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Can't you?

Won't it be done?

May I?

Are you the one?

This time?

What did you say?

Doesn't it?

Wil she be there?

Are we to?

Which did he take?

Haven't they?

Wil you wait?

Wil it do?

Were you in time?

Can I start?

Can she do this?

Is it brown?

Couldn't she stay?

Were they mixed?

Is it all here?

Are they as good?

Did John like it?

Wil they be there?

Have you seen it?

Were they enough?

Is it wanted?

Wil they b e ?

Is that the man who sent you tickets?

Hasn't John given Mary the paper?

Can you tell me the shortest way to the station?

Aren't you going to take the children to school?

Are you quite sure I'm not bothering you?

3. This exercise is meant to review Intonation Patterns I, III, IX, XII. Read the following sentences with the Low Fall, making your voice fall

from a medium to a very low pitch; with the High Fall, making your voice fall from a high to a very low pitch; with the Low Rise, making your voice

rise from a low to a medium pitch; with the High Rise, making your voice rise from a medium to a high pitch. Use them in conversational situations.

Observe the difference in attitudes.

I can admit her.

How can you accept this I do mean that. answer?

He's a decent fellow.

Refuse it.

He thought so.

Be frank with us. Who can resist it?

4. This exercise is meant to develop your ability to hear and reproduce intonation in proper speech situations. Listen to the following dialogue.

Write it down. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise the dialogue. Find sentences with the High Fall and the High Rise. Observe the attitudes they

convey. Record your reading. Play the recording back immediately for your teacher and fellow-students to detect the errors in your pronunciation.

Practise reading each sentence of your corrected variant after the cassette-recorder. Practise reading the dia logue with a fellow-student. Make up a

conversation with a fellow-student using any phrases from the dialogue. See that your Russian pronunciation habits do not interfere.

A Letter of Introduction

S h o r t : Mr. Wills?

W i l l s : Yes.

S h o r t : My name's Short, from Malaya. J. R. Smith told me to come and see you. I believe he's written to you.

W i l l s : Yes, I heard from him— when was it? About a month ago, I suppose. He said you'd be coming along, but he didn't say

when. Have you just arrived?

S h o r t : On Monday. I rang you up yesterday, but there wasn't anyone who knew when you'd be in. I had to be passing this morn -

ing in any case, so I thought I'd look in and ask if there was any chance of finding you.

W i l l s : Well now, I'd love to have a chat with you, but it's a bit awkward this morning. The trouble is, I've got a man coming to see

me in a few minutes, and I don't know just how long the business'll take. Otherwise I ' d have suggested you having lunch with me. But

I just don't know when I shall be free.

S h o r t : Oh please don't bother. I hate to worry you, but if you could spare me a little time some other day...

W i l l s : Well, what could we do, I wonder. Are you staying in town for the moment?