Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 1 курс

How do you like your tea strong ...? (weak) 5. Do you do your morning exercises

in the room ...? (the garden) 6. Does she study French ...? (English) 7. Do you

usually have breakfast at eight ...? (nine) 8. Do you , usually sit up late ...? (go to

bed early) 9. Did it take you half an hour ...? (a quarter of an hour to get there)

10. Did you lay the table for 6 ...? (for 12 persons) 11. Did you take your exam in

English on the 15th ...? (on the 17th of January) 12. Will you

lave black ...? (white coffee).

9. Make up alternative questions using the following sentences.

VI о d e 1: She is twenty. She is twenty-five.

-* Is she /twenty | or 'twenty-xfive?

1. He lives in a new house. He lives in an old house. 2. Your :hildren have

milk in the morning. Your children have coffee in ;he morning. 3. He will have

black coffee. He will have white :offee. 4. They spend Sundays in town. They

spend Sundays in he country. 5. It is warm today. It is cold today. 6. She will go

to :he Caucasus next summer. She will go to the Crimea next summer. 7. Your

friend speaks English. Your friend speaks Spanish. 8. Her nephew lives in

Moscow. Her nephew lives in St.Petersburg.

10. Translate the following sentences:

1. Ваш друг живет в общежитии илис родителями? 2. Он уехал 5 Санкт-

Петербург или в Киев? 3. Он занимается в гимнастическом зале или ходит

на стадион? 4. Вы делали доклад в понедельник зли вовторник? 5. Вы

обедаете в столовой или дома? 6. Вы готовите свои домашние задания дома

илив библиотеке? 7. Вы принимаете ванну вечером или утром? 8. Вы

предпочитаете теплый илихолодный душ? 9. Вы вчера ходили в театр илив

кино? 10. У вас (Осодитполчаса иличетверть часа на то,чтобы добраться

до института? 11. Какой предмет выбольше любите, физику или

математику? 12. Вы будете пить чай или кофе, миссис Браун? 13. Вы будете

гить черный кофе иликофе с молоком?

11. Make up a dialogue using alternative questions. See that your

Russian pronnnciation habits do not interfere.

Disjunctive Questions

M o d e l s : You've vmet her, | ,haven't you?

You've xmet her, | xhaven4 you?

Disjunctive questions consist of two intonation-groups. The Sequence of

tones in disjunctive questions depends on the atti-:ude of the speaker towards the

significance of the utterance.

The first intonation-group has generally the low-falling nuclear tone. The

low-rising nuclear tone of the final intonation-group, or tag, shows that the

speaker is not certain of the facts expressed in the first part of the question. An

answer is expected.

е. д. I rang you up yesterday. You were -> meeting your vwife, j ,weren4

you? — Yes, I was.

The low-falling nuclear tone of the tag shows that the speaker is certain of the

facts expressed in the first part of the question. No answer is expected.

е. д. I saw you at the station. You were -> meeting your xwife, I ^weren't

you? She looked so young and happy.

EXERCISES

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12. a) Listen carefully to the following conversational situations. Concentrate your

attention on the intonation of the replies:

Verbal Context

What a very nice house!

I rather like Mary.

James has quite a lot of talent.

And how do you like our weather?

You've broken the nail on this

finger rather badly.

You mustn't rely on this clock. We told him about your success. Arthur's

coming home today. But they only got blue or green. Peggy wants to stay at

home.

Drill

Yes, isn't it?

Very pleasant, isn't she? Yes, hasn't he? It's very changeable, isn't it? Yes, I

have, haven't I? Be careful with my right thumb, it's a bit painful. It gains,

doesn't it? He was surprised, wasn't he? He's due here at ten, isn't he? Blue's all

right, isn't it? That doesn't matter, does it?

b) Listen to the replies and repeat them in the intervals.

13.

Listen to the verbal context and reply in the intervals.

14. In order to fix the intonation of disjunctive questions in your mind,

ear and speech habits repeat the replies yourself until they sound perfectly

natural to you.

15. Listen to a fellow -student reading the replies. Tell himwhat his pors in intonation

are. I16. Readthe drillsentences according tothe given models. Observe the pfference

in meaning.

M o d e l s : The -»text is xeasy, | /isn't it?

The -»text is veasy, jvisn4 it?

1.She is better today, isn't she? 2.There isa lawn in front of pur house, isn't

there? 3.There are many new houses in your street,aren't there? 4.The New

Year is the most favourite holiday in our country, isn't it? 5.Great Britain is an

island, isn't it? 6. The Alps are higl>^r than the Urals, aren't they? 7. The

Mississippi is the longest river in the world, isn't it? 8. You don't speak

Hungarian, do you? 9.You don 'ttake beer, do you? 10.You can't speak German

yet, can you? 11.You have learned this poem by heart, haven't you? 12.You are

fond of skating, aren't you? 1 3 .We must pay right now, mustn't we? 1 4 .They

shouldn't belate, should they? 15.She can understand nearly everything, can't

she? 16. It's my turn, isn't it?

17. Read the following conversational situations according to the models, suggested for

replies. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the replies. Say what meaning is

rendered by them.

M o d e l 1:It's vhorrid, | visn't it?

Verbal Context

If only the day had been warmer. The work will never be ready in time.

Where could we get the book? It's a seat in the gallery.

Mary's broken the ski-jumping record.

It looks like rain.

What a delightful family the

jSmiths are!

Where did you meet him then?

Drill

Very cold, wasn't it? Never, will it?

It's very difficult, isn't it? She won't be able to see, will she?

Marvellous ski-jumper, isn't she?

It does, doesn't it?

They're so friendly, aren't

they?

In High Street, didn't we, John?

They thought we'd missed our chance.

What a boring evening!

None of us wants to go.

He rarely goes to the club these days.

You can't do it like that.

The parcel hasn't come.

So you've finished.

It wasn't his fault this time.

M o d e l 2: It's x horrid, | , isn't

What's happened to Mable? I've just been talking to Mary.

No, I didn't go to the cinema

with them.

Whose turn is it?

Peggy wants to stay at home.

Oh, all right. I'll get it for you.

Why've you brought me that

spoon?

Oh, do let's get out of here.

You can write to him at Warwick Street.

I may be late tonight.

Send that wretched boy to me at once.

Hullo, Jean. You are early.

They were quite mistaken, weren't they?

Jack's no sense of humovjff,

has he?

Someone will have to go, won't they?

He used to enjoy it so, didn't he?

Then I must try some other

way, mustn't I?

We'd better enquire at the

station, hadn't we?

Now it's your turn, isn't it?

But he should drive more

slowly anyway, shouldn't he?

it?

She wasn't invited, was shei She wasn't very helpful, was she?

You'd seen the film already, hadn't you? Mine, isn't it?

That doesn't matter, does it? You don't mind, do you? It's the one you asked

for, isn't it?

You're surely not frightened, are you?

That's not his home address, is it?

But you'll be home in time for dinner, won't you? You're not going to be hard

on him, are you? I'm not too early, am I?

18.

Complete the following sentences making them disjunctive questions. The

speaker is not certain of the fact expressed in the first part of the sentence. An answer is

expected. Concentrate your attention on the intonation of the tag:

1. You aren't reading this book now, ...? 2. She doesn't like tomatoes, ...? 3.

He lives in Kiev, ...? 4. They usually have dinner at one o'clock, ...? 5. You like

both pears and apples, ...? 6. He never uses pepper, ...? 7. It's high time to have a