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Pronounciation: Intonation Pattern: By: Vera Virgia, SST, M.Kes

The document discusses different intonation patterns in English: falling intonation, rising intonation, rise-fall intonation, and fall-rise intonation. Falling intonation is most common and used for statements, commands, wh-questions, and exclamations. Rising intonation invites the speaker to continue and is used for yes/no questions and question tags. Rise-fall intonation is used for choices, lists, unfinished thoughts, and conditional sentences. Fall-rise intonation shows hesitation or reluctance.

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Pronounciation: Intonation Pattern: By: Vera Virgia, SST, M.Kes

The document discusses different intonation patterns in English: falling intonation, rising intonation, rise-fall intonation, and fall-rise intonation. Falling intonation is most common and used for statements, commands, wh-questions, and exclamations. Rising intonation invites the speaker to continue and is used for yes/no questions and question tags. Rise-fall intonation is used for choices, lists, unfinished thoughts, and conditional sentences. Fall-rise intonation shows hesitation or reluctance.

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Pronounciation :

intonation Pattern
By : Vera Virgia, SST, M.Kes
There are two basic patterns of intonation in English:
falling intonation and rising intonation.
In the following examples a downward arrow (➘) indicates
a fall in intonation and an upward arrow (➚) indicates a
rise in intonation.

Again, these are not rules but patterns generally used by


native speakers of English.
Just remember that content words are stressed, and
intonation adds attitude or emotion.
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.
1.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.
2.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
3.Wh- questions (requesting information.)
(questions beginning with 'who', 'what', 'why',
'where', 'when', 'which', and 'how')

What country do you come ↘from?


Where do you ↘work?  
Which of them do you ↘prefer?
When does the shop ↘open?
How many books have you ↘bought?
Which coat is ↘yours?
Whose bag is ↘this?
4. Questions Tags that are statements requesting
confirmation rather than questions.
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?
5. Exclamations
How nice of ↘ you!
That's just what I ↘need!
You don't ↘ say!
What a beautiful ↘ voice!
That's a ↘surprise!
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.
Yes/no Questions
1. (Questions that can be answered by 'yes' or 'no'.)
Do you like your new ➚teacher?
Have you finished ➚already?
May I borrow your ➚dictionary?
Do you have any ➚magazines?
Do you sell ➚stamps?
2. 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?
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We sometimes use a 03
combination of rising and
falling intonation in the 04
same sentence.
The combination is called
Rise-Fall or Fall-Rise 05
intonation.
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Rise-Fall Intonation (➚➘)
(The intonation rises and then falls.)

We use rise-fall intonation for choices, lists,


unfinished thoughts and conditional sentences.

1. Choices (alternative questions.)
Are you having ➚soup or ➘salad?
Is John leaving on ➚Thursday or ➘Friday?
Does he speak ➚German or ➘French?
Is your name ➚Ava or ➘Eva?
2. Lists (rising, rising, rising, falling)
Intonation falls on the last item to show that the list is
finished.
We've got ➚apples, pears, bananas and ➘oranges
The sweater comes in ➚blue, white pink and ➘black
I like ➚football, tennis, basketball and ➘volleyball.
I bought ➚a tee-shirt, a skirt and a ➘handbag
3. Unfinished thoughts (partial statements)
In the responses to the following questions, the rise-fall
intonation indicates reservation.
The speaker hesitates to fully express his/her thoughts.

Do you like my new handbag? Well the ➚leather is


➘nice... ( but I don't like it.)
What was the meal like? Hmm, the ➚fish was ➘good...
(but the rest wasn't great).
So you both live in Los Angeles? Well ➚Alex ➘does ...
(but I don't).
4. Conditional sentences
(The tone rises in the first clause and falls gradually in
the second clause.)
If he ➚calls, ask him to leave a ➘message.
Unless he ➚insists, I'm not going to ➘go.
If you have any ➚problems, just ➘contact us
Fall-Rise Intonation (➘➚)
(The voice falls and rises usually within one word.

The main function of fall-rise intonation is to show that the


speaker is not certain of the answer they are giving to a
question, or is reluctant to reply (as opposed to a falling tone
used when there is no hesitation). It is also used in polite
requests or suggestions.
1. Hesitation/reluctance:

So you'd be willing to confirm that? ...Well ... I ➘sup ➚pose so ...


You didn't see him on Monday?   I don't quite ➘re➚member ...

2. Politeness-Doubt-Uncertainty: (You are not sure what the


answer might be.)

Perhaps we could ➘vis➚it the place?


Should we ➘cop➚y the list?
Do you think it's ➘al➚lowed?
Specify the intonation pattern below!

Asking Question and for exclamation


- “Are you going to school tomorrow? It’s a holiday!”
Making statemens
- “I’v been teaching for many years”
Listing Thinks
- I Love chocolate, strawberry and mango ice cream
Expressing Felling
- “I can’t believe he won the first prize”
Stressing the importance something
- “I hope you got the red dress.”
Contrasting between things
- “ I thought she liked rabbits but she actually likes
cats”
Using tags question
- “it’s a beautiful day, its’n it?
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