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American Accent Training

(Intonation Exercises)

Review Exercise 1: Building an Intonation Staircase

I saw him • I saw him again • I saw him at work again • I think I saw him at work again •
I really think I saw him at work again • I really think I saw him at work again in the yard.
• I really think I saw him at work again in the yard behind the house.

1. He’s a nice guy.


2. He’s an American guy from San Francisco.
3. Let’s play football on the weekend in New York.
4. Where’s my new shoes?
5. Where are my tennis shoes?
6. I have a headache from the heat wave in South Carolina.
7. The newlyweds took a long walk in Long Beach.
8. The little dog was sitting on the sidewalk.
9. The famous athlete changed clothes in the locker room.
10. The art exhibit was held in an empty room.
11. There was a class reunion at the high school.
12. The headlines indicated a new policy.
13. We got on line and went to americanaccent dot com.
14. The stock options were listed in the company directory.
15. All the second-graders were out on the playground.

Goldilocks

There is a little girl. Her name is Goldilocks. She is in a sunny forest. She sees a small house.
She knocks on the door, but no one answers. She goes inside. In the large room, there are
three chairs. Goldilocks sits on the biggest chair, but it’s too high. She sits on the middle-
sized one, but it is too low. She sits on the small chair and it is just right. On the table, there
are three bowls. There is hot porridge in the bowls. She tries the first one, but it is too hot;
the second one is too cold, and the third one is just right, so she eats it all. After that, she
goes upstairs. She looks around. There are three beds, so she sits down. The biggest bed is
too hard. The middle-sized bed is too soft. The little one is just right, so she lies down.
Soon, she falls asleep. In the meantime, the family of three bears comes home- the Papa
bear, the Mama bear, and the Baby bear. They look around and say, “Who’s been sitting on
our chairs and eating our porridge?” then they run upstairs. They say “Who’s been
sleeping on our beds? “ Goldilocks wakes up. She is very scared and runs away. Goldilocks
never comes back.

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