Staircase Intonation.So what is intonation in American English? What do Americans do? We go up and down staircases. We start high and end lo...

Exercise 1-2: noun intonationPractice the noun stress pattern after me, using pitch change. Add your own examples.1. Dogs eat bones.2. Mike ...

Statement Intonation with PronounsWhen you replace the nouns with pronouns(i.e.,old information),stress the verbThey eat them.As we have see...

Exercise 1-3: Noun and Pronoun Intonation1.Bob sees Betty. He sees her.2.Betty knows Bob. She knows him.3.Ann and Ed call the kids. They cal...

Statement Versus Question IntonationYou may have learned at some point that questions have a rising intonation. They do, but usually a quest...

Exercise 1-4: Sentence Intonation Test Pause the CD and underline or highlight the words that you think should be stressed, Check Answer Key...

Exercise 1-5: Four Main Reasons for IntonationDepending on the situation, a word may be stressed for any of the following reasons:New Inform...

Exercise 1-6: Pitch and Meaning ChangePractice saying the four sentences after me. Pay close attention to the changes in pitch that you must...

Exercise 1-7: Individual PracticePractice saying the sentences after the suggestion and the beep tone+. You will be given only a short time ...

Exercise1-8:Meaning of "Pretty"Native speakers make a cleaar distinction between pretty easily(easily)and pretty easily a little difficult)....

Exercise 1-9: inflectionNotice how the meaning changes, while the actual words stay the same.1. I didn’t say he stole the money. Someone el...

Exercise 1-10: individual practiceNow, let’s see what you can do with the same sentence, just by changing the stress around to different wo...

Exercise1-11:TranslationTake the sentence I didn't say he stole the money and translate it into your native language. Write it down below ,u...

Exercise1-12: Create Your Own Intonation ContrastWrite a short sentence and indicate where you think the most nomal intonation would be plac...

Exercise 1-13: Variable StressNotice how the meaning of the following sentence changes each time we change the stress pattern. You should be...

Exercise 1-14: Make a Variable Stress SentenceNow you decide which words should be emphasized. Write a normal, everyday sentence with at lea...

Application of IntonationThere is always at least one stressed word in a sentence and frequently you can have quite a few if you are introdu...

Exercise 1-15: application of stressMark every word or syllable with ’ where you think that the sound is stressed. Use the first sentence a...

How you talk indicates to people how you areBeware of “revealing” a personality that you don’t have!There is no absolute right or wrong i...

Exercise 1-16: Paragraph Intonation PracticeFrom your color-marked copy, read each sentence of the paragraph in Exercise 1-15 after me. Use ...