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EXERCISES
M o d e l 1: “I’m
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he said slowly.
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shaking her head
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1. Listen carefully to the following sentences. Concentrate your atten
tion on the intonation of the author’s words following direct speech:
1. “I don’t know,” he said quietly. 2. “What’s it for?” he in
quired in a whisper. 3. “Come here,” she
ordered in a sharp
voice. 4. “It isn’t mine,” he said for the second time. 5. “Give it to
me,” she said with a smile. 6. “You’ve dropped it on the floor,”
he complained to her. 7. “You’ll have to put a stamp on,” he
explained in his best French. 8. “Come here!” commanded
the captain in a loud voice. 9. “Be
back in half an hour,” she
reminded him sternly. 10. “You’ve made the same mistake
again,” the teacher complained with a frown. 11. “It’s nearly ten
o’clock,” she observed glancing at her watch. 12. “What a pity!”
was all I said when he broke a glass. 13. “Quite right,” he added
nodding his head. 14. “Pleased
to meet you,” he said holding out
his hand. 15. “I think it’s going to rain,” he remarked, looking
up at the black sky. 16. “I
must put some coal on the fire,” she
remarked getting up from her chair. 17. “We really must be
going now,” she said getting up out of her chair. 18. “I disagree,”
said the next speaker rising to his feet. 19. “Stop it!” shouted the
little girl to her brother. 20. “It’s not possible,” was the opinion
he offered after a moment’s thought. 21. “It’s rather expensive,”
she remarked looking in the shop window. 22. “You don’t mean
it, madam,” said
the girl, and there was pain in her voice.
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