This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Falling Intonation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Falling Intonation Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To prepare a speech, you need to A) Know your audience, content, and time frame. B) Write it the night before. C) Create a lot of slides to read. D) Quote a lot of research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know your audience, content, and time frame. 2. "What a beautiful day" Rising tone said? A) Confusingly. B) Genuinely. C) Sarcasticly. D) Enthusiastically. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enthusiastically. 3. I'm going to the movies with Juan tomorrow. A) When are you going to the movies?. B) Who are you going to the movies with?. C) You're going to a concert tomorrow?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who are you going to the movies with?. 4. Which of the following sentences is an example of falling intonation? A) Are you afraid?. B) Stop it, please. C) Would you like to go there again?. D) Is that your new car?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stop it, please. 5. What is stress? A) Pronouncing all syllables equally. B) Pronouncing one syllable louder, higher, and longer. C) Pronouncing only consonant sounds. D) Pronouncing only vowel sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronouncing one syllable louder, higher, and longer. 6. What is your relationship with Harry? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) None of the Above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling. 7. The pitch of the voice rises at the end of the sentence A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. And last but not least:'Responses' can be given ..... A) Only with Rising Intonation. B) Only with Falling Intonation. C) With BOTH Falling or Rising Intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With BOTH Falling or Rising Intonation. 9. What has been on the increase especially in Australia? A) Falling intonation. B) Rising intonation. C) Low falling terminal. D) High rising terminal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High rising terminal. 10. It is the highness or lowness of the tone or voice that indicates feeling. A) Gesture. B) Pitch. C) Posture. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pitch. 11. Recognize the intonation:'Give me your hand.' A) Rising Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) Wavering Intonation. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Intonation. 12. Odd one out (stress) A) Actor. B) Perform. C) Relax. D) Direct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actor. 13. How does the stress of a word affect its meaning? A) The stress of a word can change its meaning by altering its pronunciation. B) Stress only affects grammar, not meaning. C) The stress of a word is irrelevant to its pronunciation. D) Stress has no impact on the meaning of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stress of a word can change its meaning by altering its pronunciation. 14. "I love you." What type of intonation it uses? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling. 15. Are you sure? A) Non-Final Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) Rising Intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-Final Intonation. 16. How could intonation be affected? A) By stress of each word. B) By speaker's emotions. C) By commas. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By speaker's emotions. 17. An unvaried speaking tone with a lack of inflection throughout a speech. A) Range. B) Monochrome. C) Nasality. D) Monotone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monotone. 18. Your hand gestures and body language should A) Match your words. B) Confuse the audience. C) Not be done at all. D) Scare people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Match your words. 19. In which situation we CANNOT use rising intonation? A) Yes, No Questions. B) Answering the phone. C) Echo Questions. D) Question Tags when in certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Question Tags when in certainty. 20. Does this question have rising or falling intonation at the end? $\rightarrow$ Have you ever been to Europe? A) Rising. B) Falling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising. 21. I think we are completely lost. A) Rising. B) Falling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling. 22. I am done feeding my ego. A) Rising Intonation. B) Rising Falling Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Falling Intonation. 23. "I have to take the dog to the vet"In terms of information content, the word 'vet' is stressed because ..... A) More predictable and less information content. B) Less predictable and high information content. C) More predictable and high information content. D) Less predictable and less information content. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less predictable and high information content. 24. If he would just listen to me ..... A) Non-Final Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) Rising Intonation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-Final Intonation. 25. Are you ready to go? A) Rising intonation. B) Falling intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising intonation. 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