Special education of the republic of uzbekistan

Intonation of Enumeration

Model : I’ve 'visited the 'British Muˏseum, | the ^→National ˏGallery | and the ˎTate.

If a sentence contains enumeration, all non-final intonation-groups are usually pronounced with the Low Rise, each being a bit lower than the preceding one. The final intonation-group is pronounced with the Low Fall if the choice of enumeration is exhausted.

Exercise

1. 
   Read the following sentences. Write them down. Observe the intonation of enumeration. Make up tonograms.
   

1. Mary has laid the table in the usual way, and has put the right number of knives, forks, spoons and glasses for each person. 2. I get out of bed, put on my dressing-gown and slippers and go into the bathroom. 3. 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 scents and a powder - box. 4. One of the people in the picture is buying stamps, another is registering a letter, the third is writing out a fax. 5. It was the first night of “Arms and the Man”, a play which had an enthusiastic reception from a crowded house. 6. When the curtain fell at the end of the last act there was tremendous applause, accompanied by insistent calls for the author to appear. 7. One man in the gallery, however, kept up a string of catcalls and whistling, thus expressing his disapproval.