Rising tone (not questions)

1. ‘That’s / right. ['ðæts 'raɪt]

2.’Please, sit / down.

3. ‘Don’t / trouble!

4. ‘If you / like.

5. ‘Don’t / move.

6. ‘See you / soon.

7. ‘That’s / good

8. ‘That’s / enough.

9. ‘Good / buy!

10. ‘O/ K!.

Fall – Rise ( обратить внимание на переход от безударного начала (произнести низко) к произнесению первого ударного слога (высоко))

1. I’ll ‘ask him my\ self, if / ne cessary. [ aɪl 'α:sk ɪm maɪ'self ɪf 'nesəsərɪ ]

2. I ‘think it’s ‘quite \ fair, / on the whole.

3 We were ‘always ‘good \ friends, till last / year.

4. ‘Nothing can ‘save her \ now, except a / miracle.

5. ‘That’s the \ last, I / think.

6. He was \ right, neverthe/ less.

7. ‘They knew ‘nothing a\ bout it,till / now.

8. In ‘spring it ‘rains a\ lot, / ge nerally.

9. I’ll ‘do it \ now, if there’s / time.

10. We have ‘very little \ snow here, as a / rule.

Please, mind the difference between these two sentences:

1) I’ll \ ask him, when he / calls.

After a short pause, which is marked by comma, the second part of the sentence is said in the manner of AFTERTHOUGHT.

2) I’ll ask him ‘when he \ calls.

There’s no pause before the second part and the whole sentence is said as ONE IDEA.

Rise-Fall (short words)

[ lɔts ]

/\ Six. /\Yes. /\ Lots. Gold. Mine. New. None. Where? How? Thanks! Right!

Rise-Fall (more /longer words)

/\ Won derful play. /\ All of them were. /\ Na turally. /\ Com fortably. /\ You can explain.

/\ Tal ler than you. /\ Bet ter than that. /\ Ob viously. /\ Jack did it. /\ Loads of time.

Descending stepping scale: (жирно выделены слова или часть слова, на которых голос идет вниз)

[ 'ʤɔ:ʤ 'pleɪz 'futbɔ:l evrɪ 'sætədeɪ,α:ftə'nu:n ]

1. ‘George ‘plays ‘football every ‘Saturday after ’\noon.

2. ‘What ‘time does the ‘night-train for ‘\ Glasgow leave?

3. ‘How ‘far is it from ‘here to ‘\ London?

4.’Why didn’t you ‘do as I sug ’\gested?

5. ‘Where did you ‘say you had ‘put my ‘\ glasses?

6. I’d ‘ like you to ‘ come im’mediately ‘ after \tea.

7. They ‘ watched him ‘ repairing the \water -pipes.

8. He ‘ promised to ‘ send a ‘ telegram ‘ on his ar\ rival.

9. What is the best thing to \ mend it with?

10. We ‘ shan’t be ‘ able to ‘ go there a ’ gain for a \ long time

Ascending stepping scale:

1. I /can’t find it \anywhere. [ aɪ 'kα:nt 'faɪndɪt 'enɪweə ]

2. That’s /just what I was going to \say.

3. /What shall I do to\day.

4.It’s /very wonderful in\deed.

5. /Are you very /busy just now?

Level tone.

Mid-level tone is the most characteristic.

1. He → said “I will come” [ hɪ 'sed aɪl 'kʌm ]

2. I→ don’t know.

3. I am ex→hausted.

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