot. – (have a rest) – B: …. 8 A: He’s going to see his parents in Vladivostok. (fly) – B: …. 9 A: Neil’s planning to go to the university. (pass his exam) – B:.... 10 A: We went to the circus yesterday. (enjoy) – B: ….
Ex. 3 Read Wh-questions with LWR. Make sure you sound interested, friendly.
1 A: Let’s meet next week. – B: When exactly do you suggest we meet? 2 A: I have to write a course paper. – B: What are you going to work at? 3 A: My sister has three children. – B: How old are they? 4 A: I need a new skirt. – B: What’s your size? 5 A: Let’s go to the cinema. – B: Nice idea. What film would you prefer? 6 A: Here’s my wife Joan. – B: Oh, when did you get married? 7 A: I had to borrow money from Mike. – B: Why didn’t you say that earlier? 8 A: I feel unwell. – B: Why aren’t you in bed? 9 A: I’d like something typically English. – B: What about roastbeef and Yorkshire pudding?
Ex. 4 Read the dialogues below and respond with surprise (HNR) using the question words below as prompts.
Who? How many? How far? How? What? What? What? Who?
Example: A: Nick Updike lives in a caravan on a river bank. – B: ΄Where … (does he live)?
1 A: He lives there with his elderly aunt. – B: Who …. 2 A: He’s also got four dogs there with him. – B: How many …. 3 A: He lives ten miles away from the nearest village. – B: How far away …. 4 A: He travels everywhere in a vintage Rolls Royce. – B: …. 5 A: He always wears shorts and sandals, and a hat. – B: …. 6 A: In his spare time he plays the trumpet. – B: …. 7 A: And as a hobby, he collects animals’ teeth. B: …. 8 A: He will never agree to move to a different place. – B: ….
Ex. 5 Use Low Rise in non-final parts of utterances.
Model: ‘When he’s seven,teen he’s ‘going to ‘leave his town.
1 Before she retires she would like to buy a house. 2 Keep trying and you will succeed. 3 There’s something wrong with you if you don’t have dreams. 4 In case she’s away give me a call. 5 Having spent years in Japan he wrote a fine book. 6 When I last met him he was going to start a business. 7 He went to Yale Law School and graduated in the top third of his class. 8 In case you don’t recognize the story, it is the story of Gerald Ford. 9 That was the time when dreams got turned into reality. 10 His beginning was humble but eventually he succeeded. 11 Roger managed to earn money, but lost a lot of health. 12 We telephoned to Jerry, but he refused to talk. 13 I asked him to help me but he wouldn’t. 14 They expected the results to be good, but these were false hopes.
Ex. 6 Learn to say large numbers.
999 – nine hundred and ninety-nine; 9, 999 – nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-nine;
99, 999 – ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-nine; 999, 999 – nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-nine; 9, 999, 999 – nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-nine.
Say the numbers: 3, 888, 222; 535, 583; 34, 567; 1, 335; 985; 10, 852; 1, 132, 356; 94, 236; 518, 599; 967; 9, 966; 74, 735; 636, 706.
Ex. 7 Show the movement of the voice graphically:
Low Rise (LR) only: Yes.
LR +tail: Isn’t it?
(Low prehead+)high head+LR(+tail): I’ll 'try to be ‚quicker.
(low prehead+) stepping head+LR(+tail): I’ve 'only 'got to 'buy something for ‚dinner.
(low prehead+) High Rise (+tail): 'Don’t you your’self ˙want to go?
Ex. 8 a) match the right verbal context with the answer; b) pronounce the drills with the tone variety proposed in the left column; c) choose the right epithet describing the way you sound.
Table 7
| Scale + tone | How you sound | Statement | Special Question | General Question | Imperative | Exclamation | |
| Verbal context: Have you heard about Max? You must do it this way. What shall I do to improve my English? Shall I ring the bell? Do you do your morning exercises? Richard’s due at eleven o’clock. I thought she was pretty. (Father to small son who is riding his bicycle too fast. I’ve passed my exam. I hate climbing ladders. Alice is on the phone. I just can’t quite manage it. Have a good holiday. Shall I buy the TV set? Benny is eager to have a rabbit. Hanry Sandford is my brother-in-law. Shall I read the words? I’ve arranged your lecture for tomorrow. Everybody thinks it’s magnificent. | |||||||
| Low Rise only | Not categoric, calmly warning, encouraging further conversation, wondering, non-final, soothing, disapproving, interested, reserving judgement, mildly puzzled, airy, soothing, expressing calm and casual acknowledgement, echoing, calling for repetition | No. | How? | Read. | Please! | ||
| Low Rise +Tail | Sometimes. | When is he due? | Did you? | Slowly. | Wonderful! | ||
| (Low prH+)high head+LR(+tail) | It’s all right. You won’t fall. | Who does she want to speak to? | Well, keep trying. | And you. | |||
| (low prH+) st.head+LR(+tail) | If you don’t find it too expensive. | Where do you intend to keep the animal? | Is your brother-in-law a doctor? | Be careful to pronounce distinctly the word “thirteen” | Terribly sorry for giving you all that trouble. | ||
| (low prH+) High Rise (+tail) | Everybody? | ||||||