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Intonation.

This tool will help you improve your pronunciation of English sounds.
The classification of these sounds is based on the relation between spelling and
pronunciation of those vowels.
And consonants which charge according to their position.
Questions.
The intonation in open questions (wh-) goes down.
What are you doing here in the gym?
How are you pacing your effort?
The intonation in Yes/No
Question goes up.
Are your working overtime?
Do you always eat in this restaurant?
Question Tags.
The intonation in Question.
Tags goes down when the speaker expects people to agree with him.
Beautiful ear, isnt it?
You dont like this song, do you?
The intonation in Question Tags goes up when the speaker thinks he Knows the
answer, but is not absolutely sure.
You work in the phamarcy, dont you?
Your names Joanne, isnt is?
Yes/No Questions.
Yes/No questions require an affirmative (yes) or negative (No) answer. These
questions start. Whit an auxiliary verb, such as :am, is, are, do , does, will, etc.
Auxiliary + Subject+ verb+ complement?
Am I

walking in the park?

Is James walking in the park?

Are we walking in the park?

Examples:
Are you driving? (Yes/No question)
No, Im not (short negative answer)
-No, Im not driving (long negative answer)
-Yes, I am (Short affirmative answer)
- Yes , Im driving (long affirmative answer)

Open Questions
Open questions request more information than just a yes or No. They
always begin with What, When, Where, which,etc. followed by a auxiliary.
Wh- /How + Auxiliary+ subject+ verb+ complement?
What is James doing in the park?
Where are the children playing?
Why are they walking in the park?
Examples:
What are you doing here?
Im walking my dog.
Where are you going?
To school
Grammar Focus 5
Are we studying English
Question word
What are we doing in the laboratory?
Affirmative
Person verb to be verb ing complement

We are studying English


Negative
Person verb to be not verb ing complement
We are not studying French
Examples
Interrogative : Are they talking?
Affirmative : Yes, they are talking
Examples
Interrogative: Are they playing basketball at the beach?
Negative: No, they are not palying basketball at the beach.
No, they arent playing basketball at the beach, theyre playing volleyball at the
beach.

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