Intonation Quiz Answers

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How did you do in the Intonation Quiz? Could you name the tonic syllable types? Practice English intonation by repeating after the tones in the audio. Try recording yourself to compare.

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'believe' (High-fall) 'tomorrow' (Fall-rise)

"I don’t believe it! Not tomorrow!"

'Hi!' (Low-fall) 'excuse'(Low-fall) 'seats'(Low-rise)

Hi! Excuse me, but you’ve just sat in our reserved seats”

'right' (Low-fall) 'ok'(Fall-rise) 'Canada'(High-fall)

“Right, ok. Let’s go skiing in Canada instead”

'What?' (High-rise) 'next'(High-fall) 'instead'(High-rise)

"What? You mean they've decided to travel next week instead?"

'pizza' (High-rise) 'curry'(High-fall) 'you'(High-fall)

"Shall we go for a pizza or a curry? What do you think?"

'meeting' (Rise-fall) 'ill'(High-fall) 'really'(Rise-fall) 'party'(High-fall)

"They said they couldn’t come to the meeting as they were ill, but really they were at a party"

'left' (High-fall) 'again'(Mid-level) 'Tenth'(High-fall) 'right'(High-fall) 'market'(High-fall)

“Turn left, left again, then straight down Tenth Street and it’s on the right, opposite the market.”

'carpenter' (Low-rise) 'clue'(High-fall) 'start'(High-fall)

“Couldn’t we call a carpenter to do that? I haven’t a clue where to even start"

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