Make up a dialogue of your own, using some of the phrases from the dialogues above

This exercise is meant to develop your ability to near and reproduce intonation in different speech situations.

a) listen to the dialogue "At the Station" carefully, sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Your teacher will help you to correct your variants. Make a careful note of your errors in each tune and work to avoid them. Practise reading each sentence of your corrected variant after the cassette-recorder.

b) Record your reading. Play the recording back immediately for the teacher and your fellow-students to detect your errors. Practise the dialogue for test reading. Memorize it. Play it with a fellow-student.

9. Make up conversational situations, using the following phrases:

Try and find me... if you can. You're due to arrive at....

Have you got your... yet, sir? Well, I've still got a few

Not yet. minutes to spare.

Come along with me and I'll... Mind you don't miss the....

Here it is. That's all right.

Do I have to...? It won't take me more than

Here you are. five minutes to....

What time do we get to...?

10. Read the following dialogues. Define the communicative type of the sentences and say what attitudes you mean to convey:

— There you are, then, I thought you might be here earlier. Was your train late?

— No, I don't think so; just about on time. Which one did you think I was catching then?

— Wasn't it the one that gets in at five ten?

— No, that's Saturdays only. Didn't you know?

— Of course, how silly of me, anyway, it doesn't matter.

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— Excuse me, will this road take me to the station?

— Yes, straight on. Turn to the left when you get to the end. You'll see a notice there. You can't go wrong.

— Is it far?

— About three or four minutes.

— Thank you very much.

12. Read the following sentences. The prompts in brackets will help you to determine the position of the logical stress. Make up a situation to prove the position of the logical stress:

We are going second class. (Not first)

I want a return ticket to Oxford. (Not single.)

What time do you get up in summer? (I usually get up at seven.)

What shall I do with his luggage? (I know what to do with yours)

Can I have a try? (Nobody seems anxious to do it.)

He ran all the way to the station. (He was afraid to be late.)

I saw Mary at the theatre yesterday. (Nor John.)

I'd like to have some tea. (Not Tom.)

I asked the porter to see to my luggage. (Nor you.)

13. Listen to the text on the tape ("Commerce and Industry"). Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the text.

14. Read the following sentences. Use Intonation Patters VI to single out the subject:

Model: _\Bri_/tain │ is one of the most important commercial and trading centres in the world.

Australia is the smallest continent in the world.

Manchester is one of the most important industrial cities in Great Britain.

Oxford is one of the oldest centres of education.

Washington is the capital of the United States.

Mary is my best friend.

The piano is to the right of the window.

England is a highly developed industrial country.

15. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear the intonation and reproduce it in proper speech situations.

a) Listen to the text "Mother's Day" sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the text.

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