The ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic of uzbekistan

 
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VII.
 
The Ascending Scandent Scale
is formed by an ascending series of syllables in 
which each stressed syllable is pronounced with a rise, while each of the unstressed 
syllables is pitched a little higher than the end of the preceding syllable.
 
 
 
 

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Why 
↗
haven’t you ar
↗
rived in 
ˋ
time?
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VIII.
A Level Scale 
is formed by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables pronounced 
on the same pitch level. The pitch level of the Level and Descending Stepping 
Scales is determined by that of the head which is the highest pitch point in them. 
Accordingly these scales may be: 
low, mid 
and
 high.
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What 
→
fine 
ˋ
weather we are 
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having to
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day! 
 

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High Level Scale

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'
Go and
'
do it as you are 
ˋ
told. 
˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ 
 
 
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High Descending Stepping Scale
I
'
don’t 
'
think she 
ˎ
knows. 
 
 
·
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Mid Descending Stepping Scale 
 
She will 
→
have to 
→
manage by her
ˎ
self. 
 
 
 
Low Level Scale 
 
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She 

never 

asked you to 
ˎ
go there. 
 
 

Low Descending Stepping Scale

 
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The High Level Scale is used in highly emotional speech. The Mid Level Scale is used 
in less emotional speech. The Low Level Scale is used to express a perfunctory note in the 
utterance. It also serves to show indifference, hostility and some other unpleasant 
emotions.
Phonetic drills
1)
Low Fall.
Read and try to follow the correct tone. 
Attitude: Conclusive, unanimated
Cue: 
'
What’s the `matter?
Responses: 
1. 
ˎ
Nothing. 2. I’m 
ˎ
busy. 3. I’m 
ˎ
bored. 4. I’m 
ˎ
tired. 5. It’s 
ˎ
raining again. 6. I’m 
ˎ
working. 7. Got 
ˎ
toothache. 8. Sore 
ˎ
throat. 9. 
ˎ
Headache. 10. I’m 
ˎ
worried. 11. I’m 
ˎ
miserable
12. My 
ˎ
foot’s hurting me.
Cue: 
So it was `your fault.
Responses:
1.
 
ˎ
Yes.
 
 2. I’m 
ˎ
sorry.

3. I 
ˎ
know.

4.

I

 a
ˎ
pologize.
 
5. I’m a
ˎ
fraid so. 6. 
ˎ
Sorry.

7.

I
don’t de
ˎ
ny it.
2)
High Wide Fall.
Read and try to follow the correct tone. 
Attitude: Conclusive, animated 
Cue: 
I’m `going.

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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 
ˏ
with 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
3)
 
Low Rise 
`
Attitude: Perfunctory 
Cue: 
`Here
 
you
 
ˏ
are
.
Responses: 
1.
 
ˏ
Thanks.

2.
ˏ
Thank you.

3.
 
Many
 
ˏ
thanks.

4.
 
Thanks very
 
ˏ
much.
 
5. That’s 
ˏ
good of 
you. 6. That’s very 
ˏ
nice.
 
7.
 
ˏ
Kind of you.
 
8. What’s 
ˏ
that? 9.
 
ˏ
What’s that?
 
Cue
: 
I’ve `done my 
ˏ
homework.
Responses:
 1.
ˏ
Good. 2.
ˏ
Fine. 3.
ˏ
Right. 4. O
ˏ
K. 5. Well
ˏ
done. 6.
ˏ
Have you? 7. 
ˏ
Really? 8.
ˏ
Splendid. 9. Good for 
ˏ
you. 10. I 
ˏ
see. 11. In
ˏ
deed. 12. That’s the 
ˏ
way. 
Cue
: 
You 
'
really think you’ll 
ˏ
get it?

Responses:
 
1.
ˏ
Yes. 2. I
ˏ
do. 3.
 
I
ˏ
think I will. 4. I
ˏ
think so.

5. I be
ˏ
lieve so. 6. 
 
I i
ˏ
magine so. 7. 
I
ˏ
hope so. 8. Why
ˏ
not? 9. So it
ˏ
seems.
 
10.
ˏ
Probably.
 
11. It’s
quite
ˏ
likely.

12. Perfectly 
ˏ
possible.
 
4)
 
High Narrow Rise 
Attitude: Lively, most usually associated with interrogative expressions.
Cue: 
I’m `going. 
Responses: 
1. Oh 
ˊ
really? 2.
 
ˊ
Are you? 3.
 
ˊ
Now? 4.
 
ˊ
Going? 5.
 
ˊ
Must you? 6. At 
ˊ
once? 7. 
A
ˊ
lone? 8. In the 
ˊ
car? 9. You 
ˊ
have to? 10. Al
ˊ
ready? 11. All 
ˊ
right? 12. 
ˊ
Can you? 
 
5)
 
Fall Rise 
Attitude: Polite correction. 
Cue: 
Are you 
ˊ
French? 
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 
ˊ
finished? 
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. 
 
6)
 
Rise Fall 
Attitude: Impressed. 
Cue: 
`
Someone’ll have to 
ˏ
do 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 
ˏ
tired of sitting there with earphones on! 

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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.
 
7)
 
Level Tones 
Attitude: Hesitant, uncertain. 
Cue: 
`
Hurry 
ˏ
up! 
Responses:
 1. 
'
All 

right. 2. 
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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. 
 
 
8)
 
Descending Stepping Scale 
1.
 
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 
ˏ
rude? 4. What a 
'
pity we didn’t 
'
ring him 
ˎ
yesterday. 5. 
'
Send me a 
'
line when you 
ˏ
get there.
9)
 
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 
ˏ
bothering you? 5. 
Would you 
'
have 
'
time to ↑ come and 
'
have
ˏ
dinner with me? 6. 
'
Which of
'
Shakespeare’s 
'
plays do you ↑ 
like 
ˎ
best? 
10)
 
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. 
11)
Descending Scandent Scale
1.
 
D’you

always

sing as

flat as 
ˏ
that? 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.
12)
 
Ascending Stepping Scale 
1.
ˏ
Why can’t you be 
'
more `reasonable? 2.
ˏ
Have you 
'
bought the ΄book? 
 
3.
ˏ
May I 
'
give you a 
'
lift in 
my `car? 4. But I 
ˏ
told him my`self. 5.
ˏ
Shouldn’t the
'
doors be 
'
double `locked?