What are examples of rising-falling intonation?

Answer 1

Examples:

1. Who is he? Falling intonation / Wh-question

2. Is she here? Rising intonation / Yes/No or polarity type Question

3. You´re going aren´t you? Rising intonation / Tag-question

4. You aren´t going are you? Rising intonation / Tag-question

5. Why did you do it? Falling intonation / Wh-question

6. That´s so nice of you! Falling intonation / Exclamations

7. Tim said that? Rising intonation / Repetition-question or confirming

examples of rising and falling intonations

RISING INTONATION: a question that is answerable with "yes" or "no"

1.Do you think he is funny? no

2.Is your father handsome? yes

3.Can you sing? yes

4.Is this your school? yes

5.Do you eat pasta? no

FALLING INTONATION: a question that is not answerable by "yes" or "no" but is answerable by a simple sentence or statement

1.What is the brand of your pencil? The brand of my pencil is Bic.

2What is your Sister's name? My sister's name is Emily.

3.What state do you live in? I live in Florida.

4.Where do you work? I work in an office.

5.What's your name? My name is John.

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