Intonation summary test

A rising tone followed by falling tone on something like "I think so" often indicates:
1. doubt
2. astonishment
3. a question
4. a positive response
If I want to provide a simple positive response to a yes/no question, I'll usually use
1. a sharply rising tone
2. a falling tone
3. a rising tone followed by a fall
4. a flat tone
The part in brackets in "The mastermind (as the police call him) has never been caught." will usually be:
1. spoken in a lower tone more quickly
2. spoken more slowly in a lower tone
3. spoken in a higher tone more quickly
4. spoken in a higher tone more slowly
If I say "Good morning" with a rise on 'mor' and a fall on 'ning' I will usually sound:
1. friendly
2. sarcastic
3. unfriendly
4. bored
Using intonation to signal the difference between a statement and a question is an example of:
1. grammatical function
2. attitudinal function
3. focusing
4. discourse function
The fact that football chants often have specific intonation patterns is probably an example of:
1. discourse function
2. psychological function
3. indexical function
4. attitudinal function
Which is correct?
1. Pitch refers to the how high a note is struck on a part of an utterance and is similar to stress.
2. Stress is signalled only by the speed with which one speaks.
3. Tonal languages distinguish lexical meaning by the pitch of the word.
4. If I want to stress a word I have to change the pitch.
In general,
1. wh-questions show a fall towards the end of the sentence
2. yes/no questions show a fall towards the end of the sentence
3. wh-questions show a rise towards the end of the sentence
The psychological function refers to:
1. the speaker's attitude
2. how we perceive sense units
3. how ideas are connected
4. where the speaker wants to focus
If the utterance is "I saw a ↓fox in the garden last night.", the question was most likely:
1. What did you do last night?
2. When did you last see a fox?
3. What did you say you saw in the garden last night?
4. What happened last night?
"It was Mrs Smith who arrived." is an example of:
1. contrastive stress
2. emphatic stress
3. new information stress
4. normal tonic stress
"I played cricket." is an example of:
1. normal tonic stress
2. contrastive stress
3. emphatic stress
4. new information stress
"It was exceptionally difficult." is an example of:
1. normal tonic stress
2. emphatic stress
3. contrastive stress
4. new information stress
Tonic stress usually falls towards the end of the intonation unit.
1. True
2. False
Punctuation marks are a more reliable and accurate way of clarifying meaning than spoken intonation patterns.
1. True
2. False

Intonation

Multiple-choice exercise