The Fall-Rise on One, Two, Three and Four Syllables

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 To’day. For ’me. In ’these. My ’aunt. You ’missed.

IL II III

I’ll ‚see. I’ll ‘see. I’ll see.

They ‚shall. They ‘shall. They shall.

You ‚aren’t. You ‘aren’t. You aren’t.

We’re ‚wet. We’re ‘wet. We’re wet.

He’s ‚rich. He’s ‘rich. He’s 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. ’Doesn’t it. ’Haven’t they. ’Which is it.

IL II III

‚I’m in it. ‘I’m in it. I’m 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. Heasked you.

There’s ‚plenty. There’s ‘plenty. There’s plenty.

It’s ‚risky. It’s ‘risky. It’s  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.

It’ll ‚do. It’ll ‘do. It’ll do.

There were ‚eight. There were ‘eight. There were eight.

I can ‚start. I can ‘start. I canstart.

They were ‚mixed. They were ‘mixed. They were mixed.

Exercise 5. ¯ /Track 61/

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. ’Won’t 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.

‚These’ll be good. ‘These’ll be good. These’ll 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 isn’t it. ‘That isn’t it. That isn’t 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

She’s ‚done with it. She’s ‘done with it. She’s done with it.

There ‚wasn’t one. There ‘wasn’t one. There wasn’t one.

It’s ‚probable. It’s ‘probable. It’sprobable.

They ‚hope it will. They ‘hope it will. Theyhope it will.

He’d ‚wait for us. He’d ‘wait for us. He’d 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

He’s the ‚owner. He’s the ‘owner. He’s the owner.

You must ‚tell me. You must ‘tell me. You musttell me.

We could ‚trace it. We could ‘trace it. We could trace it.

She was ‚pushing. She was ‘pushing. She was pushing.

It’s an ‚extra. It’s an ‘extra. It’s an extra.

d) Three-syllable Prehead + Nucleus

IH Will they be ’there. Were you in ’time. Are they as ’good. Where there e’nough. 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 understood.

We can do ‚this. We can do ‘this. We can do this.

You were a‚sleep. You were a‘sleep. 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 can’t

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 couldn’t

9. They couldn’t 10. They couldn’t 11.Has John come 12. Wonderful

13. Possibly 14. Remember 15. Did you wait 16. We thought so

17. It’s a shame 18. Where was it 19. Wait for me 20. Wait for me

d) On four syllables /Track 69/

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. It’s a pity

7. I was ready 8. They were rotten 9. It’ll be good

10. He must have gone 11. It’s 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