d) exclamations, encouraging, airy, friendly. 11.** Listen to the dialogue “Guessing Game”. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise and memorize it: Is it in this room?
Yes.
Can I see it?
Yes.
Is it made of metal?
No.
Is it made of wood?
Yes.
Could I carry it?
No.
Is it useful?
Yes.
Has it got legs?
Yes.
Is it the chair?
No.
Is it the table?
Yes.
12. Make up your own guessing game. 13.** Listen to the dialogues. Write them down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise and memorize them. 14. Read the following sentences. Observe correct pronunciation of rhythmic groups: 1. John came last night. 2. Don’t do that here. 3. What nice
soft gloves. 4. John’s away on business. 5. Thank you for the
letter. 6. They went for a walk in the Park. 7. At the bottom of
Kensington Road. 8. At the bottom of Kenton Road. 9. At the
bottom of Kent Road. 10. It wasn’t so nice as before. 11. It
wasn’t so nice before. 12. It wasn’t so nice then. 13. Come and
see him off. 14. Don’t be so impatient. 15. He always keeps me
waiting. 16. It’s the only time I’m free. 17. Would you mind
passing the sugar? 18. Can you be here at eleven? 19. She’s
rather an impetuous woman. 20. Everyone else was on holiday.
21. How on earth can you manage to finish so quickly? 22. I sent
them a photo of the children. 23. I should think it would be
better to wait till tomorrow. 24. He realized that the bus wasn’t
going to stop for him.
15.*** This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and re produce intonation. a) Listen to the text “Our SittingRoom” sentence by sentence. Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the text. b) Record your reading. Play the recording back immediately for your
