This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Fall Rise Intonation – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which intonation pattern is NOT used in English? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) Flat. D) Falling-rising. E) Rising-falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 2. Rise and fall of the voice in speaking A) Pitch. B) Stress. C) Intonation. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intonation. 3. How many syllables are there?"Carlo's very smart." A) 5. B) 3. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 4. The tone showing "limited agreement" response with reservations called A) Fall-rise tone. B) Falling tone. C) Rise-fall tone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fall-rise tone. 5. Intonation can signal to the listener what is to be taken as "new" information and what is already "given" . Rising intonation = "Old" information, Falling intonation = "New" information A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 6. How does intonation affect the meaning of the sentence 'You're going to the party'? A) It can make it a question or a statement. B) It doesn't affect the meaning. C) It changes the tense of the sentence. D) It alters the subject of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can make it a question or a statement. 7. Choose the correct intonation pattern for the given sentence: "He's not feeling well." A) Rising. B) Fall-Rise. C) Falling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling. 8. Rising intonation is used to show ..... A) Something more to follow. B) Listing. C) Encouraging. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 9. Intonation is about: A) WHAT we say. B) HOW we say things. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HOW we say things. 10. Why is intonation important? A) Intonation can change the meaning of a sentence. B) Intonation is about how we say things, not what we say. C) Intonation indicates the mood of the speaker. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. How many syllables are there?"Carlos's very smart." A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 12. Which statements are true about intonation? A) Intonation can change/ affect the interpretation of a sentence and cause misunderstanding. B) Pitch, sentence stress and rhythm are key components of intonation. C) Intonation refer to the use of pitch to convey the meaning at the sentence or discourse level. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 13. WH-questions ends with what type of intonation? A) Rising Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Intonation. 14. Question Tags are formed with auxiliary verb + subject pronoun. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. To be polite, the sentence "May I ask you a question?" should be pronounced with A) Rising intonation. B) A fall-rise. C) A rise-fall. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fall-rise. 16. What is the intonation pattern of this question: "Is it a dog?" A) The voice rises at the end of the question. B) The voice falls at the end of the question. C) The voice remains the same and doesn't change. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The voice rises at the end of the question. 17. A shift Is indicated by ..... ? A) A line curving up or down. B) A line drawn at the base. C) A straight vertical line. D) A line with some distance below the word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A straight vertical line. 18. MOONLIGHT is an example of a compound noun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. In the story "I Fall Down" does everything land with the same force? A) No, objects don't land on the ground. B) Yes, everything lands with the same force. C) No, objects with different weights land with different forces. D) Yes, everything weighs the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, objects with different weights land with different forces. 20. What are the sense-groups of disjunctive questions? A) Statement(affirmative or negative), question tags. B) General, special. C) Limited, unlimited. D) All of these answers are right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement(affirmative or negative), question tags. 21. That's not what I meant at all! A) Rise-Fall. B) Falling. C) Level. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rise-Fall. 22. The word 'feather' contains a hard 'th' sound. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 23. How many basic intonations in English: A) 5. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 24. Where is the primary stress in this word:blossom? A) 1st syllable. B) 2nd syllable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st syllable. 25. Rachel, is that you? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) Rise-fall intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 26. In which situation would you most likely use a flat intonation? A) Reading a list of items. B) Asking a question. C) Expressing surprise. D) Giving a command. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading a list of items. 27. Which word is stressed in this sentence: "She can't believe it!" A) Can't. B) Believe. C) She. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believe. 28. How many tonic syllables are there in each tone-unit? A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 29. ..... is the rise and fall of the voice in speech. A) Speech. B) Intonation. C) Note. D) Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intonation. 30. Is your name Katherine? A) Rising-falling Intonation. B) Rising Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Intonation. 31. What is new information A) Something that is about to be said. B) Something that hasn't been said before. C) Something that won't be said. D) Something that has been said before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that hasn't been said before. 32. Ability to control one's volume A) Pause. B) Stress. C) Projection. D) Speech rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Projection. 33. What words should we stress on? A) Nouns, Verbs, Adjs, Adverbs, Conjunctions. B) Nouns, Verbs, Adjs, Adverbs, Prepositions. C) Nouns, Verbs, Adjs, Adverbs, Articles. D) Nouns, Verbs, Adjs, Adverbs, Negative words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nouns, Verbs, Adjs, Adverbs, Negative words. 34. When we are annoyed, our voice ..... A) Rises. B) Falls. C) Stays the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falls. 35. Which sentence typically uses rising intonation? A) Close the door. B) I'm going to school. C) That's fine. D) Are you okay?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are you okay?. 36. A pre-head could precede a head or tonic syllable. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. In rise-fall toneA:Can you help me?B:Yes.=> B would not completely agree with A A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. I will spend a month in Rome A) Shall we?. B) Would I?. C) Won't I?. D) Will I?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won't I?. 39. What intonation pattern is used in this sentence: "He said he was busy." A) Falling. B) Rising. C) Flat. D) Rising-falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling. 40. What is the purpose of chunking in speech? A) To make sentences shorter. B) To increase fluency and comprehension. C) To reduce sentence stress. D) To memorize more words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To increase fluency and comprehension. 41. Intonation is the pattern of ..... changes that occurs over a phrase which may be a complete sentence A) Pitch. B) Voice. C) Tone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pitch. 42. Do you really think so? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) Rise-fall intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 43. Vowels and consonants are suprasegmental features of a language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. What do we do to show the listener we are continuing to speak? A) Make our intonation fall at the end. B) Make our intonation rise at the end. C) Make our intonation fall then rise. D) Make our intonation flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make our intonation rise at the end. 45. Choose the correct intonation:He thinks he is so clever, doesn't he? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) Rising-falling. D) Falling-rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling. 46. Choose the correct intonation:"Do you love coffee?" A) Rising Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising Intonation. 47. In "Is this your phone?" what does rising intonation suggest? A) Surprise. B) Question. C) Statement. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question. 48. Which intonation pattern is typical of a polite request such as "Try not to be late." ? A) High Fall. B) Low Rise. C) Fall-Rise Divided. D) Fall-Rise Undivided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fall-Rise Divided. 49. What is the intonation pattern of the following sentence?: "Emily likes ice cream." A) The voice rises at the end of the question. B) The voice falls at the end of the question. C) The voice stays the same and doesn't change. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The voice falls at the end of the question. 50. Listening is a passive process that does not require concentration. A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 51. An unemotional tone A) Low-Fall. B) Fall-Rise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low-Fall. 52. I bought a ton of fruit; apples, grapes, and pears were all on sale. A) Falling intonation. B) Rise-fall intonation. C) Rising intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rise-fall intonation. 53. How should the sentence "Turn off the lights" be chunked for clarity? A) Turn | off the lights. B) Turn off | the lights. C) Turn off the | lights. D) Turn | off | the lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn off | the lights. 54. Which form is used when a function word is unstressed? A) Clear form. B) Emphatic form. C) Strong form. D) Weak form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weak form. 55. Intonation is used to express different ideas when speaking. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 56. Choose the correct stress. "What a lovely day it is!" A) 'What a 'lovely, day it is!. B) , What 'a lovely day it is!. C) , What a 'lovely day it is. D) 'What a lovely day, it is!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'What a 'lovely, day it is!. 57. How do we show new information? A) Falling intonation. B) Falling-Rising intonation. C) Rising intonation. D) Flat intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling intonation. 58. We use Rising intonation ..... A) In Wh-questions. B) To sound determined. C) In Yes/No questions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In Yes/No questions. 59. We do not raise the voice of the objects listed first and lower the voice of the last object in the list. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. She is pretty, isn't she? 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