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Exercises

. I Underline all the discourse markers in this monologue. Not all of them are on the left-hand
page.

'Well, where shall I start? It was last summer and we were just sitting in the garden,
sort of doing nothing much. Anyway, I looked up and ... see we have this kind of
long wall at the end of the garden, and it's.. .like.. .a motorway for cats, for instance,
that big fat black one you saw, well, that one considers it has a right of way over our
vegetable patch, so ... where was I? Yes, I was looking at that wall, you know, day-
dreaming as usual, and all of a sudden there was this new cat I'd never seen before,
or rather, it wasn't an ordinary cat at all ... I mean, you'll never believe what it was.. .‘

Here are some small dialogues where there are no markers used at all, which would be
unusual in real informal talk. Add markers from A, B and D opposite and from exercise 1
above, where you think the speakers might use them.
1 A: Are you a football fan? 4 A: Which number is yours?
B: 1 like it; 1 wouldn't say I was a B: (pause) ... it's that one here, yes,
fan. this one.
2 A: 1'11 take care of these. 5 A: He's looking exhausted.
B: That's everything. B: Yes, he is.
A: See you next week. A: He has an awful lot of
B: That was a very useful meeting. responsibility, so it's hardly
surprising.
3 A: It was last Monday. I was coming
home from work. I saw this 6 A: What do you mean 'cold'?
ragged old man approaching me. B: She's not friendly, very distant.
I stopped him - Last week I gave her a jolly smile
B: Jim Dibble! and she ... scowled at me.
A: Let me tell you what happened A: What do you expect? I've seen the
first. way you smile at people, it puts
them off.

.3 Fill the gaps with markers often found in written texts. You may need some which are not
on the left-hand page. The first letter of each phrase/word is given.

Crime and Punijhment
F .................................... (I), it is important to understand why people commit crimes, i .......
..................... (2), what are the motives which make people do things they would never normall
do? F ................................. (3), a young man steals clothes from a shop; is it because hc is
unemployed? a drug addict? mentally disturbed? N ..................... (4) it is essential to consider
whether punishment makes any difference, or is it just, a .................................................
.................. (5), a kind of revenge? L ........................ (6), how can we help victims of crime?
I ....................................... (7), how can we get to the roots of the problem, rather than just
attacking the symptoms?
4.r I
Follow-up: If you can, make a recording of a natural conversation between native speakers
(get their permission, but don't say why you need it). What markers do they use?

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