3. Read the text, point out all the adverbials, observe the rule:

The flat is not very large but it is comfortable. In it there are two rooms, a

bathroom, a kitchen and a small hall. On the left through the door there is a sitting-room. There is a picture on the wall near the piano. In the picture there is a silver tea-pot, a silver dish and three oranges. The sofa is by the wall opposite the door. There is a small round coffee-table in front of the sofa. On the window there are curtains of a very pretty colour. The bedroom is not large. It is square. There are two beds with bedside cabinets beside them. In the right-hand corner near the window there is a dressing table with a large looking-glass and a round stool in front of it. There are many other things in the room.

4. Tell about your room using the intonation pattern of adverbials.

IX. Compound sentences

As a rule both clauses of the compound sentence are pronounced with the

falling tone. It explains their sense completeness.

To show a better sense connection between two independent sentences, the first clause is pronounced with the rising tone:

1. Read the following sentences, mark the tunes; indicate the intonation on the staves:

1. Old Mrs. Sandford is ill but she’s better today.

2. She is eager to play tennis, but it is late.

3. Mr. Sandford is a doctor and he likes his job.

4. Jack buys apples and flowers for Jane and he gives them to her as a present.

5. Mike can buy fish but he can’t cook it.

6. Only four students of our group are Muscovites, the others come from other cities of our country.

7. Our hostel is out of the town, but it is very comfortable.

8. They didn’t know Spanish and the waiter didn’t know English.

9. The host, Mr. Brown, is sitting at the head of the table, and the hostess, Mrs.Brown, is at the other end.

10. I have a small radio-set and I keep it in my drawer.

11. Yesterday John made four copies but Bob poured a cup of coffee all over them.

12. It never rains but it pours.

13. Margaret loves Charles, Charles loves Margaret.

14. Gordon wants forty-four copies of the documents but Lena is too busy to help him with it.

15. Julian Jones is jealous of Eunice’s Jaguar, but Eunice Jones is jealous of Jason’s jacuzzi, and Jason Jones is jealous of Julian’s yacht.

X. The author’s words

The author’s words introducing the direct speech form a separate intonation group and are pronounced with the low-rising or low-falling nuclear tone.

In the indirect speech the author’s words do not form a separate intonation group.

1. Read the following sentences. Observe the rule in the case when these

sentences have direct speech and when they are indirect.

1. He said, “They were very glad to get a letter from you.” He said they were glad to get a letter from me.

2. She asked, “What else can I do?” She asked what else she could do.

3. George said, “Let’s go to London on Wednesday morning.” George suggested going to London on Wednesday morning.

4. Mrs. Sandford says, “I have a very good daughter-in-law.” Mrs. Sandford says she has a very good daughter-in-law.

5. Betty said, “Benny, behave!” Betty told Benny to behave.

6. She said, “It’s nearly five o’clock now.” She said it was nearly five o’clock then.

7. Helen remarked, “We have plenty of time.” Helen remarked they had plenty of time.

8. The assistant says, “Put on your head-phones, boys.” The assistant says to boys to put on their head-phones.

9. One of the boys complains, “I haven’t any.” One of the boys complains he hasn’t any.

10. The girls from her class explained,”Mary is not coming today. She is unwell.” The girls from her class explained Mary was not coming, she was unwell that day.

The author’s words, which follow the direct speech, are usually pronounced as an unstressed or half-stressed tail of the preceding intonation group.

If the tail gets longer, it may form a separate intonation group. In this case it is stressed and is pronounced with the same nuclear tone as the preceding intonation group.

If the author’s words form two or more separate intonation groups, the first

serves as an unstressed tail of the preceding one. The final intonation group is pronounced with the same nuclear tone as the direct speech. Every non-final intonation group is pronounced with Rise or Fall depending on their semantic importance.