PROSODY EXERCISES

1. Say the following sentences, imagining you are talking about the balcony.
to the balcony with the neighbor. One must pronounce very well and project the voice, without
need to scream.

How are you? Make me a coffee.

Do you have salt? Two quarters.
Would you like to go to the movies? My name is Antonio.

Good morning, what time is it?

Good afternoon, why aren't you coming?
Good evening, where do you live?

I don't have any milk left. When is your anniversary?

Who are you coming to the party with? I bought myself a t-shirt.
What time have we agreed on? I like summer.
Are we going to the beach? Buy me a loaf of bread.

2. Say the same sentence with different intonations.

La primera frase será declarativa (sólo informa), la segunda será interrogativa

(question) and the third will be exclamatory (surprise).

Enrique is not here.

Isn't Enrique here?
Enrique is not here!

There is no rice pudding left.

Is there no rice pudding left?
There is no rice pudding left!

Your son is smarter.

Is your child smarter?
Your son is smarter!

We are going on vacation to the beach.

Are we going on vacation to the beach?
We're going on vacation to the beach!

Hail is falling in your father's village.

Is it hailing in your father's town?
-It's hailing in your father's town!

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He is watching her from the balcony of Pablo's house.
Are you watching her from the balcony of Pablo's house?
-She is watching it from Pablo's house balcony!

In the garden, I have planted a rose bush.

Have I planted a rosebush in the garden?
I have planted a rose bush in the garden!

I got a good grade on the exam.

Did I get a notable grade on the exam?
I got a good grade on the exam!

Tomorrow is my niece's birthday.

Is tomorrow my niece's birthday?
- Tomorrow is my niece's birthday!

3. Pronounce the following phrases with different moods:

Happy

I won the lottery!

Today is my birthday!
-Look what I have been given!
What a delicious cake!
I'm going on a trip!
I passed the exam!
Finally, the holidays!
You're going to have a baby!
It's great that you came!
What great news!

Angry

How many times do I have to say it?

-Sit down!
Come here, right now!
I can't take it anymore!
Go to sleep right now!
Stay still for once!
I don't want any more lies!
Shut up already!
I can't believe it!
What a lack of tact!

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Frightened

What a scare I got!

It can't be!
What do you mean?
Where has he gone?
Who is there?
What did the doctor tell you?
What has happened?
Who told you that?
What noise is that?
What happened to you?
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Bored

I have been waiting for 2 hours.

What time does it end?
They don't put anything on television.
He/She always tells the same story.
What a boring book!
How slowly time passes!
This conference is very boring.
-Ugh! How annoying!
Is it going to take long?

Can't you go faster?

Suspicion

I'm afraid it's not going that way!

I don't like this guy at all.
If I were you, I wouldn't go.
I don't trust that guy at all.
It gives me a bad feeling.
Look carefully at the contract before signing.
Are you sure it's like that?
I don't think it's as she explains it.
The result may not be as expected.
I don't think it's as he tells it.

4. Repeat the following proverbs, with their characteristic melody.

Not because you wake up early, dawn arrives sooner.

A bird in the hand is worth more than a hundred flying.
Barking dog, little biter.
He who leans against a good tree is sheltered by good shade.
When you see your neighbor's beard being cut, soak yours.
He who covers a lot, grips little.
Tell me who you walk with and I will tell you who you are.
God helps those who wake up early.
Every teacher has their own lesson plan.
Even if the monkey dresses in silk, it will remain a monkey.

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5. Repeat the multiplication tables, with their characteristic melody.

-1x1=1 (one by one is one)

Negative one times two equals two (one times two is two)

-1x3=3...

6. Sing the following numbers like the Christmas lottery

12,361 euros 43.986 euros 23.867 euros

45.689 euros 45.986 euros 21.954 euros
32.098 euros 36.457 euros 98.764 euros
40.765 euros 74.231 euros 15.867 euros
12.365 euros 43.765 euros 52.987 euros
98.564 euros 28,546 euros 17.984 euros

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INTONATION EXERCISES

Affirmative sentences with two phonetic groups.

Gray stone hills extend over the wide

bacchanals. The bells of the high and sturdy tower drop over the
dead town its vibrations.

The elder has lifted his gaze and placed it on the image of the
Virgin. She has rested her elbow on the arm of the chair |and has leaned on
the hand the head.

The elderly man stands up and goes to kneel before the image.
The little door opens and another gentleman appears in the doorway.

The courtiers laugh out loud if the lord smiles, and pretend to sob.
if he is slightly sad. Everyone has their obligations|and each
which boasts about its rights.

Some have the right to cover themselves | and others do not have the right to be
cutlery. The old man has left the room and has gone out to the garden.

From the top of the mountain, a slight bulge descends.

green-covered hillside. From the distant mountain range one would say that it has
unnerved a powerful mass.

From the highest point of the city|some are stepping down

green bushes until they join with the neighboring gardens. In the
monotony of the old cities|this certainty of being able to
Leaving immediately makes us prolong our stay.

From opposite points in Segovia|the four elderly black women and

the pajamas are slowly advancing. The night descends slowly
about the shepherds' huts|and about the palaces of the
gentlemen.

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Crowds of visitors and servers extend and move around
corridors and rooms. The long series of vast rooms has gone
retaining visitors.

The elderly man with white beards is sitting at a table. Books and
papers|are piled on the table.|A silver bell
It shines on the red carpet.

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Exclamatory sentences

!Hit!- was all his comment.

I hope it wasn't tonight!

What a tiny bird that is!

Look who's coming down the sidewalk!

Burn the blood!

I am so sorry for this incident!

What projects! What horizons of pink color!

Who would send me to come here!

How far I see those golden hours!

What a bore you are!

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EXPRESSIVE READING

The shepherd boy He is eight years old. When I found out that she was getting up at five.
in the morning , to make a journey of many leagues , for lands of
wolves between heather and oaks , it seemed impossible Around twelve o'clock
the morning or something later , I was returning During that time , I was going to
replace or help the father who has the livestock I spent the entire day.

Sometimes slowly , the hand

he could be seen returning along the path of the Umbría
clinging to the strap of the satchel The shepherd boy he is thoughtful , rather
silent He/She goes to school. , when there are no more urgent things to do .
In the autumn , when the rains are frequent the little shepherd arrives
wet the long strands of her black hair stuck to her forehead No
seems to be cold , not hot but you did , I'm not hungry It is a different creature. ,
distant.

Many times , at dusk, The children and I were going to tell stories.
While the weather was nice we sat under the sky , when
the first stars were starting . When the cold arrives , inside the house , to
heat of the fire . The young shepherd approached softly. , with their footsteps
without noise I was listening to the stories , but I didn't participate so to speak ,
of them Almost always , a slight smile surprised them , half ironic,
somewhat skeptical.

Don't you like stories?

He shrugged his shoulders slightly. , and sometimes , a brief smile ,

dimmed like a simmering heat , it came out of her lips It was the same as if he was
asked :

Aren't you afraid to go alone? , so early so dark , by the

mountains?

I never knew for sure if he liked stories. , I was afraid One day ,
I asked the teacher. he was a studious or intelligent boy .

It's been so long! -said He/She never knows what he/she thinks. But of course
does not feel interest He is not foolish. , but does not feel interest in anything.

More than once I was curious to know what world inhabited inside
from that small head brunette inside those big eyes
blacks The heart of a child it is always mysterious but none ,
like that of the shepherd boy The shepherd boy , has no interest in games ,

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for the stories , for the studies. He doesn't ask, like the other children from
town :

How is the beach? , Black until the whites

, what is a black person like?
from the eyes and the nails , and the teeth? ,

But, I know that the shepherd boy I could tell you an endless number of things. .
Because he often stays thoughtful , biting his lower lip of
a peculiar way hands in pockets , the lost gaze Sometimes ,
I lifted my head , and hears something Something that is the wind , the rumor of
the leaves , or an echo of voices that only he understands .

An echo that comes and goes among the trunks of the beech trees in the river of
ravine , and the cries of those nameless birds that fly darkly
about his close boyish head, when the sky begins to
to turn golden Something like an ancient and mysterious conversation , that there would have been
stage alone with nature , and I wouldn't want it to be interrupted by others
voices , other words that do not interest or discover him , still, a
better world.

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EXPRESSIVE READING

I was going to school I was cold The teacher I was lighting the stove no
I was heating the venue. I was throwing orange peels on the lid. , that
they released the smell of burnt confectionery when they were starting to roast . She
I was in the front rows by the large window. , through which he entered
the silvery light of the winter day. The hands I had them full of
chilblains , flushed to the bruising.

Face , hanging on the wall the map of Spain was shining The blackboard
had beetle-like reflections He was staring intensely at the board. , it was arriving at
to get dizzy The teacher I was thinking This girl does not eat well. He/She looked at her.
out of the corner of the eye Manuela He/she got distracted by anything. . I wanted to think deeply.
about the things that distracted her a stain of ink the reflections of the
blackboard the momentary bird on the windowsill.

Above all , it was cold The cold penetrated into her , that felt her urge of
the skin then a sudden shiver escaped her. Right away
it was beginning to fill up with cold again. It was so cold , that when
I went out to urinate , and I really wished I hadn't urinated. Urine it was a
heat reserve within the body . In the yard he was losing the cold while playing
the rope.

The school it was a ground floor , humid and disheveled The banks
they were made roughly and sit on them it was a martyrdom .
Many they had the legs made with the sticks of the signs
from the road and they still kept the red and white striped paint .
The girls and the boys they were seated distributed by benches , in the first
the girls , behind them the children The teacher was young, young and sad . Self
complained about the liver .

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