Grade 9 1st Quarter- Quiz 2 Part 1

In the word "ceremony," which syllable should be stressed?

• CER-e-mo-ny

• cer-E-mo-ny

• cer-e-MO-ny

• cer-e-mo-NY

What intonation should be used in this sentence: "Have you eaten your lunch?"

• Rising

• Falling

In the sentence “As the ship sank suddenly the life boats were lowered,” where should the stop be put to show that the sinking of the ship happened unexpectedly?

• Before the word "ship"

• Before the word "suddenly"

• After the word "ship"

• After the word "suddenly"

What intonation should be used in the sentence to ask for confirmation?

"You are a student. Aren’t you?"

• Rising

• Falling

This is a prosodic feature of speech that deals with variety of pitch.

• A. Intonation

• B. Juncture

• C. Stress

• D. Pauses

“I won the lottery.”

If read in a normal and low pitches, it shows _______.

• A. Happy

• B. Surprised

• C. Sad

• D. Nervous

The sky is blue, but I don’t feel blue.

The sentence has _____ pauses/stops.

• A. 2

• B. 3

• C. 5

• D. 4