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Intonation Drills

'Peter 'Piper 'picked a 'peck of 'pickled peppers.

A 'peck of 'pickled 'peppers 'Peter 'Piper picked.

If 'Peter 'Piper 'picked a 'peck of 'pickled peppers,

Where’s the 'peck of 'pickled peppers 'Peter 'Piper picked.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

1. His full name is ___ Robert Seldon but his friends call him ___ Bobby for short. 2. ___ Robinsons are away this weekend. 3. I found myself next to ___ Boris Yeltsin! Not ___ Boris Yeltsin, of course, but someone with the same name. 4. Julia was terribly vain (тщеславная) and proud that she was one of ___ Pendletons. But her uncle turned out to be a real human being – not ___ Pendleton at all. 5. Is he ___ Kevin you were at school with? 6. I heard it from ___ certain Miss Prism. 7. I’ll ask ___ Father for permission to take his car. 8. This wasn’t ___ Naomi she knew. 9. When she returned from Japan she was ___ new Fiona. 10. At the age of 18 Boris was ___ father already. 11. Stephen and Patsy are ___ husband and ___ wife. 12. ___ daughter was as pretty as ___ mother. 13. He was ___ son of a lawyer. 14. ___ Aunt Polly had a suspicion that Tom was not being completely honest. 15. There’s ___ Janet Fraser to see you. – Who’s that? I’ve never heard the name. 16. I have to go down to Robin Hill tomorrow to see ___ young Jolyon on business. 17. I didn’t realize how rich he was until I heard that he owns ___ Picasso. 18. Do you know anyone by ___ name of Perch? – No, why? – There’s ___ Doctor Kenneth Perch on the phone. 19. The book was ___ Shelley and it opened at a passage that he had read two years before. He put ___ Shelley back on the shelf. 20. There was a man in the back yard doing something to one of the front wheels of ___ old Ford. 21. Where does the boy live? – At ___ certain Mrs. Orr’s, who has no connection with the school of any kind. 22. Born ___ Eliot – born a gentleman.’ So the phrase ran. 23. Can we see ___ great Mr. Ansell? 24. I’ve seen ___ new Bart today, ___ Bart who has changed beyond recognition. 25 – What car would you advise me to buy, ___ Volvo or ___ Audi? 26. ___ Smollet family paid a few visits in England. 27. Who is ___ Doctor Johnson here? 28. Are we talking now about ___ John Smith who won $10,000 in the lottery? 29 – Are you expecting a visitor? – No. Why do you ask? – There’s ___ Linda Jones to see you. 30. We met our friend ___ Paul Woodwards in Paris. 31. ___ name of ___ Bill Gates is known all over the world. 32. We are going to a barbecue with ___ Simpsons.