Chapter 1/ American intonation Statement Versus Question intonation cD 1 Track 1 You may have learned at some point that questions have a rising intonation. They do, but usually a question will step upward until the very end, where it takes one quick little down ward step a question rises a little higher than a statement with the same intonation pattern Here is my car “ Where is my car? Here Where my Emotional or Rhetorical question Intonation If you know that your car is parked outside, however, and someone doesn't see it and asks you where it is, you might think that it has been stolen and your emotion will show in your intonation as you repeat the question. As your feelings rise in an emotional situation,your intonation rises up along with them Where is my car?” “why? Is it gone? al an? Where Why Is Exercise 1-4: Sentence Intonation Test CD 1 Track 11 Pause the cd and underline or highlight the words that you think should be stressed. Check Answer Key, beginning on page 193 1. Sam sees bill 11. He sees him 2. She wants one 12. Mary wants a car. 3. Betty likes English 13. She likes it 4. They play with them 14. They eat some 5. Children play with toys 15. Len and Joe eat some pizza 6. Bob and I call you and Bill 16. We call you 7. You and Bill read the news 17. You read it 8. It tells one 18. The news tells a story 9. Bernard works in a restaurant. 19. Mark lived in france 10. He works in one 20. He lived there