WRITTEN EXERCISES
IN THE FOLLOWING BITS OF CONVERSATION, YOU ARE SUPPLIED WITH
AN "OPENING LINE" AND A RESPONSE THAT YOU MUST IMAGINE SAYING.
YOU ARE GIVEN AN INDICATION IN BRACKETS OF THE FEELING OR
ATTITUDE EXPRESSED, AND YOU MUST MARK ON THE TEXT THE
INTONATION YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE (MARK ONLY THE RESPONSE).
AS USUAL IN INTONATION WORK, PUNCTUATION IS LEFT OUT, SINCE IT
CAN CAUSE CONFUSION.
EXAMPLE:
a) IT 'LOOKS 'NICE FOR A ITS RATHER ↘↗COLD (DOUBTFUL)
↘SWIM
b) 'WHY NOT 'GET A ↗CAR BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD IT
(IMPATIENT)
c) IVE .LOST MY ↘TICKET YOURE SILLY THEN (STATING THE
OBVIOUS)
d) YOU 'CANT 'HAVE AN 'ICE OH PLEASE (PLEADING)
↘CREAM
e) 'WHAT 'TIMES ARE THE SEVEN OCLOCK SEVEN THIRTY AND
↗BUSES EIGHT (LISTING)
f) SHE GOT 'FOUR ↘A-LEVELS FOUR (IMPRESSED)
g) 'HOW MUCH ↘WORK HAVE IVE GOT TO DO THE SHOPPING (AND
YOU .GOT TO-DO MORE THINGS AFTER THAT...)
h) 'WILL THE ↘↗CHILDREN - SOME OF THEM MIGHT (UNCERTAIN)
GO
IN THE FOLLOWING EXERCISE, READ THE "OPENING LINE" AND THEN
DECIDE ON THE MOST SUITABLE PLACE FOR TONIC STRESS PLACEMENT
(UNDERLINE THE SYLLABLE) IN THE RESPONSE.
EXAMPLE:
a) ID 'LIKE YOU TO ↘HELP ME (RIGHT) CAN I DO THE
SHOPPING FOR ↘YOU
b) I 'HEAR YOURE 'OFFERING TO 'DO (RIGHT) CAN I DO THE
THE ↘SHOPPING FOR SOMEONE SHOPPING FOR YOU
c) 'WHAT WAS THE 'FIRST' THING FIRST THE PROFESSOR
THAT ↘HAPPENED EXPLAINED HER THEORY
d) 'WAS THE 'THEORY EX'PLAINED BY (NO) FIRST THE PROFESSOR
THE ↗STUDENTS EXPLAINED HER THEORY
e) 'TELL ME 'HOW THE ↘THEORY FIRST SHE EXPLAINED HER
WAS PRE-SENTED THEORY
f) I 'THINK IT 'STARTS AT 'TEN TO (NO) TEN PAST THREE
↘THREE
g) I 'THINK IT 'STARTS AT 'QUARTER (NO) TEN PAST THREE
PAST ↘THREE
h) I 'THINK IT 'STARTS AT 'TEN PAST (NO) TEN PAST THREE
↘FOUR
THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ARE GIVEN WITHOUT PUNCTUATION.
UNDERLINE THE APPROPRIATE TONIC SYLLABLE PLACES AND MARK
TONE-UNIT BOUNDARIES WHERE YOU THINK THEY ARE MOST
APPROPRIATE.
EXAMPLE:
a) (HE WROTE THE LETTER IN A SAD WAY) HE WROTE THE LETTER
↘SADLY
b) (IT'S REGRETTABLE THAT HE WROTE THE LETTER) HE WROTE THE
LETTER SADLY
c) FOUR PLUS SIX DIVIDED BY TWO EQUALS FIVE
d) FOUR PLUS SIX DIVIDED BY TWO EQUALS SEVEN
e) WE BROKE ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER FELL DOWN
f) WE BROKE ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER THAT NIGHT
