This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Fall Rise Intonation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. May I borrow your dictionary? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 2. Stress is usually placed on words such as in, on, at. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. What are the common intonation patterns used in English? A) Rising, falling, rising-falling. B) Whispering, yelling, murmuring. C) Laughing, crying, shouting. D) Jumping, skipping, hopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising, falling, rising-falling. 4. Is anyone injured? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 5. Can they finish the project on time? A) Rising-falling Intonation. B) Rising Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Intonation. 6. Which sentence has a rising-falling intonation? A) When will be the grand opening of our clothing line?. B) Do you like sunflowers?. C) Can you enumerate the major parts of our brain?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When will be the grand opening of our clothing line?. 7. Who is your teacher? A) Falling intonation. B) Rising intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling intonation. 8. Changing a statement into a question always needs a change in its grammatical structure. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. 1, Intonation is ..... used in ..... like a phrase or a ..... A) Pitch variations/ many syllables/ sentence. B) Pitch variations/ many syllables/ paragraph. C) Pitch variations/ many syllables/ word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pitch variations/ many syllables/ sentence. 10. Which of these words would have a held 'T' sound at the end? A) Better. B) Flat. C) Internet. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 11. When do you usually study English? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling. 12. Which language have the opposite pattern from English:rising for statements and falling with questions. A) Hausa. B) Greek. C) Chickasaw. D) Chinese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chickasaw. 13. How many forms of intonation are there? A) 5. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 14. Dibawah ini yang masuk bagian dari fall intonation A) Choice. B) Unfinished thought. C) Exclamation. D) List. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamation. 15. It is a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word. A) Syllable. B) Sentence focus. C) Reduction. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syllable. 16. ....is the pattern of pitch that occurs over a phrase which may be a complete sentence. A) Rhythm. B) Tone. C) Stress. D) Intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intonation. 17. What is the purpose of using intonation in English speech? A) To confuse the listener. B) To emphasize the wrong words. C) To convey emotions, attitudes, and meaning in English speech. D) To make the speech sound robotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To convey emotions, attitudes, and meaning in English speech. 18. 11, What did you do during the holiday? I /mostly/ worked/ during that time. A) PH/ H/ TS/ T. B) H/ PH/ T/ TS. C) H/ PH/ TS/ T. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PH/ H/ TS/ T. 19. If you pronounce the sentence "I think it's raining" in a fall-rise intonation, you are most likeexpressing ..... A) You are not sure about that. B) A question. C) You are absolutely sure about that. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are not sure about that. 20. Where did it happen? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 21. Which sentence would most likely have rising intonation? A) "I enjoyed the movie.". B) "The meeting starts at 3 PM.". C) "Close the window, please.". D) "Are you coming to the party?". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Are you coming to the party?". 22. Why do we vary the pitch of our voices? A) To make people feel dizzy. B) To help our listeners understand our meaning. C) Because English is syllable timed. D) Because we wish we were singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help our listeners understand our meaning. 23. In English, sentence stress typically falls on: A) Articles, prepositions, and auxiliary verbs. B) Content words like nouns, main verbs, and adjectives. C) Every word equally. D) The last word of the sentence only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Content words like nouns, main verbs, and adjectives. 24. Intonation in English has four major functions. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Choose the correct intonation pattern for the given sentence: "I can help you with that, but I'm busy right now." A) Fall-Rise. B) Rising. C) Falling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fall-Rise. 26. What is a tone unit? A) A syllable that carries a tone and it is prominent. B) The basic unit of intonation in a language. C) Voice quality, or special colouring of the voice to show your feelings, attitudesand emotions. D) It is about how we say things, rather than what we say. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The basic unit of intonation in a language. 27. Intonation is ..... A) The degree of the force with which a sound is uttered. B) The process of replaicing a sound by another sound under the influence of the third sound. C) The variations which take place in the pitch of the voice in connected speech. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The variations which take place in the pitch of the voice in connected speech. 28. Sarah loves chocolate, A) Did she?. B) Doesn't she?. C) Does she?. D) Didn't she?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doesn't she?. 29. In Exclamation, expressing emotions towards things, we will lower our voice in the last sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. We use fall-rise intonation for choices, lists, unfinished thoughts and conditional sentences A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. What is old information? A) Something that cannot be repeated. B) Something that hasn't been said before. C) Something that has been said before. D) A secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that has been said before. 32. Falling intonation is typically used in: A) Yes/no questions. B) Statements and wh-questions. C) Exclamations only. D) Short answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statements and wh-questions. 33. Did you lose weight? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) Rise-fall intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 34. What is the intonation pattern of the following sentence?: "My country is a beautiful place." A) The voice falls at the end of the sentence. B) The voice rises at the end of the sentence. C) The voice stays the same and doesn't change. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The voice falls at the end of the sentence. 35. What is the intonation pattern of the sentence?: "I need to buy eggs, bread, cereal, orange juice, apples, and milk." A) The voice rises for all of the items, except for milk. B) The voice falls for all of the items, except for milk. C) The voice rises on the word milk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The voice rises for all of the items, except for milk. 36. When do you go to school? Dibaca menggunakan intonasi apa kalimat diatas A) Rise. B) Fall. C) Rise-fall. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rise. 37. Variation in the pitch of the voice over a group of words (i.e. a tone unit) is called A) Rhythm. B) Intonation. C) Stress. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intonation. 38. Statements implying correction are usually pronounced with ..... A) Fall-Rise. B) High Fall. C) High Rise. D) Rise-Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fall-Rise. 39. What time does it starts? A) Rising-falling Intonation. B) Rising Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising-falling Intonation. 40. What tone is the most appropriate in the respond: "Excuse me?-Yes." ? A) Fall. B) Rise. C) Fall-rise. D) Rise-fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rise. 41. Disjunctive (Tag) questions pronounced with a Fall in both intonation groups show the speaker ..... A) Is sure of the answer, expects the listener to agree with them. B) Isn't sure of the answer, wants to know the listener's opinion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is sure of the answer, expects the listener to agree with them. 42. Which word is stressed differently? A) Study. B) Reply. C) Deny. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study. 43. Which intonation is correct for the sentence: "Are you coming?" A) Rising at the end. B) Falling at the end. C) Flat throughout. D) Rising in the middle and falling at the end. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising at the end. 44. Which sentence has a rising intonation? A) Who do you want to be in this world?. B) Where do you want to go?. C) Is that her dream wedding?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is that her dream wedding?. 45. + If the tonic syllable is the final syllable, the tone will sound much different from that of a corresponding one syllable tone unit. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 46. Can you call me at five? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) Rise-fall intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 47. What is the correct intonation when asking this question? "You did it?" A) Falling intonation. B) Rising intonation. C) Rise-fall intonation. D) Fall-rise intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising intonation. 48. Before full stops, we: A) Rise tone. B) Lower tone. C) Keep the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lower tone. 49. If the tail consists of tow or more syllable:" Rise-Fall:The syllable immediately following the tonic syllable is always ..... and any following syllables are low. A) Higher. B) Low. C) Second. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Higher. 50. According to Peter Roach, intonation performs 5 functions which are emotional, information structure, textual, psychological, and indexical. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Rising intonation can make a speaker sound: A) More detached. B) More engaging. C) More certain. D) More aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More engaging. 52. Alternative questions don't usually form a Combined tune in speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. Why are you late? A) Falling intonation. B) Rising intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling intonation. 54. Choose the correct vocalization order:Wow, did you really do that? How did you do it? A) Rise-fall intonation. B) Rise-rise intonation. C) Fall-rise intonation. D) Fall-fall intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rise-fall intonation. 55. Question Tags come: A) At the end of a sentence. B) At the beginning of a sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the end of a sentence. 56. Both Neutral General questions and Friendly General questions are pronounced with a Rise although it differs in pitch. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. In the story "Move It!" what is a change in position is called? A) Force. B) Position. C) Speed. D) Motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motion. 58. Is that the new school? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) Fall-rise intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 59. What happens when a word or idea is repeated or is old information? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) Falling-rising intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 60. When we stress a word, we raise the pitch. (She ate a PEACH this morning.) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFall Rise Intonation Quiz 2Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 3Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 4Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 5Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 6Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 7Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 8Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books