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    This document discusses intonation in English. It defines intonation as the tone of one's voice and how the pitch rises and falls when speaking. There are two main types of intonation: falling and rising. Falling intonation, where the voice pitch falls at the end of a sentence, is most common in statements, commands, WH-questions, and exclamations. Rising intonation, where the voice pitch rises at the end, is used for yes/no questions and question tags that are real questions seeking information. The document provides examples of statements, commands, exclamations, and questions to demonstrate the different intonation patterns in English.

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    This document discusses intonation in English. It defines intonation as the tone of one's voice and how the pitch rises and falls when speaking. There are two main types of intonation: falling and rising. Falling intonation, where the voice pitch falls at the end of a sentence, is most common in statements, commands, WH-questions, and exclamations. Rising intonation, where the voice pitch rises at the end, is used for yes/no questions and question tags that are real questions seeking information. The document provides examples of statements, commands, exclamations, and questions to demonstrate the different intonation patterns in English.

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    This document discusses intonation in English. It defines intonation as the tone of one's voice and how the pitch rises and falls when speaking. There are two main types of intonation: falling and rising. Falling intonation, where the voice pitch falls at the end of a sentence, is most common in statements, commands, WH-questions, and exclamations. Rising intonation, where the voice pitch rises at the end, is used for yes/no questions and question tags that are real questions seeking information. The document provides examples of statements, commands, exclamations, and questions to demonstrate the different intonation patterns in English.

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    Intonation in English

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    INTONATION IN

    ENGLISH
    What is intonation?

    Say this sentence with different feeling:

    • It’s raining! (surprise) It’s raining (anger)


    • What a city! (happiness, joy) What a city (disappointment)
    • Good!() Good (wariness)
    Intonation is the tone of your voice.
    Intonation is about how we say things, rather
    than what we say, the way the voice rises and falls
    when speaking, in other words the music of the
    language.
    There are two main types of intonation:
    falling and rising.
    – Mr. Wooding invited us to London.
    – Really?

    • A usual affirmative sentence has a falling


    intonation. Mr. Wooding invited us to
    London.
    • Sentences which express any emotion have
    a rising intonation. Really?
    Rise (and smile)
    Fall (and be serious)
    Falling Intonation
    • Falling Intonation ( )➘ (The pitch of the voice
    falls at the end of the sentence.) Falling
    intonation is the most common intonation
    pattern in English. It is commonly found in
    statements, commands, WH-questions
    (information questions), confirmatory question
    tags and exclamations.
    Rising Intonation
    • Rising Intonation ( )➚ (The pitch of the voice
    rises at the end of a sentence.) Rising intonation
    invites the speaker to continue talking. It is
    normally used with yes/no questions, and
    question tags that are real questions.
    Statements

    • Nice to meet ↘you.


    • I’ll be back in a ↘minute.
    • She doesn’t live here ↘anymore.
    • Dad wants to change his ↘car.
    • Here is the weather ↘forecast.
    • Cloudy weather is expected at the end of the ↘week.
    • We should work together more ↘often
    • I'm going for a walk in the ↘park.
    Commands
    • Write your name ↘here.
    • Show me what you’ve ↘written.  
    • Leave it on the ↘desk.
    • Take that picture ↘ down.
    • Throw that ↘out.
    • Put your books on the ↘table.
    • Take your hands out of your ↘pockets.
    Exclamations
    •How nice of ↘ you!
    •That's just what I ↘need!
    •You don't ↘ say!
    •What a beautiful ↘ voice!
    •That's a ↘surprise!
    The Intonation in Questions
    Now you know three types of
    questions:
    • general yes/no questions
    • alternative and
    •special or WH question
    • In (yes/no questions) we have got rising intonation.
    – Do you want to go to London?
    Our voice is rising in the end of the sentence.
    • In all the other questions in the end our voice is falling.

    Listen and compare:


    Do you want to go to London?
    Who wants to go to London?

    Do you hear the difference?


    Look and compare:
    Now look at the alternative question:

    Listen and compare:


    Do you want to go to London or Paris?
    Hear?
    Listen again:
    Do you want to go to London or Paris?
    Look and compare:
    Question Tag
    Questions Tags that are statements requesting confirmation rather than questions.
    Questions tags that show uncertainty and require an answer (real questions).
    •We've met already, haven't we?➚
    •You like fish, don't you?➚
    •You're a new student aren't you?➚
    •The view is beautiful, isn't it?➚
    Not all tag questions are really questions. Some of them merely ask for confirmation or
    invite agreement, in which case we use a falling tone at the end.
    • He thinks he’s so clever, doesn’t ↘he?
    • She's such a nuisance, isn't ↘she?  
    • I failed the test because I didn't revise, did ↘ I?
    • It doesn't seem to bother him much, does ↘ it?
    Now you know general rules of using intonation in the English
    Language. Now let`s train it a bit.
    Look and choose: rising or falling intonation.
    1. How are you?
    – Rising or falling? We can`t answer yes or no, so we use falling information. – Repeat please: How are
    you?
    2.What is the news?
    – Rising or falling?
    And again – falling.
    Repeat please: What is the news?
    3.We are invited to London.
    – Rising or Falling? It`s an affirmative sentence. So, we use falling intonation. Repeat please: We are
    invited to London.
    4. Isn`t it wonderful?
    – Rising or falling?
    – We can answer yes or no. So, we rising intonation. Repeat please after me: Isn`t it wonderful?

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