Grammar
IntonationIntonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech. The three main patterns of intonation in English are: falling intonation, rising intonation and fall-rise intonation. …
Falling intonationFalling intonation describes how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable of a phrase or a group of words. A falling intonation is very common in wh-questions. …
Rising intonationRising intonation describes how the voice rises at the end of a sentence. Rising intonation is common in yes-no questions: …
Fall-rise intonationFall-rise intonation describes how the voice falls and then rises. We use fall-rise intonation at the end of statements when we want to say that we are not sure, or when we may have more to add: …