Intonation
It is natural for us to speak with
high and low pitch in voice. The pattern
of high and low pitch in an utterance is called intonation. Generally, there are 3 main patterns of
intonation:
a) falling pattern
b) rising pattern
c) fall-rise and rise-fall (combined patterns) The end of the speech is marked by rise-fall
pattern.
a) falling
pattern
This pattern occurs in both Positive and
Negative Statements as well as ‘Wh-questions’.
The voice will rise on a stressed syllable
and then fall slightly below the pitch.
She spends a lot of time reading.
He doesn’t go swimming every Sunday.
Why was he late to school?
When did you arrive?
b) rising pattern
This
pattern occurs in questions that you will answer ‘Yes / No’.
Am
Is Was
Are Were [S]……………………………….?
Do
Does Did [S]
V …………………………….?
Have
Has Had [S] ……………………………………?
Have
Has Had [S] F4………………………………..?
Can / Could
May / Might
Shall / Should [S]
be / V…………………………..?
Will / Would
Must
Ought [S] to V
V = base form / root verb / F1
Is he prepared to work hard?
Do you exercise every day?
Has he a pet?
Have they decided where to go for the
coming holiday?
Would you mind closing the door for
me?
Could you do me a favour?
3. combined patterns
A.
fall-rise and fall
This pattern happens when a speaker pauses
and continues speaking.
Knowing what you want to do…………..and how you
want to do it makes it easier to
accomplish.
When you want enumerate a list, you also
use this pattern. For examples:
The 7 days in a week are Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
I must remember to buy rice, wheat flour,
corn flour, salt, sodium glutamate and soy
sauce on the way home today.
B. rise-fall and rise
Question-tags
She is hardworking, isn’t she?
George prepares breakfast every
morning, doesn’t he?
Alice didn’t come here, yesterday, did she?
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