American English Pronunciation Workbook

Compare intonation patterns

1 (a) i might be able to figure out what my problem is
(b) and they've got i think that they have options
2 (a) has the extraterrestrial already landed
(b) colored by the fact that i collected data
3 (a) she pulls up she goes are you nuts
(b) nobody is allowed to open it but the principal
4 (a) i might be able to figure out what my problem is
(b) and every week they don't come by and go have you started
5 (a) when i first started working for the courier service
(b) now that's not necessarily his opinion
6 (a) i must guess it must be the way i talk or
(b) it'd have to take the right combination
7 (a) that's when you take him to grandma
(b) i might be able to figure out what my problem is
8 (a) democracy could go down the drain
(b) so i don't know maybe it is a little bit more dangerous
9 (a) out rates in schools they're not doing well
(b) yknow coemployees and other
10 (a) yknow coemployees and other
(b) are you ready take on this additional responsibility
11 (a) doing c d roms and
(b) i might be able to figure out what my problem is
12 (a) from the lottery to the people or
(b) sixth and seventh graders pretty much know everything
13 (a) was that in eighty nine or ninety or something like that
(b) so i don't know maybe it is a little bit more dangerous
14 (a) could he maybe take half today and half tomorrow
(b) colored by the fact that i collected data
15 (a) when he was near dying what did he tell his mother
(b) then he has to distribute it to the teachers and
16 (a) so i don't know maybe it is a little bit more dangerous
(b) she pulls up she goes are you nuts
17 (a) i might be able to figure out what my problem is
(b) uh but you can tell that he's thought about it
18 (a) i might be able to figure out what my problem is
(b) eight to five job never work another evening
19 (a) she was married too for quite some time
(b) somebody was trying to rearrange the calendar one time weren't they
20 (a) they have to all form together as a group
(b) when i first started working for the courier service
21 (a) they'll pay you to go to websites
(b) on the phone in her office
22 (a) feel the warmth of the body
(b) and every week they don't come by and go have you started
23 (a) the drugs and the smoking and the drinking
(b) when i first started working for the courier service
24 (a) nobody is allowed to open it but the principal
(b) i think it was forty dollars a month
25 (a) somebody was trying to rearrange the calendar one time weren't they
(b) when i first started working for the courier service
26 (a) was that in eighty nine or ninety or something like that
(b) his problem's staying focused on things
27 (a) was that in eighty nine or ninety or something like that
(b) you're good in science you're good at math
28 (a) when i first started working for the courier service
(b) and every week they don't come by and go have you started
29 (a) and found out that when i checked the web site
(b) the prompts are only given out that day
30 (a) i might be able to figure out what my problem is
(b) yknow coemployees and other
31 (a) i'd say he knows more than most kindergarteners
(b) and every week they don't come by and go have you started
32 (a) but i'm not sure how it's gonna work
(b) and they've got i think that they have options
33 (a) i'd say he knows more than most kindergarteners
(b) doesn't matter if it's a speech impediment
34 (a) or you're not able to read things
(b) he said hey i'm tom you ever smoked pot before
35 (a) eight to five job never work another evening
(b) and found out that when i checked the web site
36 (a) i mean carrying cabinets and
(b) uh but you can tell that he's thought about it
37 (a) has the extraterrestrial already landed
(b) i must guess it must be the way i talk or
38 (a) she pulls up she goes are you nuts
(b) he was the roommate of a guy she was seeing
39 (a) so i don't know maybe it is a little bit more dangerous
(b) be done she took him to the library
40 (a) so i don't know maybe it is a little bit more dangerous
(b) she pulls up she goes are you nuts
41 (a) and found out that when i checked the web site
(b) they have to all form together as a group
42 (a) and found out that when i checked the web site
(b) and being able to meet them quicker and
43 (a) colored by the fact that i collected data
(b) he said hey i'm tom you ever smoked pot before
44 (a) you should never defeat a school levy
(b) so i don't know maybe it is a little bit more dangerous
45 (a) but i'm not sure how it's gonna work
(b) feel the warmth of the body
46 (a) yknow real good in the kitchen and baking and
(b) and she said well do you actually care if he comes here
47 (a) you're good in science you're good at math
(b) when i first started working for the courier service
48 (a) be done she took him to the library
(b) she was married too for quite some time


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