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2. Read the verbal context. Reply by using the drill sentences below. Pronounce them with
Intonation Pattern III. Mark the stresses and tunes. Make up tonograms.
Verbal context
Drill
How many English books have you got?
A few.
Do you get up early in the morning?
As a rule.
Thank you very much.
You’re welcome.
It was nothing.
I’ll finish it by Sunday.
By what day?
She has some palatalization of the sound
[m] in the word “milk”?
Has she?
Something has gone wrong with my electric
iron. Can you put it right?
Of course!
Ann, please, bring some more milk from
the kitchen.
Right!
He is seriously ill.
Pity.
I can’t see it from behind you.
Pardon.
Hello, Jane.
Hello!
3. Read the following sentences. Observe quick pronunciation of unstressed syllables.
Mark the stresses and make up tonograms.
I didn’t believe it was true.
I’m perfectly certain you are right.
I didn’t think it was true.
I’m almost certain you are right.
I don’t think it was true.
I’m quite certain you are right.
What a sensible piece of advice.
He’s the happiest man in the world.
What a useful piece of advice.
He’s the nicest man in the world.
What a wise piece of advice.
He’s the best man in the world.
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