Questions
1. What is intonation in English?
A) Word formation
B) Voice pitch movement in speech
C) Grammar rule
D) Stress pattern
✅ B) Voice pitch movement in speech
2. Which element shows how high or low the voice is?
A) Stress
B) Pitch
C) Rhythm
D) Tempo
✅ B) Pitch
3. What tone is usually used in statements?
A) Rising
B) Falling
C) Level
D) Rising-falling
✅ B) Falling
4. A rising tone at the end of a sentence usually indicates:
A) Anger
B) Question or doubt
C) Certainty
D) Command
✅ B) Question or doubt
5. The main pitch movement in an intonation group occurs on the:
A) Head
B) Pre-head
C) Tail
D) Nucleus
✅ D) Nucleus
6. Which part of the intonation pattern comes before the first stressed syllable?
A) Head
B) Tail
C) Pre-head
D) Nucleus
✅ C) Pre-head
7. What does the falling-rising tone usually express?
A) Certainty
B) Doubt or hesitation
C) Anger
D) Surprise
✅ B) Doubt or hesitation
8. In English intonation, a tone unit is:
A) A word group with one main pitch movement
B) A type of stress
C) A long vowel
D) A single syllable
✅ A) A word group with one main pitch movement
9. Which of the following is a phonostylistic feature?
A) The difference in tone between formal and informal speech
B) The length of words
C) The spelling of words
D) The number of syllables
✅ A) The difference in tone between formal and informal speech
10. What tone is used in commands like “Close the door!”?
A) Rising tone
B) Falling tone
C) Level tone
D) Rising-falling tone
✅ B) Falling tone
11. Which of these is not a function of intonation?
A) Word formation
B) Emotional expression
C) Grammatical distinction
D) Communicative organization
✅ A) Word formation
12. The academic style of intonation usually has:
A) Clear rhythm and falling tones
B) Rapid tempo and high emotion
C) Narrow pitch range
D) Many pauses and incomplete sentences
✅ A) Clear rhythm and falling tones
13. The tail in an intonation unit comes:
A) After the nucleus
B) Before the head
C) Before the pre-head
D) Between stress and pitch
✅ A) After the nucleus
14. What does phonostylistics study?
A) Vocabulary usage
B) Sound changes in history
C) Stylistic variations of speech sounds
D) Grammar structures
✅ C) Stylistic variations of speech sounds
15. Which tone often shows enthusiasm or surprise?
A) Falling
B) Rising
C) Rising-falling
D) Level
✅ C) Rising-falling
16. A falling tone typically conveys:
A) Completion or finality
B) Uncertainty
C) Surprise
D) Indifference
✅ A) Completion or finality
17. What tone would likely be used in a list such as “One, two, three”?
A) Level
B) Rising
C) Falling
D) Rising-falling
✅ A) Level
18. In informal conversation, intonation tends to be:
A) Flat and monotone
B) Highly expressive and varied
C) Formal and slow
D) Neutral and emotionless
✅ B) Highly expressive and varied
19. In the phrase “I saw John yesterday,” shifting the nuclear stress can change:
A) Word order
B) Sentence structure
C) Focus and meaning
D) Phoneme count
✅ C) Focus and meaning
20. The psychological function of intonation helps:
A) Organize thought groups for easier understanding
B) Mark word boundaries
C) Create new vocabulary
D) Shorten speech
✅ A) Organize thought groups for easier understanding
21. Which intonation pattern is typical of formal public speech?
A) Slow tempo, balanced rhythm, falling tones
B) Rapid tempo, high pitch, rising tones
C) Emotional variation, fast rhythm
D) Random pitch variation
✅ A) Slow tempo, balanced rhythm, falling tones
22. The intimate style of phonostylistics is characterized by:
A) Loudness and strong pitch
B) Soft voice and narrow pitch range
C) Fast rhythm and high tone
D) Academic vocabulary
✅ B) Soft voice and narrow pitch range
23. Changing intonation without changing words can:
A) Alter grammatical structure
B) Change meaning and emotion
C) Delete stress
D) Add more syllables
✅ B) Change meaning and emotion
24. The term nuclear tone refers to:
A) The main stress of the intonation unit
B) The first syllable of a word
C) The loudest vowel
D) A silent pause
✅ A) The main stress of the intonation unit
25. The phonostylistic variation of intonation depends on:
A) Speaker’s emotional state and communicative situation
B) Word spelling
C) The number of phonemes
D) Syntactic length
✅ A) Speaker’s emotional state and communicative situation