Speech Exercises

Ex. 1 Compare the position of the nuclear stress in the utterances:

1 Fancy you being interested. - Yes, I’m sure you’ll be interested.

2 Harry, being ill is a reason. – This is no serious reason.

3 You know, Nora, I had better get back to bed. – Then you had better stay in bed.

4 You know what I have got to say to you. - Do you happen to know what he said?

5 My goodness, you have been working hard. - Well, I don’t know. What are you doing?

Ex. 2 Choose an appropriate context for the following utterances:

1 It’s my final exam tomorrow.

It’s my final e xam tomorrow.

2 Then why don’t you ask his sister about it?

Then why don’t you ask his sister about it?

3 It’s less then three week.

Less than three weeks I think.

4 Now you can start reading.

Now you can start reading.

5 I haven’t read this re port, you know.

I haven’t read this report, you know.

6 Why didn’t George do the same?

Why didn’t George do the same?

Prompts:

1) Why don’t you want to join us?

As far as I know you are taking your first exam tomorrow.

2) I don’t know Peter’s address.

His sister knows everything about it.

3) How long is it before holidays?

It’s only three weeks to Christmas.

4) We’ve finished to write the exercise.

John has already finished the extract.

5) Why don’t you say anything about the work of the committee?

What have the committee included into the report?

6) I don’t feel like going there now.

When do I have to go?

Reading

Read this emotional conversation. Decide how you can best express the appropriate feelings.

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Ex. 2 Provide an appropriate context for each utterance using prompts.	\|	An extract from «Five green bottles» by Ray Jenkings.

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