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Card 6

Front

Speaker tries to get a hearer to do something e.g. 'ask', 'challenge', 'command', 'request'

Back

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Card 7

Front

Speaker committed to a certain course of action e.g. 'bet', 'guarantee', 'promise', 'swear'

Back

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Card 8

Front

Speaker alters the status quo by making the utterance e.g. 'I resign', 'you're nicked', 'I name this child'

Back

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Card 9

Front

Speaker expresses an attitude about a state of affairs e.g. 'apologise', 'deplore', 'thank', 'welcome'

Back

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Card 10

Front

Emphasis on a word

Back

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Card 11

Front

Sounds - sighing, yawning, huffing, laughing, humming

Back

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Card 12

Front

Body language - shrugging, facial expressions

Back

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Card 13

Front

Occur because we seldom plan exactly what we're going to say in advance

Back

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Card 14

Front

'Um', 'Ah', 'Er' - sounds for thinking time

Back

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Card 15

Front

Speakers does this. 'Well', 'Sort of', 'Kind of', 'Right?', 'You know?'

Back

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