WorksheetsIntonation
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Length, pitch, and stress are prosodic, or suprasegmental, features
True
False
A phonetic feature which depends on how fast the vocal folds vibrate; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone is called
rhythm
stress
pitch
Women and children tend to have higher voices because they have a smaller larynx; as a result, ...
the vocal folds are shorter and they vibrate faster
the vocal folds are shorter and they vibrate more slowly
Variation in the pitch of the voice over a group of words (i.e. a tone unit) is called
rhythm
intonation
stress
Boundaries between tone units are NOT marked by
pitch reset
lengthening of the final syllable
lengthening of the initial syllable
The sentence "He's lost his dog" pronounced with falling intonation indicates
certainty
uncertainty
irony
The sentence "He's lost his dog?" pronounced with rising intonation indicates
certainty and finality
uncertainty and question
that you're impressed
To be polite, the sentence "May I ask you a question?" should be pronounced with
rising intonation
a fall-rise
a rise-fall
Wh-questions, e.g. "What do you mean?" are pronounced with
falling intonation
rising intonation
a rise-fall
To sound impressed, the exclamation "How clever she is!" is pronounced with
a fall-rise
a rise-fall
a fall
Vowels and consonants are suprasegmental features of a language.
True
False
