Exercise 1-9: Inflection CD 1 Track 16

Notice how the meaning changes, while the actual words stay the same.

1. I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.

2. I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.

3. I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.

4. I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.

5. I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.

6. I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.

7. I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry.

I I didn't say he stole the money. Someone else said it.

It's true that somebody said it, but I wasn't that person.

Didn't I didn't say he stole the money. That's not true at all.

Someone has accused me and I'm protesting my innocence.

Say I didn't say he stole the money. I only suggested the possibility.

Maybe I hinted it. Maybe I wrote it. In some way, I indicated that he stole

the money, but I didn't say it.

He I didn't say he stole the money. I think someone else took it.

I think someone stole the money, only not the person you suspect did it.

Stole I didn't say he stole the money. Maybe he just borrowed it.

I agree that he took it, but I think his motive was different.

The I didn't say he stole the money, but rather some other money.

We agree that he stole some money, but I don't think it's this money.

Money I didn't say he stole the money. He may have taken some jewelry.

We agree that he's a thief, but we think he stole different things.

Notice that in the first half of these sentences nothing changes but the intonation.

V Repeat after me.