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Intonation for beginners

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Beginners should know the four intonation patterns and also the sounds of the English language .  ( Blogs) Rise ➚ Fall ↘ Rise-fall ➚↘ Fal-rise ↘ ➚  Say “ yes” using each intonation. ➚ Yes     ↘Yes     ➚↘Yes ↘➚Yes What do you understand from each intonation? Functions Questions            Where do you↘ go?  Do you live ➚here?     Strong Emotion    ➚↘ No Hesitation             ↘➚ well Finality                  I am going ↘home.  Read the dialogue and try to produce the correct intonations. Now listen and check your guesses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njnM5DvNLIY Here you have the final version of the dialogue with intonations. https://youtu.be/EJEJLnXby-...