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Open syllables
Close syllables

TASK 4. Use your dictionary in order to insert appropriate words in right column according to types of syllables

Open syllable	Close Syllable	Vowel-consonant -e-	Two vowel letters makes one vowel sound	Syllable by the single letter r	Two vowel letter gives a new sound

TASK 5. Complete each sentence with words from the same group. (pr. Adv 24.1)

musician ambition classical	button middle happen	wobble pedal bicycle	candle knuckle hospital
mansion cousin garden	article prison politician	collision eleven people	little bottle poison

1. 
   My………….lives in a…………with a huge…………………..
   
2. 
   He took out a…………….full of……and poured it into her tea.
   
3. 
   ……………………….. were injured in the ……………………………..
   
4. 
   When she got on the ………… and began to ………………….she started to ……………………..
   
5. 
   Since she started playing the violin, her ………. has been to be a ……………………..
   
6. 
   I burnt my…………….on a……..and had to go to …………………….
   
7. 
   He wrote an………about a famous………who was sent to………………….
   
8. 
   What will………….if I press …… in the middle.
   

Lesson 23

Intonation components

Lead in

Look at the pictures and find out the emotions that people feel in these picture.







Discuss in your group and answer the following questions:

1. 
   Who are these people?
   
2. 
   What are they doing?
   
3. 
   What about their emotions?
   
4. 
   What tones are they using and why?
   

Rule: Firstly, let’s talk about intonation which can be defined as unity of speech melody, timbre, utterance stress as well as duration, pausation, tempo and rhythm.

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  Rhythm is a periodic recurrence of rhythmic units of different size and level
  
• 
  Speech melody may be defined as the variations in the pitch of the voice in the connected speech.
  
• 
  Timbre (or voice quality) can be defined as a tonal colouring of the speaker’s voice which helps to convey some meaning
  
• 
  Utterance stress is the relative degree of prominence given to various words in an utterance.
  
• 
  Tempo can be defined as the speed of speaking.
  
• 
  Pause is a break between phonation pieces
  

TASK 1 Answer the following questions

1. 
   What is intonation?
   
2. 
   What is the role of intonation components in the speech?
   
3. 
   What is the difference between tempo and timbre?
   
4. 
   What is the main feature of speech melody
   

TASK 2. Read the statements and questions. Make your voice fall at the end of each of the sentences and questions.

1. 
   I have two cats.
   
2. 
   My mother likes knitting.
   
3. 
   Why did she come?
   
4. 
   How is your school?
   
5. 
   He likes to play football.
   

TASK 3. Imagine that you are giving suggestions. Find out the intonation of the bold words.

1. 
   Have a rest, my honey!
   
2. 
   Stop reading, my son.
   
3. 
   Put it in my bag,
   
4. 
   Don’t drop that pot, Mr Larson.
   

Now imagine that you are giving orders. What will be your intonation?

5. 
   Have a tea, Miss Anna.
   
6. 
   Stop noising, children.
   

TASK 4. Decide if the intonation falls or rises at the end of the sentence

1. 
   You called her to say we were coming, didn’t you?
   
2. 
   He’s not in trouble again, is he?
   
3. 
   She’s gone to Japan.
   
4. 
   You left it in the kitchen.
   
5. 
   They put them in the garden?
   

TASK 5. Define the following intonation terms in short