Chapter 1/ American intonation Staircase Intonation CD 1 Track 6 So what is intonation in American English? What do americans do? We go up and down cases. We start high and end low we go and cases down Every time we want to stress a word or an idea, we just start a new staircase. That sounds simple enough, but when and where do you start a new staircase? Statement Intonation with nouns Intonation or pitch change is primarily used to introduce new information. This means that when you are making a statement for the first time, you will stress the nouns Dogs bones Exercise 1-2: Noun Intonation CD 1 Track Practice the noun stress pattern after me, using pitch change. Add your own examples 1. Dogs eat bones 1l. Jerry makes music 2. Mike likes bikes 12. Jean sells some apples 3. Elsa wants a book 13. Carol paints the car. 4. Adam plays pool 14. Bill and i fix the bikes 5. Bobby needs some money. 15. Ann and Ed call the kids 6. Susie combs her hair 16. The kids like the candy. 7. John lives in France 17. The girls have a choi 8. Nelly teaches French 18. The boys need some help 9. Ben writes articles 10. Keys open locks 20 Pause the CD V Practice the patterns five more times on your own, using your rubber band