Make up alternative questions using the following sentences

Model: She is twenty. She is twenty-five.

àIs she _/twenty | or 'twenty-_\five?

1. He lives in a new house. He lives in an old house. 2. Your children have milk in the morning. Your children have coffee in the morning. 3. He will have black coffee. He will have white coffee. 4. They spend Sundays in town. They spend Sundays in the country. 5. It is warm today. It is cold today. 6. She will go to the Caucasus next summer. She will go to the Crimea next summer. 7. Your friend speaks English. Your friend speaks Spanish. 8. Her nephew lives in Moscow. Her nephew lives in St. Petersburg.

10. Translate the following sentences:

1. Ваш друг живет в общежитии или с родителями? 2. Он уехал в Санкт-Петербург или в Киев? 3. Он занимается в гимнастическом зале или ходит на стадион? 4. Вы делали доклад в понедельник или во вторник? 5. Вы обедаете в столовой или дома? 6. Вы готовите свои домашние задания дома или в библиотеке? 7. Вы принимаете ванну вечером или утром? 8. Вы предпочитаете теплый или холодный душ? 9. Вы вчера ходили в театр или в кино? 10. У вас уходит полчаса или четверть часа на то, чтобы добраться до института? 11. Какой предмет вы больше любите, физику или математику? 12. Вы будете пить чай или кофе, миссис Браун? 13. Вы будете пить черный кофе или кофе с молоком?

Make up a dialogue using alternative questions. See that your Russian pronunciation habits do not interfere.

Disjunctive questions

Disjunctive questions consist of two intonation-groups. The sequence of tones in disjunctive questions depends on the attitude of the speaker towards the significance of the utterance.

The first intonation-group has generally the low-falling nuclear tone. The low-rising nuclear tone of the final intonation-group, or tag, shows that the speaker is not certain of the facts expressed in the first part of the question. An answer is expected.

e. g. I rang you up yesterday. You were à meeting your _\wife, | _/weren't you? -Yes, I was.

The low-falling nuclear tone of the tag shows that the speaker is certain of the facts expressed in the first part of the question. No answer is expected.

e. g. I saw you at the station. You were à meeting your _\wife, | _\weren't you? She looked so young and happy.

Exercises

12. a) Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the replies:

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