Intonation for beginners

Beginners should know the four intonation patterns and also the sounds of the English language. (Blogs)

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.

Now listen and check your guesses.

Here you have the final version of the dialogue with intonations.

How well did you do? Practice with a partner.
Useful insight into blogs.

Phonetics