Disjunctive Questions
Intonation of Interrogative Sentences
| Model: ΄Are you ΄ready to ͵leave? ΄Can you ͵come? |
Exercise 1. Read the sentences according to the given model:
1. Is Peter twenty?
2. Is your name John?
3. Do you speak English?
4. Do you study at the Institute?
5. Do you live in the hostel?
6. Does she like to work in the garden?
7. Does she know Mary?
8. Is your family large?
9. Are your brothers teachers?
10. Is it difficult to find a job in London?
11. Are you a pupil?
12. Does she study at a local comprehensive school?
Exercise 2. Read the dialogues. Mark stresses and tunes. Pay special attention to the intonation of general questions:
- Are you a student? - Yes. I am.
- Are you English? - No, I am not.
- Do you speak English? - Yes, I do.
- Does your friend speak English? - Yes, he does, but only a little.
- We want to go on a hike on Sunday. Will you join us?
- Certainly. Shall we go to the country? The place is delightful.
- Yes. Shall we take Alice with us?
- Of course. Can you meet her at the station?
- Yes.
Disjunctive Questions
Disjunctive questions consist of two intonation groups. The first intonation group is pronounced with the Low Fall. Intonation of the second sense group depends on the attitude of a speaker.
If a speaker expects the listener to agree with him, the second intonation group is usually pronounced with the Low Fall.
If a speaker is asking the listener’s opinion, the second intonation group is usually pronounced with the Low Rise.
| Models: You ΄met him at the ˎclub,| ˎdidn't you?‖(The speakers expects the listener to agree with him). You ΄met him at the ˎclub,| ˏdidn’t you? ‖(The speaker is asking the listener’s opinion). |
Exercise 1. Read the sentences according to the given model. Observe the difference in meaning:
Model: It’s ΄very ˎdifficult,| ˎisn’t it?‖ (The speaker expects the listener to agree with him.)
It’s ΄very ˎdifficult, |ˏisn’t it?‖ (The speaker is asking the listener’s opinion.)
1. There is a new time-table for this term, isn’t there?
2. You don’t know this student, do you?
3. We shall have two seminars today, shan’t we?
4. There were many unknown words in this text, weren’t there?
5. All the students study foreign languages, don’t they?
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6. You live in the hostel, don’t you?
7. You have four exams this term, don’t you?
8. The Institute course lasts five years, doesn’t it?
9. You study at the historical faculty, don’t you?
10. She is a bright student, isn’t she?
Exercise 2. Read the dialogue. Mark the stresses and tunes:
- It’s a nice day, isn’t it?
- Yes, it is.
- You are on holiday, aren’t you?
- Yes, I am.
- It’s a long one, isn’t it?
- Yes, it is.
- You don’t talk very much, do you?
- No, I don’t. You ask a lot of questions, don’t you?
- Yes, I do.
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