Phonetic drills
Low Fall. Read and try to follow the correct tone.
Attitude: Conclusive, unanimated
Cue: 'What’s the `matter?
Responses: 1. ˎNothing. 2. I’m ˎbusy. 3. I’m ˎbored. 4. I’m ˎtired. 5. It’s ˎraining again. 6. I’m ˎworking. 7. Got ˎtoothache. 8. Sore ˎthroat. 9. ˎHeadache. 10. I’m ˎworried. 11. I’m ˎmiserable 12. My ˎ foot’s hurting me.
Cue: So it was `your fault.
Responses: 1. ˎYes. 2. I’m ˎsorry. 3. I ˎknow. 4. I aˎ pologize. 5. I’m aˎ fraid so. 6. ˎSorry. 7. I
don’t deˎny it.
High Wide Fall. Read and try to follow the correct tone.
Attitude: Conclusive, animated
Cue: I’m `going.
Responses: 1. `Where? 2. `Why? 3. `When? 4. `Where to? 5. What `for? 6. How `soon? 7. `Stop 8. Come `back 9. `Why are you going? 10. `Surely not.
Cue: 'Are you 'coming ˏwith us?
Responses: 1. I `can’t. 2. I’d `love to. 3. `No 4. No `time. 5. They won’t `let me 6. I don’t `want to. 7. Im`possible 8 . We `can’t. I’m afraid. 9. Can’t get a`way 10. We’re too `busy
Low Rise
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Attitude: Perfunctory
Cue: `Here you ˏare.
Responses: 1. ˏThanks. 2. ˏThank you. 3. Many ˏthanks. 4. Thanks very ˏmuch. 5. That’s ˏgood of you. 6. That’s very ˏnice. 7. ˏKind of you. 8. What’s ˏthat? 9. ˏWhat’s that?
Cue: I’ve `done my ˏhomework.
Responses: 1. ˏGood. 2. ˏFine. 3. ˏRight. 4. OˏK. 5. Wellˏdone. 6. ˏHave you? 7. ˏReally? 8. ˏSplendid. 9. Good for ˏyou. 10. I ˏsee. 11. Inˏdeed. 12. That’s the ˏway.
Cue: You 'really think you’ll ˏget it?
Responses: 1. ˏYes. 2. Iˏdo. 3. Iˏthink I will. 4. Iˏthink so. 5. I beˏlieve so. 6. I iˏmagine so. 7. Iˏhope so. 8. Whyˏnot? 9. So itˏseems. 10.ˏProbably. 11. It’s quiteˏlikely. 12. Perfectly ˏpossible.
High Narrow Rise
Attitude: Lively, most usually associated with interrogative expressions.
Cue: I’m `going.
Responses: 1. Oh ˊreally? 2. ˊAre you? 3. ˊNow? 4. ˊGoing? 5. ˊMust you? 6. At ˊonce? 7. Aˊlone? 8. In the ˊcar? 9. You ˊhave to? 10. Alˊready? 11. All ˊright? 12. ˊCan you?
Fall Rise
Attitude: Polite correction.
Cue: Are you ˊFrench?
Responses: 1. ˇBritish. 2. ˇEnglish. 3. ˇScottish. 4. Norˇwegian. 5. ˇDanish. 6. ˇSwedish. 7. Iˇtalian. 8. ˇGerman. 9. ˇSpanish. 10. Aˇmerican. 11. ˇDutch. 12. ˇSwiss.
Cue: Is it ˊfinished?
Responses: 1. ˇAlmost. 2. ˇNearly. 3. ˇPractically. 4. ˇLargely. 5. ˇPartly. 6. ˇScarcely. 7. ˇHardly. 8. ˇBarely. 9. ˇRelatively. 10. Comˇparatively. 11. Just aˇbout. 12. More or ˇless.
Cue: That’s `wrong.
Responses: 1. It ˇisn’t. 2. It’s ˇnot. 3. It’s ˇnot, you know. 4. It ˇshouldn’t be. 5. ˇI don’t think so. 6. ˇSome of it’s right. 7. ˇYou may think so. 8. That’s what ˇyou think, mister cleversticks. 9. You might have ˇtold me. 10. It’s no use saying ˇnow.
Rise Fall
Attitude: Impressed.
Cue: `Someone’ll have to ˏdo them.
Responses: 1. ˆWho? 2. ˆHow? 3. ˆWhere? 4. ˆWhen? 5. ˆWhy? 6. ˆWhat? 7. ˆWill they? 8. ˆWhich of them? 9. ˆWhich of us? 10. Do ˆwhat? 11. ˆReally? 12. ˆOh?
Cue: 'Don’t you get ˏtired of sitting there with earphones on!
Responses: 1. A ˆstupid question. 2. Of ˆcourse we do. 3. ˆNaturally. 4. ˆObviously. 5. ˆPointless question. 6. ˆAnyone would. 7. What d’you exˆpect? 8. You ˆtry it. 9. Try it yourˆself. 10. ˆAnybody would.
Level Tones
Attitude: Hesitant, uncertain.
Cue: `Hurry ˏup!
Responses: 1. 'All right. 2. Coming. 3. I’m coming. 4. 'No hurry. 5. 'Take it easy. 6. 'Right you are. 7. 'Very well. 8. 'O kay. 9. 'Shan’t be long. 10. Just a second. 11. Just a minute.
Descending Stepping Scale
I 'haven’t 'seen you for `years. 2. I 'haven’t had 'time to 'read their re`port. I’ve
been 'up to my 'eyes in `work. 3. 'Have you 'any i'dea why he was so ˏrude? 4. What a 'pity we didn’t 'ring him ˎyesterday. 5. 'Send me a 'line when you ˏget there.
Upbroken Descending Stepping Scale
1. 'How do you 'like being in the ↑ new `house? 2. I was 'held 'up at the ↑ last `moment. 3. 'Don’t for'get to 'let me 'know ↑ how you get ˇon. 4. 'Are you 'quite 'sure I’m ↑ not ˏbothering you? 5. Would you 'have 'time to ↑ come and 'haveˏdinner with me? 6. 'Which of 'Shakespeare’s 'plays do you ↑ like ˎbest?
Descending Sliding Scale
1. He’s sorry to be so ˇlate. ( He was delayed at the office. ) 2. Well, be careful when you cross the main ˇroad. 3. I’ve never heard anything so riˇdiculous. 4. That isn’t the best way to `do it. 5. I wish you’d told me ˇearlier.
Descending Scandent Scale
D’you always sing as flat as ˏthat? 2. When d’you want me to `start?
3. You mustn’t think she’s told me `everything. 4. I hope we haven’t kept you `waiting. 5. You can’t go to the party dressed like `that.
Ascending Stepping Scale
1.ˏWhy can’t you be 'more `reasonable? 2.ˏHave you 'bought the ΄book? 3.ˏMay I 'give you a 'lift in my `car? 4. But I ˏtold him my`self. 5.ˏShouldn’t the 'doors be 'double `locked?
Level Scale
1.→What are you → going to ˎdo about it? 2. →Don’t →blame me if you →get into `trouble then. 3. →You →mustn’t →take it to ˏheart. 4. Just →who do you →think you are ˏtalking to? 5. →Wouldn’t it be →better to →wait till it’s ˏcold?
Questions for Discussion
The Low Fall. Explain and illustrate with your own example.
The High Fall. Explain and illustrate with your own example.
The Low Rise. Explain and illustrate with your own example.
The High Rise. Explain and illustrate with your own example.
The High Narrow Rise. Explain and illustrate your own example.
The High Wide Rise. Explain and illustrate your own example.
The Rise Fall. Explain and illustrate with your own example.
The Fall Rise. Explain and illustrate with your own example.
The Low Level Tone. Explain and illustrate with your own example using:
the Descending Stepping Scale.
the Upbroken Descending Scale.
the Descending Sliding Scale.
the Descending Scandent Scale.
the Ascending Stepping Scale.
8. The Low Level Scale. Give examples.
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