Intonation

Study how intonation changes meaning, attitude and emphasis in spoken English. Practise listening for rising and falling patterns in natural speech.

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Explains falling, rising and fall-rise intonation and how they affect meaning in spoken English.

Lesson showing how voice movement changes meaning in statements and questions.

Match questions and answers to notice how intonation adds emphasis and extra meaning.

Quiz to practise recognising rising and falling tones in tag questions.

Listening-based practice to hear how sentence stress and intonation change meaning.