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The document contains an intonation test with 10 multiple choice questions about intonation. Intonation refers to the rise and fall of pitch in speech. The test questions cover topics like the definition of intonation, functions of intonation like emphasis and questioning, identifying tone groups in speech samples, and key parts of tone groups like the tonic syllable, head, and tail.

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Intonation Exercises 2

The document contains an intonation test with 10 multiple choice questions about intonation. Intonation refers to the rise and fall of pitch in speech. The test questions cover topics like the definition of intonation, functions of intonation like emphasis and questioning, identifying tone groups in speech samples, and key parts of tone groups like the tonic syllable, head, and tail.

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Intonation Exercises

Questions
1. Intonation is...
o A. The emphasis you place on words when speaking.
o B. The pitch of your voice at the end of a sentence.
o C. The rise and fall of your voice over an entire sentence
or group of sentences.
o D. When you imitate the voice of your conversation
partner.
 2. The four types of intonation are:
o A. Slipping, dipping, blaring, and soothing
o B. Rising, falling, dipping, and peaking
o C. Shouting, whispering, speaking, and croaking
o D. Rising, falling, channelling, and sliding
 3. Rising intonation is when…
o A. You shout at your conversation partner
o B. The pitch of your voice rises in a sentence
o C. The pitch of your voice falls in a sentence
o D. The pitch of your voice rises and falls in a single
sentence
 4. Rising intonation towards the end of a sentence can indicate
that…
o A. The speaker is bored
o B. The speaker is angry
o C. The speaker is asking a yes/no question
o D. The speaker is making a statement
 5. To indicate a statement you should…
o A. Drop your pitch towards the end of the sentence
o B. Speak loudly and clearly
o C. Use rising intonation towards the end of the sentence
o D. Pause before starting the sentence
 6. Flat intonation can be boring to listen to?
o A. True
o B. False
 7. Overusing rising intonation can make you sound uncertain?
o A. True
o B. False
 8. The main issue with using flat intonation at the end of a
sentence in a conversation is:
o A. You may bore your listener
o B. Listeners may think that you are being enthusiastic
when you are not
o C. Listeners may not realise that you have finished talking
o D. You may never stop speaking
 9. Intonation has no effect on the grammatical meaning of a
sentence.
o A. True
o B. False
 10. Intonation can be used to determine the attitude of a speaker
o A. True
o B. False
Intonation Exercises:

Intonation test, MCQ


Intonation: MCQ Sample Test
Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d in the following sentences:
1) Intonation can be defined as . . .
a. the rise and fall of speech
b. the rhythm of speech
c. the melody and tone of the speech
d. all of the above

2) All of the following functions are true of intonation except . . .


a. intonation helps words to communicate messages and emotions
b. intonation is emphasizing every word in speech.
c. intonation is the punctuation of our speech
d. intonation has an indexical function

3) If you pronounced the word “yesterday” in a rising intonation, you are most
likely expressing . . .
a. a statement
b. a preposition
c. a question
d. giving answers

4) If you pronounce the word “Excellent” in a falling intonation, you are most
likely expressing . . .
a. disappointment
b. cheerfulness
c. mockery
d. a&c

5) A tone-group is a chunk of speech that carries . . .


a. one and only one tone
b. multiplicity of tones
c. one and only one important information
d. a&c

6) How many tone – groups does the following extract consist of?
Last week, my uncle Freddie came back from France and he was very happy to
meet us. Later that afternoon, when he met with us, he gave each of us his
present. We were all very happy and pleased.

a. 7
b. 2
c. 8
d. 9

7) The Tonic-syllable of a tone-group is . . .


a. the syllable that carries the most significant information
b. the sentence that carries the most significant information
c. the syllable that carries the primary stress of the sentence
d. a & c

8) The other important words that precedes the tonic-syllable are called . . .
a. the tail of the tone-group
b. the forehead of the tone-group
c. the head of the tone-group
d. b&c
9) The head of the tone-group . . .
a. must always be unstressed
b. must always be stressed
c. is not necessarily stressed
d. a&b

10)The tail of a tone-group . . .


a. is unstressed and follows the tonic syllable
b. is stressed and precedes the tonic syllable
c. comes between the head and tonic syllable
d. must exist in a tone-group

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