This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Fall Rise Intonation – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In speech, rising intonation is often used to: A) Signal the speaker is finished. B) Indicate a pause. C) Emphasize importance. D) Show uncertainty or a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Show uncertainty or a question. 2. Is this your book, isn't it? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) Fall-rise intonation. D) Rise-fall intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 3. In the story '' I Fall Down" does WIND affect the speed at which gravity pulls? A) No, objects big or small it is not affected. B) Yes, wind could blow away and change the speed. C) No, in space it was proven it does not change. D) Yes, in space it was prove it can change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, wind could blow away and change the speed. 4. A tone unit is ..... It is also referred to as an "intonation group" or a "tone group" . A) A group of syllables which carries the tone. B) A group of syllables which carries not only a tone but also a type of stress. C) A group of syllables over which a tone extends. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of syllables over which a tone extends. 5. 'Pitch' and 'peach' are examples of ..... A) Contrastive stress. B) Fruits. C) Minimal pairs. D) Thought groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minimal pairs. 6. Give an example of a rising intonation pattern in English. A) What time is it?. B) The weather is nice today. C) Is she coming to the party?. D) I'm going to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is she coming to the party?. 7. Straightforward statements sound neutral and calm when pronounced with ..... A) High Fall. B) Mid Fall. C) Low Rise. D) Fall-Rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mid Fall. 8. AdVISE is a ..... A) Noun. B) Verb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 9. Stressed syllables are shown by ..... A) Small dots. B) Pitch pattern. C) Tonemes. D) Large dots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large dots. 10. Requests with Low Rising nuclear tone sound serious and weighty. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Which function could perhaps be described as "limited agreement" or "response with reservations" . A) Fall. B) Fall-rise. C) Rise. D) Rise-fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fall-rise. 12. Rising intonation is generally used: A) At the beginning of a question. B) In the middle of a command. C) At the end of a yes/no question. D) In the middle of a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the end of a yes/no question. 13. I was watching tv when you called me A) Wasn't I. B) Was I. C) Didn't I. D) Did I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't I. 14. In the story "Move It!" what is the place where something is called? A) Force. B) Position. C) Motion. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Position. 15. "It's not what you say, it's how you say it." what does this mean? A) The same intonation has different meaning. B) Don't speak. C) Different intonation has the same meaning. D) The same words with different intonation can have different meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The same words with different intonation can have different meanings. 16. Identify the tuneThey aren't going, are they?(Demanding agreement) A) High fall. B) Low rise. C) High rise. D) Low fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High fall. 17. In the question, "What's your name?" intonation will: A) Rise at the end. B) Fall at the end. C) Stay flat. D) Rise in the middle and fall at the end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fall at the end. 18. In "Yes, I can help you, " which word is in strong form? A) Help. B) You. C) Can. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can. 19. Will you join in that historic effort? A) Rises. B) Lowers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rises. 20. He's not going to repeat this A) Is he?. B) He is?. C) Aren't he?. D) Does he?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is he?. 21. 10, When will you go swimming? On / Thurs/ day A) PH/ TS/ T. B) H/ TS/T. C) H/ T/ TS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PH/ TS/ T. 22. An emotional tone, often used in echoing what has just been said A) Low-Rise. B) Fall-Rise. C) High-Rise. D) High-Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-Rise. 23. If you use fall-rise intonation when saying "I think it's blue" , you mean ..... A) That you are not sure. B) That it's blue for sure. C) That it's not blue. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That you are not sure. 24. English uses ..... pitch level(s). A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 25. Choose the correct intonation:Do you like your new teacher? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) Rising-falling. D) Falling-rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising. 26. Can you use intonation to express emotions? A) No. B) Yes. C) It's impossible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 27. Do you play any sports? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising. 28. Intonation is the pattern of pitch changes that occurs over a phrase which may be a complete sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Refers to the highness or lowness of a sound A) Volume. B) Pitch. C) Stress. D) Pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitch. 30. What are your plans for the weekend? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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