1. Listen how the speaker on the tape reads the following com
mands. Concentrate on their intonation. Imitate the reading.
(a) Fetch a chair, will you? Write it down, will you?
(b) Sit down, won't you? Be quiet, will you?
(c) or Don't go away, will you? Don't forget, will you?
(d) Fetch a chair, will you? Do it again, will you?
2. Practise reading the commands. Be sure to pronounce each pattern correctly. Observe the difference in meaning.
3. Listen to your fellow-student reading the commands. Say what his errors in intonation are.
4. Read the following commands, according to the patterns suggested above. Make sure to pronounce them correctly. Observe the difference in meaning.
Call your dog, will you? Lend me a fiver, will you? Wait for me. won't you?
5. Complete the following commands adding tag-questions to
them. Pronounce the sentences according to the following
tasks. Observe the difference in their intonation.
(a) You want to soften the conmand given to the listener. Be as quick as you can, ...; Turn on the radio-set,...
|b) You are irritated by the necessity to repeat the command.
(c) You want the command to sound less brusque and more pleading.
(d) You sound friendly, adding the tag-question like an after-
thought. Make up conversational situations with the commands above.
Look for conversational situations in the book you read or in the texts on the tape illustrating the intonation of the commands combined with tag-questions. Mark the stresses and tunes. Practise them with your fellow-student.