O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker

OP 2 - FOCUS(1) - Negative; intonation exercise ("No, he's not French! He's Australian!")
- Let's practise "short answers"
(a) Short answers.
(Short answers are first dealt with in Lesson 3, GN 3.9. But this little "preview" should not be a
problem.)
Is Gianni Agnelli Canadian?
Is Sofia Loren Spanish?
Are Bill and Hillary Clinton English?
Is Sean Connery German?
Is Tom Jones Japanese?
Is Michael Schumacher American?
- And now, give me a "long" answer…
No, he's not.
No, she's not.
No, they're not.
No, he's not.
No, he's not.
No, he's not.
The important thing here is to work on the intonation. The student should be conveying an expression
of "Come on! Of course he's not English!" Names of famous people / heroes etc. can be added
according to the teacher's imagination.
Is Gianni Agnelli Canadian?
Is Sofia Loren Spanish?
Are Bill and Hillary Clinton English?
Is Sean Connery German?
Is Tom Jones Japanese?
Is Michael Schumacher American?
Is Crocodile Dundee French?
Is Inspector Clouseau Italian?
Is Hercule Poirot French?
Is Fantozzi South African?
Is Perry Mason Irish?
Is James Bond American?
No, he's not Canadian! He's Italian.
No, she's not Spanish! She's Italian.
No, they're not English! They're American.
No, he's not German! He's British / Scottish.
(NOT "English")
No, he's not Japanese! He's British / Welsh.
(NOT "English")
No, he's not American! He's German.
No, he's not French! He's Australian.
No, he's not Italian! He's French.
No, he's not French! He's BELGIAN.
No, he's not South African! He's Italian.
No, he's not Irish! He's American.
No, he's not American! He's British / English.
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