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Nobody
worked at the lab
I did.
yesterday.
Nobody’s coming.
Bob is.
No one has brought the
That’s bad.
headphones.
I think you’ve done it.
Almost.
Is this book good?
Fairly.
I shall never speak to him again.
“
Never
”
is a very dangerous
word.
Is it going to keep fine?
I hope so.
Are you at home on Sunday?
I think so.
That’s
a fine book, isn’t it?
Parts of it are fairly interest
ing.
I’ll give him a good piece of mind. That won’t get you very far.
What do you do on Sunday?
Usually, I spend it out of
town.
He knows English and French.
German and French you
mean.
This piano’s out of tune.
The piano’s all right.
Shall we go and see him?
If you can go, you ought.
I don’t think he’s worse now.
When I saw him, he was
much better.
Can you speak English?
Once I could.
I thought you don’t ski at all.
Well, sometimes I do.
(
On addressing a person)
Mary.
Helen.
Betty.
Bill.
Tom.
Jane.
You won’t go there, will you?
No.
You have four lessons today.
Five.
It’s nearly five, isn’t it?
Six.
May I keep this book a bit longer? Well, yes.
I can’t do it now.
You can.
It won’t take you long.
It will.
7. Pronounce the drill sentences with Intonation Patterns I, Ill. Observe
the difference in meaning.
8. Your teacher will suggest a verbal context. You in turn reply by state
ments expressing contradiction, correction, contrast, concern, reproach.
