2. The following activity is a conversation between a teacher and a student
who usually comes to doss late and forgets his assignments. Read the
conversation aloud to identify the intonation.
Student: I‟m not late fix class today, am I?
Teacher: Yes, you are. In fact, you‟re 15 minutes late.
You missed your bus
again, didn‟t you?
Student: Yes, unfortunately I did. I am really sorry about that. But I can still
come into class, can‟t I?
Teacher: Yes, you can. And I assume you‟ve
forgotten your homework again,
haven‟t you?
Student: But we didn‟t have any homework for today, did we?
Teacher: Yes, you did. You should have done exercises 4 and S for today‟s
class.
Student: That‟s for Thursday‟s class, isn‟t it?
Teacher: That‟s right and today is Thursday, isn‟t it?
Student: Oops, I am afraid I made a mistake, I thought today was Wednesday.
But I
can still hand it in tomorrow, can‟t I.
Teacher: Welt, I suppose so, but let‟s agree that 2 points will be taken off for
lateness. Student: Oh, okay. Thank you for letting me hand it in late.
Teacher: But it‟s
not going to happen again, ok?
Student: No, sure it isn‟t
Later in class
Teacher: Okay class...and now it‟s tune for the quiz.
The same student raises up his hand
Teacher: Yes...
Student: But we don‟t have
a quiz today, do we?
Teacher: Yes, we do. Last week we agreed to have our second quiz today,
didn‟t we?
Student: Oh, yeah! I am afraid I made another mistake.
Teacher: Sounds like you should write
everything down
in your agenda,
shouldn‟t you?
Student: Yes, you‟re right again. But we can still do it tomorrow, can‟t we?
Teacher: No. I am afraid this time you‟re out of luck. But it never hurts to ask,
does it?