Exercise 1. ¯ /Track 57/
Listen to the demonstration of the basic tones on one syllable.
Tone IH: High Rise | Tone II: High Fall |
Now. Ten. His. Deaf. Back. | Here. Whose. Both. Hush. Which. |
Tone IL: Low Rise | Tone III: Fall-Rise |
True. Fine. Was. Quite. Stop. | ˇSigh. Beg. Shout. Guess. Lift. |
Exercise 2. ¯ /Track 58/
Practise the basic nuclear tones on one syllable. Pay attention to the High and Low Level tones.
IH | LL | IL | II | HL | III |
High | High | High | High | >High | High |
Long | Long | Long | Long | >Long | Long |
Move | Move | Move | Move | >Move | Move |
Hope | Hope | Hope | Hope | >Hope | Hope |
Knock | Knock | Knock | Knock | >Knock | Knock |
Exercise 3. ¯ /Track 59/
Practise the High Rise, the Low Rise, the High Fall and the Fall-Rise on two syllables.
a) Nucleus +Tail
IH Always. May I. Have we. Can't you. This time
IL | II | III |
I did. | I did. | I did. |
They can. | They can. | They can. |
Try to. | Try to. | Try to. |
That side. | That side. | That side. |
This time. | This time. | This time. |
b) Prehead + Nucleus
IH Today. For me. In these. My aunt. You missed.
IL | II | III |
Ill see. | Ill see. | Ill see. |
They shall. | They shall. | They shall. |
You arent. | You arent. | You arent. |
Were wet. | Were wet. | Were wet. |
Hes rich. | Hes rich. | Hes rich. |
Exercise 4. ¯ /Track 60/
Practise the High Rise, the Low Rise, the High Fall and the Fall-Rise on three syllables.
a) Nucleus + Two-syllable Tail
IH Are we to. Will they be. Doesnt it. Havent they. Which is it.
IL | II | III |
Im in it. | Im in it. | Im in it. |
Borrow one. | Borrow one. | Borrow one. |
John took it. | John took it. | John took it. |
Wait for them. | Wait for them. | Wait for them. |
That was it. | That was it. | That was it. |
b) One-syllable Prehead + Nucleus + One-syllable Tail
IH Are they here. Is yours good. In London. The first one. Would this fit.
IL | II | III |
They may have. | They may have. | They may have. |
I shall be. | I shall be. | I shall be. |
He asked you. | He asked you. | Heasked you. |
Theres plenty. | Theres plenty. | Theres plenty. |
Its risky. | Its risky. | Its risky. |
c) Two-syllable Prehead + Nucleus
IH Will it do. Is it brown. Will you wait. Can I start. Were they mixed.
IL | II | III |
She could hear. | She could hear. | She could hear. |
Itll do. | Itll do. | Itll do. |
There were eight. | There were eight. | There were eight. |
I can start. | I can start. | I canstart. |
They were mixed. | They were mixed. | They were mixed. |
Exercise 5. ¯ /Track 61/
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Practise the High Rise, the Low Rise, the High Fall and the Fall-Rise on four syllables.
a) Nucleus + Three-syllable Tail
IH Are you the one. Will she be there. Wont it be done. What did you say. Which did he take.
IL | II | III |
They were in it. | They were in it. | They were in it. |
Thesell be good. | Thesell be good. | Thesell be good. |
You could do it. | You could do it. | You could do it. |
Keep it for us. | Keep it for us. | Keep it for us. |
That isnt it. | That isnt it. | That isnt it. |
b) One-syllable Prehead + Nucleus + Two-syllable Tail
IH Is Paul away. Would wool be best. Are these to go. Does laughing help. Is this the one.
IL | II | III |
Shes done with it. | Shes done with it. | Shes done with it. |
There wasnt one. | There wasnt one. | There wasnt one. |
Its probable. | Its probable. | Itsprobable. |
They hope it will. | They hope it will. | Theyhope it will. |
Hed wait for us. | Hed wait for us. | Hed wait for us. |
c) Two-syllable Prehead + Nucleas + One-syllable Tail /Track 62/
IH Is it cleaner. Will you tell me. Could we trace it. Was she pushing.
Are there sixty.
IL | II | III |
Hes the owner. | Hes the owner. | Hes the owner. |
You must tell me. | You must tell me. | You musttell me. |
We could trace it. | We could trace it. | We could trace it. |
She was pushing. | She was pushing. | She was pushing. |
Its an extra. | Its an extra. | Its an extra. |
d) Three-syllable Prehead + Nucleus
IH Will they be there. Were you in time. Are they as good. Where there enough. Can she do this.
IL | II | III |
We were in time. | We were in time. | We were in time. |
They under stood. | They under stood. | They understood. |
We can do this. | We can do this. | We can do this. |
You were asleep. | You were asleep. | You were a sleep. |
It was the best. | It was the best. | It was the best. |
Exercise 6. ¯
Ear-training. Identify simple tones demonstrated on one, two, three and four syllables. Mark the tones.
a) On one syllable
/Track 63/
1. Now | 2. Now | 3. Five | 4. Five | 5. Eight | 6. This |
/Track 64/
1. High | 2. High | 3. High | 4. Run | 5. Run |
6. Run | 7. Sad | 8. Sad | 9. Wait | 10. Push |
/Track 65/
1. Here | 2. Here | 3. Here | 4. Here | 5. Come |
6. Come | 7. Come | 8. Come | 9. Good | 10. Good |
11. Good | 12. Laugh | 13. Laugh | 14. Guess | 15. Which |
/Track 66/
1. More | 2. More | 3. More | 4. More | 5. Pull |
6. Pull | 7. Pull | 8. Pull | 9. Read | 10. Read |
11. Read | 12. Race | 13. Race | 14. Race | 15. Shake |
16. Shake | 17. Up | 18. Up | 19. Books | 20. Watch |
b) On two syllables /Track 67/
1. He will | 2. He will | 3. Has she | 4. Take it | 5. I cant |
6. It was | 7. Really | 8. Really | 9. Hardly | 10. Hardly |
11. We may | 12. It does | 13. Can you | 14. Can you | 15. Can you |
c) On three syllables /Track 68/
1. I was there | 2. I was there | 3. I was there | 4. It was good |
5. It was good | 6. It was good | 7. Was it there | 8. They couldnt |
9. They couldnt | 10. They couldnt | 11.Has John come | 12. Wonderful |
13. Possibly | 14. Remember | 15. Did you wait | 16. We thought so |
17. Its a shame | 18. Where was it | 19. Wait for me | 20. Wait for me |
d) On four syllables /Track 69/
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1. Can you do that | 2. Can you do that | 3. Can you do that |
4. I want you to | 5. We asked you to | 6. Its a pity |
7. I was ready | 8. They were rotten | 9. Itll be good |
10. He must have gone | 11. Its the best one | 12. Give it to me |
13. I was indoors | 14. Was he at home | 15. You could write it |
16. I shall be there | 17. They were the best | 18. What did you say |
19. You could write it | 20. We should have laughed |