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Intonation

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

To be polite, the sentence "May I ask you a question?" should be pronounced with

rising intonation

a fall-rise

a rise-fall

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Wh-questions, e.g. "What do you mean?" are pronounced with

falling intonation

rising intonation

a rise-fall

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you use fall-rise intonation when saying “I think it’s blue”, you mean...

that you are not sure.

..that it’s blue for sure.

..that it’s not blue.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Intonation can help us know the speaker’s attitude.

FALSE

TRUE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you pronounce the sentence “I think it’s raining” in a fall-rise intonation, you are most like

expressing…

a question

you are not sure about that

you are absolutely sure about that

I

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Intonation is used to express different ideas when speaking.

TRUE

FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

We use Rising intonation…

in Wh- questions.

to sound determined.

in Yes/No questions.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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