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- Intonation: affirmative and negative sentences, questions and short answers
What is intonation?
Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say. 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:
Intonation is about how we say things, rather than what we say. 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:
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Activities
English pronunciation exercise: Most often students end up learning correct pronunciation of individual words. However they always don't sound as natuaral as they want to.The problem is most often the use of the wrong intonation of sentences. In English the mood is most often reflected in the way we say words and sentences. This quiz will give you a great idea of how words can mean different things when pronounced in different ways.Please you need speakers on your computer.