Tune into Tone
What is intonation in speech?
Intonation is the rise and fall of the voice in speaking, which affects the meaning of what is being said.
Annie and her brothers ____ at school.
A. Am
B. Is
C. Are
C. Are
'__________________?' 'No she's out.'
A. Is at home your mother
B. Does your mother at home
C. Is your mother at home
D. Are your mother at home
C. Is your mother at home
Your forehead is so hot! You _________ have a fever.
A. must
B. can't
C. may
A. must
How does intonation affect the meaning of a sentence?
Intonation can indicate whether a sentence is a question, statement, or exclamation, and can change the meaning based on the speaker's tone.
Either my mother or my father ____ coming to the meeting.
A. Am
B. Is
C. Are
B. Is
Jenny ______________________ in music.
A. isn't very interested
B. not very interested
C. doesn't very interested
D. doesn't very interest
A. isn't very interested
It _______ be a mechanical problem, the car is new.
A. must
B. can't
C. may
B. can't
Did he work yesterday?
It is
A. Rising intonation
B. Falling intonation
C. Wavering intonation
Rising intonation
Identify the error in the sentence: "Neither the students nor the teacher were aware of the surprise."
A. Subject-Verb Agreement
B. Parallelism
C. Pronoun Reference
D. Run-on Sentence
A. Subject-Verb Agreement
Look there's Emily! ____________________.
A. Where she is going?
B. Where she go?
C. Where's she going?
D. Where she going?
C. Where's she going?
I heard a noise, there ______ be a cat on the roof.
I'm not sure, I'm going to check...
A. must
B. can't
C. might
C. might
The pronunciation of a syllable with more respiratory energy or muscular force than other syllables in the same word.
A. Intonation
B. Sentence stress
C. Word stress
D. linking
Word stress
We use the Present Simple.
A. To talk about actions that are happening now
B. To talk about the past
C. To talk about routines
D. To talk about the future
C. To talk about routines
I don't understand this sentence. What ___________________ ?
A. mean this word
B. means this word
C. does this word mean
D. this word means
C. does this word mean
Paul is behaving in a very unusual way. I think he ______ again.
A. can't drink
B. might be drinking
C. can be drinking
B. might be drinking
The intonation in ‘yes/no’ questions normally
goes ___________ at the end.
A. Up
B. Down
A. Up
Choose the sentence with the correct present simple structure...
A. He study at the weekend.
B. He studies at the weekend.
C. He studys at the weekend.
D. He studyes at the weekend.
B. He studies at the weekend.
'How __________________ ?' 'I don't know. I didn't see it.'
A. happened the accident
B. did the accident happen
C. does the accident happen
D. the accident happened
B. did the accident happen.
No thanks. I shouldn’t/mustn’t eat any more cake. I’m on a diet.
A. Shouldn’t
B. Mustn’t
C. Both
C. Both