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The American Accent Training/ Exercises

Intonation
( the rise and fall of words in a sentence )

Exercise 1 : Spelling and Numbers :

CEO See Eee Oh Area Code 213


ATM Ei Tee Em Zip Code 90291
IRS Ai Are Ess Date 9/15/88
BMW Bee Em Dubbayou
JFK Jay Eff Kay
M &M emanem

Exercise 2 : Sound / Meaning Shifts

icy I see attic a tick


achy a key comedy committee
history his tree paradise pair of dice
interest in trust selfish sell fish
orange arrange underwear under where?

Exercise 3: Practice the words /phrases from exercise 2, in a sentence using the correct
intonation/ stress.

1. I see that the drink is very icy.


2. I saw a tick in the attic.
3. His tree was part of the history.
4. There was a comedy show during the committee meeting.
5. I want to sell fish only in this village. Am I being selfish?
6. I tried to arrange the orange in the basket.
7. Your underwear is under,where? I can’t find it.

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