Intonation
12 Questions
| Total Attempts: 238
Questions and Answers
- 1.There is only one tone unit in one sentence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.The tail of a tone unit contains only unstressed syllables.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The head of a tone unit can contain both stressed and unstressed syllables.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The nucleus can be placed at any stressed syllable.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.In the glide down, all the stressed syllables before the nucleus are at the same pitch level
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.In the glide down, unstressed syllables in the tail are at the same pitch level as the nucleus
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.In the glide up, the tonic syllable is very low.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.In the glide up, unstressed syllables in the tail are as low as the nucleus
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.In the glide down, unstressed syllables in the tail are lower than the nucleus
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.In the glide up, stressed syllables in the tail are always higher than unstressed syllables.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.We always use the glide down for statements
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.We use the glide up for tag questions if we want the other person to agree with us
- A.
True
- B.
False
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