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Exercise I. Listen to the sentences and repeat them making small pauses after each sense group.
Exercise II. Listen to the sentences and mark the sense groups. Read the sentences making pauses after each sense group.
1. Agriculture is the main occupation. 2. Are you a University student? 3. She is forty-eight and my father is fifty one. 4. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to find a job for the young people in Great Britain. 5. My elder sister Margaret is almost twenty and works for my father in his office as a secretary. 6. Robert Burns, a famous Scottish poet, comes from a very large family. 7. During the term-time I live in a university flat. 8. Children educated in Scotland compete for Burn's Federation prizes for essays and recitations. 9. She knows German, French, Italian and English. 10. By the way, did you know my sister? 11. He's got a new job, hasn't he?
Exercise III. Listen to the sentences and read them.
1. Jocelyn is seventeen, ||
Jocelyn, | my other sister, | is seventeen. ||
Jocelyn, | my other sister, | is seventeen | and in her final year at school, ||
2. I live on a farm, ||
I live on a farm | in the north of Scotland, ||
I live on a farm Į in the north of Scotland ļ in an area, ||
I live on a farm | in the north of Scotland ļļ in an area | which attracts many tourists. ||
I live on a farm ļ in the north of Scotland | in an area ļ which attracts many tourists ļ because of its beauty. |ļ
3. The population is fairly small, ||
That is why | the population is fairly small, ||
In winter Į that is why | the population is fairly small; ļļ and can be very bleak in winter ļ that is why ļ the population is fairly small. ļ|
It is a mountainous region | and can be very bleak in winter ļ that is why ļ the population is fairly small, ||
It is a mountainous region ļ with many lochs | and can be very bleak in winter | that is why | the population is fairly small, ļļ
4. I live in a university flat, ||
I live in a university flat | with five other girls, ļļ
During the term-time | I live in a university flat | with five other girls. |ļ
During the term-time ļ I live in a university flat ļ with five other girls | and quite often go home at week-ends, ļļ
During the term-time | I live in a university flat | with five other girls | and quite often go home at week-ends | since it's only a hundred miles away. ||
UNIT 2. INTONATION NUCLEAR TONES
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Exercise I. Read and compare.
Exercise II. Read and compare:
UNIT 3. SENTENCE STRESS
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