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Intonation

Intonation describes how the voicerises and falls in speech.

 There are three main patterns ofintonation in English, they are

!. falling intonation,

". rising intonation#. fall$rise intonation.

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Falling intonation

• a %&estion that is not answerable by'yes' or 'no' b&t is answerable by asimple sentence or statement .

• It is commonly started with (wh)%&estions *+where+, +when+, +what+,+which+, +why+, +what which -ind of..+,

and %&estions with +how.• let yo&r voice fall at the end of a

%&estion.

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Now, /et try this 0

• Where’s the nearest p↘ost-ofce?

• What time does the lm ↘inish?

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1hen do yo& go riding2• 1hat is the brand of yo&r pencil2

• 1hat is yo&r 3ister+s name2

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1hat state do yo& live in2• 1here do yo& wor-2

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Rising Intonation

• Rising intonation describes how thevoice rises at the end of a sentence.Rising intonation is common in yes-

no %&estions

• It is commonly started by a&4iliaryverbs is, am, are, was, were, do,

does, did, have, has, had, shall, will,sho&ld, wo&ld, can, co&ld, may,might,

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Now, let5s try this0

• Are you th↗irsty?

• Is this your cam↘er↗a?

• Would you like another co↘↗ee?

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6o yo& thin- he is f&nny2• Is yo&r father handsome2

• 7an yo& sing2

• Is this yo&r school2

• 6o yo& eat pasta2