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Tle-ccs g10 q2 w5 Las v2
Intonation is the way you say things, rather than what are you saying, in the way
your voice rises and falls. In the speech, higher intonation is a way to excite the
audience, while slowing and lowering your intonation indicates the endpoint of
speech. There are things we have to consider in using intonation when speaking.
There are the following:
1. Rising Intonation – The pitch of the voice rises at the end of a sentence.
- The more vocal pitch tends to rise when the person speaking
is hesitant or uncertain. There will be a final high rise in pitch to
indicate a high degree of uncertainty or incompletion in the
meaning:
- It is typically used in yes/no questions and question tags that
are real questions.
- An upward arrow (➚) indicates a rise in intonation.
(Ask the students to repeat after you have read the example
sentences).
✔ YES/NO Question – These are the questions that can be
answered by a Yes or a No.
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2. Falling Intonation – The pitch of the voice falls at the end of the
sentence
(Ask the students to repeat after you have read the example
sentences).
✔ Statements
● I will eat pizza at ➘ home.
● She cooks so ➘well.
● George bough a dozen of ➘egg.
✔ Commands
● Put your sign in ➘here.
● Take the trash ➘outside.
● Write your poem in a ➘paper.
● Check your ➘room.
(Ask the students to repeat after you have read the example
sentences).
✔ Choices
● Do you like ➚ apple or ➘banana?
● Is he working in ➚ city or ➘province?
● Are your going to ➚ walk or ➘run?
✔ List
● George bought ➚ a bottle of milk, ➚ dozen of egg, and
➘a pack of bread.
● He baked a ➚ cake, ➚ cookies and ➘brownies.
✔ Unfinished thoughts
- In the responses to the following questions, the rise-fall
intonation indicates reservation.
- The speaker hesitates to fully express his/her thoughts.
● Do you like my new handbag? Well the ➚leather is ➘nice...
( but I don't like it.)
● What was the meal like? Hmm, the ➚fish was ➘good... (but
the rest wasn't great).
● So you both live in Los Angeles? Well ➚Alex ➘does ... (but I
don't).
✔ Conditional sentences
(The tone rises in the first clause and falls gradually in the
second clause.)
● If he ➚calls, ask him to leave a ➘message.
● Unless he ➚insists, I'm not going to ➘go.
● If you have any ➚problems, just ➘contact us.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 1
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2. What are the patterns you did consider to ensure that you have read the
sentences with correct intonation?
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