EXERCISES
1. Listen carefully to the following sentences. Concentrate your attention
on Accidental Rise:
1. In spring Nature awakens from her long winter sleep.
2. The trees are filled with new life. 3. The earth is warmed by
the rays of the sun. 4. The weather gets gradually milder. 5. The
fields and the meadows are covered with fresh green grass.
6. The woods and forests are filled with the songs of the birds.
7. When winter comes, we’re obliged to spend more time in
doors. 8. There’s a bus stop just over there. 9. Then he has to
take great care of the young animals. 10. I should say that foot
ball is one of the most popular sports in Great Britain. 11. He sat
thinking of his own children. 12. The scientist is known all over
the world. 13. Mary’s umbrella is quite spoilt. 14. Ann was
wearing a charming blue hat.
2. Listen to the same sentences and repeat them in the intervals. Make
your voice go up a little on the word you want to make more prominent.
Follow the intonation line exactly.
3. In order to fix the intonation of sentences with Accidental Rise in
your mind, ear and speech habits repeat the sentences yourself until they
sound perfectly natural to you.
4. Read the following sentences using Accidental Rise on the words in
bold type. Do not forget to blend the words together:
1. I suppose it couldn’t possibly happen again. 2. I’m sorry
I couldn’t quite make out what you were saying. 3. My husband
often does the washing up for me. 4. We went for a day’s walk
in the forest in spite of the rain. 5. I’m reading a most interesting
book by a new writer just now. 6. You have not given me a satis
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explanation of your strange behaviour. 7. We hope to
move into our new house before the month is out. 8. George
plays football every Saturday afternoon. 9. I have an English
lesson every day. 10. I haven’t seen her for a long time. 11. The
doctor says she must stay in bed for two or three days. 12. Tom
Brown is the best pupil in his class.
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