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1) Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your attention on
the intonation of the replies. Say what meaning is rendered by them.
High Rise (+Tail)
1. It’s snowing. – Much?
2. I’ve just seen the Edwards girl. – Joan Edwards?
3. Can I borrow some matches? – Matches? (By all means.)
4. I’ve got to go to Leeds. – You’ve got to go?
5. That was Arthur Thompson. – What was his name? (I didn’t quite catch it.)
6. Where are you staying? – Where? (At the Grand.)
7. How did he find out? – How did he find out? (Through Max, I imagine.)
8. Can you make me one? – Make you one? (With pleasure.)
9. Wasn’t it stupid! – Was it so stupid, I wonder?
10. What lovely cherries! – Want some?
11. I like Barbara. – Do you?
12. But me a couple. – Buy you a couple? (Certainly.)
Low Pre-Head + High Rise (+Tail)
13. Pass me the paper. – The Times, d’you mean?
14. Has Michael arrived yet? – You were expected him?
15. I shall send it off tomorrow afternoon. – Tomorrow afternoon?
16. It’s four hundred feet tall. – It’s how tall?
17. I told him about your success. – About my what?
18. Would you like one? – Would I like one? (I’d love one.)
19. How d’you like my song? – D’you always sing as flat as that?
20. Take them away. – Take both of them away?
21. Fantastic! – Fantastic? (What’s fantastic about it?)
(Low Pre-Head+) High Head + High Rise (+Tail)
22. Why not ask Jennie? – You think she might agree?
23. It isn’t fair. – Not fair? (Why not?)
24. I’d like two dozen. – Two dozen, sir? (Certainly.)
25. How many children has he got? – How many? (Six, I believe.)
26. What would you recommend? – What would I recommend? (The steak, I think.)
27. I waited there two solid hours. – You waited there how long?
28. Won’t your wife be rather cross? – Won’t she be cross with me, d’you mean?
29. Anybody want a lift? – Are you going near Charing Cross, by any chance?
30. Tell me the time, please. – Tell you the time? (Ten past six.)
31. Leave the key with Mrs. Atkins. – Leave it with Mrs. Joyce Atkins?
32. The silly young fool! – Silly young fool? (Who? John?)
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