he would wait.) Statement intended to be reassuring I will come with /you. (So don’t worry.) I hope you will be /ok ( So don’t worry.) Question expressing curiosity to know What are you do/ing? When is the next /train? Yes/No Questions (Polar Questions) Can you /show it?
Have you fi/nished? Exclamations intended to be a question Re/ally? (I never thought so.) /What? ( unbelievable) Greetings and Wishes Good /Morning!
He/llo! Happy New Year! Rhetorical Question Who knows what will /happen? Can Spring be far be/hind?
Apostrophes / Direct address The child is father of the /man! Sir, you dropped your/ phone. 12th Communicative English Book.indb Page Requests /Please sit down. /Don’t forget to send it.
Fall Rise Tone (v) Tag questions: (When not sure that the answer will be ‘Yes’) It’s a beautiful movie, v isn’t it ? I gave it to you, didn’t v I? Express Contrasts I came to buy a /laptop not a v desktop. The teacher asked for the /book not the v paper.
Rise-Fall Tone (Ʌ) Enumerating items in a list She bought pens, Ʌ pencils Ʌ and Ʌ erasers. Ʌ I came, Ʌ I saw, Ʌ I conquered! He bought apples, peaches, pears, and oranges. I’ll have two pencils, a black pen, and some ink.
We went to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and London. I Saw Esther, Jane, Neil, and Susan. a. Identify the correct intonation pattern in the following sentences.
. Try again. . I shouldn’t have.
. That’s unbelievable! . Go to bed.
. The food is tasty, isn’t it? . I’ll collect it tomorrow.
. We are going to Teni, Tenkasi and Munnar. . You must be joking.
. So what ? . Well, I never!
. You know best, don’t you? . Do you work on Saturdays?
. Happy Birthday. . Can I see one of your works?
. Courage! Thy name is woman! .
Oh! Is that true? . Why can’t you keep the table clean?
. The girls are playing chess. . Come in.
. What a lovely colour! 12th Communicative English Book.indb Page