This document discusses rising and falling intonation in English. Rising intonation occurs when pitch goes up at the end of a sentence, inviting the speaker to continue. It is used with yes/no questions and question tags that are real questions. Falling intonation has pitch falling at the end and is most common in English, used with statements, commands, wh-questions, confirmatory question tags and exclamations. Examples of each intonation pattern are provided.

3.  E.g: It is raining!
(what a surprise!)
 It is raining!
(How annoying!)
 It is raining !
(That’s great)

4.  A) Rising Intonation
 B)Falling Intonation

5.  It occurs when our pitch(voice) goes up at
the end of a sentence .
 Rising intonation invites the speaker to
continue talking.
 It is normally used with yes/no questions,
and question tags that are real questions.

6. Yes/ No questions:
 Do you like your new teacher?
 May I borrow your dictionary?
 Do you have any pets?

7. - We have met already, haven’t we?
- You like ice –cream , don’t you?
- You are a new students, aren’t you?

8.  The pitch of the voice falls at the end of the
sentence.
 Falling intonation is the most common
intonation pattern in English.
 It is commonly found in statements,
commands, wh-questions (information
questions), confirmatory question tags and
exclamations.

9. Statements
Nice to meet ➘ you.
 I’ll be back in a ➘ minute.
 She doesn’t live here ➘ anymore.
Commands
Write your name ➘ here.
 Show me what you’ve ➘ written.
 Leave it on the ➘ desk.

10.  How many books have you ➘ bought?
 Which coat is ➘ yours?
 Whose bag is ➘ this?
Exclamations
 How nice of ➘ you!
 That's just what I ➘ need!
 You don't ➘ say!

11.  Dialogue 1
 A: How was your weekend?
 B: My weekend was nice.
 A: Yeah? What did you do?
 B: Not much at all. A: Did you rest enough?
 B: I really did. How was your weekend?
 A: Not as good as yours…
 B: Oh no, what happened?
 A: It’s complicated. I’ll tell you about it later.
 B: Oh, I’m sorry. I hope you’re doing okay.