1. IV. How the Basic Tune shapes are used:
The Glide Down
can be used for
The take off can
be used for
The Glide Up can
be used for
The Dive can be
used for
a b
c d
2. The Glide Down can
be used for a. A definite, complete statement:
• I’m Vietnamese.
• I love my family.
• She’s my best friend in 10 years.
• The television programmed begins at seven to ten.
• The raincoats have all been sold.
b. Most Wh-Question:
• How was Harry holiday?
• Where was the hotel?
• Why did she get to the hospital?
• What do you think about this job?
• When did she go abroad?
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3. The Glide Down can
be used for
c. A question-tag when the speaker is certain of
his/her information:
• She’s looking for a raincoat, isn’t she?
• Blue suits her, doesn’t it?
• You love him, don’t you?
Yes, I love him but he don’t.
Why? You’re a beautiful girl!
He loves his wife.
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4. The Glide Down can
be used for
d. A strong command:
A sentence that tells you to do something is
a COMMAND.
In a command sentence, the subject is always
you, but it is not stated.
• Let’s eat!
• Get out!
• Mary, comes on and gives me a hand!
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5. The Glide Down can
be used for
e. An exciting greeting or exclamation:
A sentence that shows surprise or strong
feelings is an exclamation.
Strong feelings can be excitement, happiness,
fear or anger.
An exclamation sentence starts with a capital and
ends with an exclamation mark.
• For goodness’s sake!
• What beautiful weather!
• How interesting this film is!
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6. The Glide Down can
be used for
f. A definite short, answer Yes/No:
• Does John want a cigarette?
No, he doesn’t. He’s stopped smoking.
• Has she put on weight?
Yes, she has. She’s still too fat.
• Should we eat more vegetable?
Yes, we should. It’s good for our health.
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7. The Glide Down can
be used for
g. A repeated question:
• A: Are you a student?
B: Pardon me, could you repeat that please?
A: Are you a student?
B: Yes, I’m a high school student.
• A: What was happen in the last weekend?
B: Sorry, what?
A: What was happen in the last weekend?
B: I don’t want to tell you anymore about this.
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8. The Dive can be
used for
• The stores sells watches, rings, diamonds, and rubies.
• I’d like a cup of tea, a mixed salad without onion, and
some bread and butter with plum jam.
• A: Did you have good weather on holiday?
• B: The weather was OK, but everything was awful
• A: Is your younger brother all right now?
• B: Yes, my younger brother is all right, but my mother is
very tired.
b. An incomplete statement implying BUT…
a. A list of thing:
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9. The Dive can be
used for
• A: Which is the most useful machine in your office?
• B: The personal computer. I can put facts and figures into
the computer, and find them again fast. Before we had a
Computer, I could never find the right piece of paper.
• C: The coffee machine, I can have a cup of coffee when
ever I feel I like it. Before we had the coffee machine, I had to
fetch coffee from the café next door.
• B: I preferred it when you had to go to the café. Now there
are coffee cups of all over the office.
c. With Before/When phrase:
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10. The Dive can be
used for
• The television programmer begins at six to ten.
No, the television programmer begins at six to nine.
• It is an American programmer.
No, it is an Australian programmer.
d. Correcting thing:
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11. The Dive can be
used for
The speaker mentions two opposite answer. The voices rises
on the first alternative and falls on the second. The two
possible answer may be single words, or longer phrases.
e. Alternative question A or B:
• Hana mentions a job. Is it a sale director or a computer
manager?
• Is the office of Youth and Computers opposite or next door?
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