1. Identifies different intonation patterns and uses of word stress.
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Identifies different intonation patterns and uses of word stress.

2. Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say.
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What is intonation?
Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say.

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Without intonation, it's impossible to understand the expressions and thoughts that go with words.  Listen to somebody speaking without paying attention to the words: the 'melody' you hear is the intonation. It has the following features:

4. It's divided into phrases, also known as 'tone-units'.
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It's divided into phrases, also known as 'tone-units'.
The pitch moves up and down, within a 'pitch range'.
Everybody has their own pitch range. Languages, too, differ in pitch range. English has particularly wide pitch range.

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In each tone unit, the pitch movement (a rise or fall in tone, or a combination of the two) takes place on the most important syllable known as the 'tonic-syllable'.
The tonic-syllable is usually a high-content word, near the end of the unit.

6. These patterns of pitch variation are essential to a phrase's meaning.
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These patterns of pitch variation are essential to a phrase's meaning.
Changing the intonation can completely change the meaning. 

7. Example: Say: 'It's raining'. Unit 08 – Reading is fun.
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Example: 
Say: 'It's raining'.

8. You could say it to mean 'What a surprise!', or 'How annoying!', or
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Now say it again using the same words, but giving it different meaning.
You could say it to mean
'What a surprise!', or
'How annoying!', or
'That's great!'.
There are many possibilities.

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Question 1

10. Question 1 What is intonation? Unit 08 – Reading is fun.
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Question 1
What is intonation?

11. Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say.
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Answer
What is intonation?
Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say.

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Well done

13. I’ll give you some easy ways.
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I’ll give you some easy ways.
I see these as starting-points, rather than rules.
Some examples are:
Wh-word questions: falling intonation
What are you writing?
When will you go?

14. Yes/No questions: rising
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Yes/No questions: rising
Do you like cake?
Did you write the essay?
Statements: falling
It’s an interesting essay.
Lidula and Evin are good friends.

15. That’s a sad story. Isn’t it?
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Question-Tags:
'chat' – falling
That’s a sad story. Isn’t it?
'check' – rising
Nimal is absent. Isn’t he?

16. rising, rising, rising, falling
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Lists:
rising, rising, rising, falling
I went to the market and bought rice, vegetables, fruits and cheese.

17. 5. Stressing the importance of something
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5. Stressing the importance of something
Use rising intonation on specific words in a sentence to emphasize their importance.
“I hope you got the red scarf.”
“I hope you got the red scarf.”

18. Stress the underlined words
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Stress the underlined words
Damith removed the tyre.
Damith removed the tyre.
Damith removed the tyre.

19. Stress on syllable SIMple imPOssible toDay Animal Customer
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Stress on syllable
SIMple
imPOssible
toDay
Animal
Customer

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Question 1

21. Most Yes/No questions use rising intonation.
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Most Yes/No questions use rising intonation.
Information questions (what , who , when , where , why etc.) use falling intonation.

22. Give the right intonation, up or down(Rising or falling)
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Give the right intonation,
up or down(Rising or falling)
1. Who is your friend?
2. How old are you?
3. Is he writing it?
4. Did she eat it?
5. Who are you?

23. Answers 1. Who is your friend? down 2. How old are you? down
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1. Who is your friend? down
2. How old are you? down
3. Is he writing it? up
4. Did she eat it? up
5. Who are you? down

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25. Intonation We can understand
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Intonation We can understand
The expression and thoughts
Intonation is about how we say things rather than what we say.

26. We could see the following features
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We could see the following features
It has tone units
The pitch moves up and down
The stress is on the most important word
Changing the intonation can change the meaning

27. We can take these as starting points rather than rules.
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We can take these as starting points rather than rules.
Wh questions: falling intonation
Yes/No questions : rising
Statements : falling

28. Read the following with correct stress and intonation.
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Lets try an exercise
Read the following with
correct stress and intonation.
1.Do you want some coffee?
2.He passed his driving test.
3.He thinks he can.

29. 2.He passed his DRIving test. 3.He thinks he CAN.
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1.Do you want some COffee?
2.He passed his DRIving test.
3.He thinks he CAN.

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Now it’s your turn

31. Read the following with correct stress and intonation.
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Read the following with
correct stress and intonation.
1.Usually he comes on Sunday. 2.My sister who is a teacher has three children.

32. 1.Usually he comes on SUNday.
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Answers.
1.Usually he comes on SUNday.
2.My SISter who is a TEAcher has THREE CHILdren.

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Well done.

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