Intonation

What is intonation?

• making your voice loud

• making your voice soft

• making your voice go up and down

• making your breakfast

• making your voice silent

Why do we use intonation?

• for meaning and for emphasis (make things clear)

• to make our speech more interesting

• to sound like a robot

• to make our voice sound flat

• to cry

Do we use intonation when we stress words?

• yes

• no

• maybe

• I don't know because I don't listen to anything teacher says (i'm crazy)

Which intonation patterns do we use in English?

• rising

• falling

• falling-rising

• rising-falling

• flat

What word is stressed?

• Hear

• Did

• That

• You

What word is stressed?

• didn't

• know

• what

• do

China always has rice at this time of year

• China, this

• always, this

• rice, time

• always, rice

Computers are not going to take over the world

• computers, going

• computers, not, world

• computers, not, take, world

• computers, not, over, world

How is the intonation in the word 'that'?

• rising

• falling

How's the intonation in the word 'sure'?

• rising

• falling

• falling-rising