I. Intonation Pattern V

(Low pre-head +) (descending head +) mid-level (+ tail)

Stress-and-tone marks in the text: Mid-Level Tone: | > |.

The mid-level tone in the nucleus is pronounced on the medium level with any following tail syllables on the same level.

This intonation pattern is usually used in non-final intonation-groups expressing non-finality without any impression of expectancy.

Exercises

1. a)* Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the non-final intonation-groups of the reply:

B) Listen carefully to the replies and repeat them in the intervals. Pronounce the nucleus and the tail of the non-final intonation-group on the same medium level of your voice. c) Listen to the verbal context and reply in the interval.

In order to fix Intonation Pattern V in your mind, ear and speech habits repeat the replies yourself until they sound perfectly natural to you.

Listen to a fellow-student reading the replies. Tell him what his errors in intonation are.

4. Your teacher will suggest a verbal context. You in turn respond to it by using mid-level nuclear tone in the non-final intonation-groups:

Pronounce the drill sentences with the low-rising tone in the non-final intonation-groups.

II. Sequence of Tones

The Simple Sentence. Intonation of Adverbials.

Simple, sentences with adverbial phrases at the beginning are usually divided into two intonation-groups.

The non-final intonation-group is usually pronounced with the low-rising or mid-level tone.

е. g. At à two o'_/clock | we shall have _\dinner.

At à two o' > clock | we shall have _\dinner.

Adverbial phrases at the end of sentences do not form separate intonation-groups, as a rule, and often remain unstressed.

e. g. We are à going _\out tonight.

Exercises

6. Listen carefully to the following sentences, repeat them in the intervals. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the adverbials. Observe the sequence of tones. Repeat the sentences in the intervals:

1. In the dining-room we have our meals. 2. On the sideboard the Browns usually have a bowl of fruit. 3. In front of the host there's a carving-knife and a fork. 4. On the left of each person is a table-napkin and a plate with a roll on it. 5. Next to the piano is a tall bookcase standing against the window. 6. On the left is a large window. 7. Under the window there's a radiator. 8. On the settee there are two cushions. 9. On the ground floor there's the dining-room, the lounge or sitting-room, the kitchen and the hall. 10. In the hall we see a stand for hats, coats and umbrellas. 11. On this floor there are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory. 12. On the top of the roof there are three chimneys. 13. In front of the house we have a small garden. 14. At the back of the house there's a much larger garden with a lawn and some fruit-trees. 15. At the side of the house is a garage where I keep my car. 16. On the dressing table, in front of the looking-glass, you'll see a hair-brush and a comb, a hand-mirror, a bottle of scent and a powder-box. 17. In the wardrobe I keep my suits and other clothes, which I hang on coat hangers. 18. On each side of the fireplace there's an armchair. 19. In the centre of the mantelpiece there's a clock and above it an oval mirror. 20. On the right you can see a standard lamp. 21. By the table there's a small chair. 22. On the extreme right there's a radio-set. 23. After this there'll be fish, meat or poultry with vegetables, then a sweet and perhaps cheese and biscuits to finish with. 24. Once or twice a week we go to a theatre or to the pictures. 25. A few minutes later we hear a ring at the door. 26. At night when I feel tired and sleepy I go up to my bedroom and switch on the electric light. 27. After a few minutes I fall asleep. 28. Punctually at seven thirty in the morning, the alarm-clock rings and wakes me up.

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