This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Fall Rise Intonation – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fall Rise Intonation Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before commas we: A) Rise tone. B) Lower tone. C) Keep the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rise tone. 2. Where is the the tail of this tone-unit?/what did you say A) Did you say. B) /what did. C) /what did you. D) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you say. 3. What is a way of speaking a language? It relates to a significant utterance or speech pattern resulting from the consequences and pauses of stress and pitch accent. A) Stress. B) Intonation. C) Juncture. D) Accent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intonation. 4. We use High-Fall in A) General Question. B) Parenthesis. C) Special Question. D) Address. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Special Question. 5. In structure of tone units, word "black" in phrase "On the black table " belongs to ..... A) Tail. B) Tonic syllable. C) Pre-head. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Head. 6. In English, how does intonation affect the meaning of a sentence? A) It alters the vocabulary used. B) It changes the grammatical structure. C) It determines the sentence length. D) It conveys the speaker's attitude or emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It conveys the speaker's attitude or emotion. 7. 7, Intonation has its own units called: ..... A) Intonation unit / tone unit. B) Tone unit / tone group. C) Intonation unit / tone unit / tone group. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intonation unit / tone unit / tone group. 8. Rising intonation is often used to: A) Show the end of a conversation. B) Indicate certainty. C) Ask for confirmation. D) Express surprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ask for confirmation. 9. What intonation is used in the question 'where are you going?' A) Rising. B) Flat. C) Falling-rising. D) Falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling. 10. What is the intonation pattern of this question: "Can you help me?" 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. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The voice rises at the end of the question. 11. The fall-rise-yes-no tone is used to convey rather strong feelings of approval, disapproval, or surprise A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Degree of loudness or softness of one's voice A) Pitch. B) Stress. C) Intonation. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volume. 13. Everybody loves somebody A) Doesn't he?. B) Do they?. C) Don't he?. D) Don't they?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't they?. 14. Tonic-syllable is an optional component A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Intonation used in the sentence, "Are you serious?" (expresses doubt or surprise) A) Rising. B) Falling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising. 16. True or false? Pitch ranges are normal and narrow A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. Your parents can't swim, A) Can't your parents?. B) Can they?. C) Can't them?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can they?. 18. To act as a marker of personal or social identity.Which function does the statement above refer to? A) Discourse. B) Indexical. C) Attitudinal. D) Grammatical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indexical. 19. Which tone would you use to sound polite when asking "Would you like another tea" ? A) Fall-rise intonation. B) Rising intonation. C) Falling intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fall-rise intonation. 20. Where would stress likely fall in "He works hard every day" ? A) He, works, every. B) Works, hard, day. C) Works, every, day. D) Hard, every, day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Works, hard, day. 21. Speed at which a person speaks A) Speech rate. B) Volume. C) Pause. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech rate. 22. How can I connect to my audience? A) Rising-falling Intonation. B) Rising Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising-falling Intonation. 23. What intonation is used in the question 'Are you thirsty?' A) Falling. B) Flat. C) Rising. D) Falling-Rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising. 24. Rising intonation is commonly heard in: A) Incomplete thoughts or sentences. B) Declarative statements. C) Affirmative responses. D) Rhetorical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incomplete thoughts or sentences. 25. In "I Fall Down" what is a force that is always pulling things? A) Force. B) Earth. C) Space. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 26. How many functions of intonation are there? A) 5. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 27. What intonation is used in the phrase, "It's cold, isn't it?" A) Rising on "cold" and rising on "isn't it". B) Falling on "cold" and rising on "isn't it". C) Rising on "cold" and falling on "isn't it". D) Flat throughout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling on "cold" and rising on "isn't it". 28. 5, What is your hobby? I/ usually/ sing/ in my free time. A) H/ PH/ TS/ T. B) PH/ H/ TS/ T. C) PH/ H/ T/ TS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PH/ H/ TS/ T. 29. How many syllables are there?"Liz's bought a new cologne" A) 5. B) 7. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 30. I like chocolate very much, ..... ? A) Do you. B) Don't I. C) Don't you. D) Am I. 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