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

1.
 
In statements,
conveying personal concern, involvement, disgruntled protest. 
 
e.g. Haven’t you brought the carp? 
You
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didn’t `ask me 
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to.
 
2.
 
In questions:
a)
in special questions
, sounding unpleasantly surprised or displeased, protesting.
 
e.g. Send them at once.

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Where `to? 
b) 
in general questions
, protesting, sometimes impatient. 
 
e.g. Thursday’s a hopeless day for me.
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Can’t we 
'
make it a `Friday, 
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then?
 
3.
 
In imperatives,
lively, with a note of critical surprise. 
 
e.g. What shall I do? 
 
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Try it `again.
 
4.
 
In exclamations
, conveying affronted surprise, protesting. 
 
e.g. John is coming. 
 What an ex
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traordinary `thing. 
 
Exercise 
 
1. Read carefully the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on 
the intonation of the replies: 
Verbal Context 
 
 
 
 
 
Drill 
S t a t e m e n t s (conveying personal concern or
involvement, disgruntled protest)
 
What did you think of this house? 
I was rather taken with it. It seems quite nice 
He says he knows nothing about it. 
I just can’t understand it. I distinctly 
remember telling him. 
I’m afraid I failed my exam. 
I’m not at all surprised. You must try working 
a bit harder. 
You ought to have informed me at once. 
I didn’t realize it was so important. 
S p e c i a l q u e s t i o n s (sounding displeased,
unpleasantly surprised, protesting) 
What’s that you say?
Why don’t you listen? 
You can easily mend it. 
What do you mean, easily? 
Which one shall I have? 
Which would you prefer?
I shall write to him again. 
Whatever do you hope to gain by that? 

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G e n e r a l q u e s t i o n s (protesting, impatient) 
I’m terribly hard up!
Aren’t we all? 
I’m quite booked up next week. 
Will the week after suit you better? 
I can’t meet you this Tuesday. 
Shall we leave it till next week? 
I m p e r a t i v e s (lively, with a note of
critical surprise) 
What on earth shall I do? 
Try it again. You’ve no alternative. 
What should I tell him? 
Tell him exactly what you think. 
I’ve lost your invitation. 
Well write and ask them to send you another one 
E x c l a m a t i o n s (conveying affronted
surprise, protesting) 
I told him what I thought of him. 
Good for you! 
She says she’s twenty-nine.
Absolute nonsense! 
Look. It works. 
So it does. How very odd! 
You’re a bit grumpy today.
Not in the least! 
2. Practise the dialogue (“Guessing Game”). Write it down. Define the intonation pattern 
of each sentence and the attitude expressed by it.
A.: And the next object is vegetable. 
B.: Does one eat it?
A.: Yes. 
B.: Do you eat it?
A.: Yes. 
B.: Do you eat it at breakfast? 
A.: No. 
B.: Do you eat it at dinner time?
A.: No. 
B.: Well then at tea time. 
A.: Yes. 
B.: Is it a raw vegetable?
A.: Yes. 
B.: Is it nice?
A.: Very nice. 
B.: Did we have some for tea today?
A.: Yes.