A: Waiter! Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!
B: A fly in your soup? What’s it doing there?
A: I have no idea.
B: Well, what do you want me to do about it?
A: I want you to come and get it out.
B: All right. Calm down. I’ll be there in a few minutes.
Intonation Practice
Practice the dialogue with appropriate intonation, substituting the words below.
| Police! Police! | There’s a rhinoceros in my backyard! |
| Waiter! Waiter! | There’s a spider in my spaghetti! |
| Mommy! Mommy! | There’s a kangaroo in the living room! |
| Daddy! Daddy! | There’s a gorilla in the garage! |
| Teacher! Teacher! | There’s a scorpion in my school bag! |
| Help! Help! | There’s a hippopotamus in the bathtub! |
| Jimmy! Jimmy! | There’s a lizard in my slipper! |
| Mr. Hopkins! | There’s a crocodile in the cafeteria! |
| Waitress! Waitress! | There’s a worm in my hamburger! |
| Ms. Chivous! | There’s a fish in cash register! |
| Principal! | There’s a giraffe in the gymnasium! |
| Mrs. Harper! | There’s a snake in the snack bar! |
| Grandma! Grandma! | There’s a rabbit in the refrigerator! |
| Teacher! Teacher! | There’s a rat in my backpack! |
| Grandpa! Grandpa! | There’s a bird in the attic! |
| Uncle George! | There’s a stork in the auditorium |
| Aunt Martha! | There’s a pig in the parlor! |
| Mr. Lee! Mr. Lee! | There’s a bull in the china shop! |
| Tammy! Tammy! | There’s a bat in the belfry! |
