This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Fall Rise Intonation – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are languages that use pitch syntactically or in which the changing pitch of a whole sentence is otherwise important? A) Scripting language. B) Tone languages. C) Programming languages. D) Intonation languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intonation languages. 2. If there is no stressed syllable before the tonic syllable, there can be a head A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Identify the tuneIt's a lovely day, isn't it?(Expecting agreement) A) Low fall. B) High fall. C) High rise. D) Low rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High rise. 4. Choose the correct intonation:You like fish, don't you? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) Rising-falling. D) Falling-rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising. 5. Women and children tend to have higher voices because they have a smaller larynx; as a result, ..... A) The vocal folds are shorter and they vibrate faster. B) The vocal folds are shorter and they vibrate more slowly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The vocal folds are shorter and they vibrate faster. 6. Does pitch or intonation change the meaning of individual words? A) Pitch. B) Intonation. C) Both of them. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pitch. 7. Intonation is a combination of speech melody, sentence stress, tempo, and timbre. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. Which word is stressed in the question: "Did you enjoy the movie?" A) The. B) Movie. C) Enjoy. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoy. 9. Compound verbs have the primary stress on the second word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Describe the intonation pattern used in asking a yes-no question in English. A) Falling pitch. B) Flat pitch. C) Rapid pitch. D) Rising pitch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising pitch. 11. A tone-unit is generally greater in size than a syllable. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Tails are syllables between the tonic syllable and the end of the tone-unit. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. What are pitch levels of intonation? A) High, medium, fall. B) High, fall, low. C) High, medium, low. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High, medium, low. 14. Whether having or not having stressed syllable, the tone-unit still have a head. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Statements rises on ..... ? A) Prominent sylable. B) Old information. C) Funtion words. D) New information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prominent sylable. 16. What does falling intonation usually indicate? A) A yes/no question. B) A complete statement or certainty. C) Uncertainty. D) A pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A complete statement or certainty. 17. It is the rise and fall of our voice; change in pitch; the "melody" of our speech. A) Blending. B) Intonation. C) Reduction. D) Linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intonation. 18. Which sentencew has the same stress pattern as"aBANdon" A) I thought it. B) She said that. C) A computer. D) Josh has it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I thought it. 19. Intonation patter 6: A) (low pre-head+) fall (+tail). B) (low pre-head+) fall rise (+tail). C) (low pre-head+) fall (+tail). D) (high pre-head+) fall rise (+tail). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (low pre-head+) fall rise (+tail). 20. Which of the following sentences uses appropriate chunking? A) I like to | read | books. B) I. like-to. read-books. C) I like | to read books. D) I | like | to | read | books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I like | to read books. 21. Choose the correct intonation "She has a boyfriend?!" A) Rising. B) Falling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising. 22. Do you like eating pizza? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 23. What intonation is typical in "She's coming tomorrow, isn't she?" A) Rising on "tomorrow" and rising on "isn't she". B) Falling on "tomorrow" and rising on "isn't she". C) Falling throughout. D) Flat throughout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling on "tomorrow" and rising on "isn't she". 24. Each thought group has its own changes in pitch. A) That's right. B) That's not right. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That's right. 25. When do we use falling intonation? A) WH questions. B) Yes/No questions. C) Question Tags. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WH questions. 26. Which of the following is an example of correct sentence stress? A) "He wants to GO to the park.". B) "He WANTS to GO to the PARK.". C) "He WANTS to go TO the park.". D) "He wants TO GO to the PARK.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "He wants to GO to the park.". 27. ..... expresses politeness, apology, concern, uncertainty, disagreement. A) Rise-fall intonation. B) Fall-rise intonation. C) Fall intonation. D) Rise intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fall-rise intonation. 28. A tonic syllable carries only the tone, not the tonic stress. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. 12, How do you go to the office? I/ usually go to the office by/ bus. A) PH/ TS/ H. B) H/ TS/ T. C) PH/ H/ TS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PH/ H/ TS. 30. If the intonation rises at the end of a tag question ..... A) The speaker believes he/she already knows the answer. B) The speaker is seeking information and is not sure what the answer will be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker is seeking information and is not sure what the answer will be. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFall Rise Intonation Quiz 1Fall 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books