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questions tag pronunciation
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sulin
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questions tag pronunciation
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please somebody help me ... onmonday I teach the question tag but when does your voice goes up at the end of the question ? and when does your voice goes down at the end of the question?
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23 Oct 2010
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carinita
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Broadly speaking, when intonation falls (in tags) you don �t expect the listener to answer If the intonation goes up, it means you �re expecting an answer There may be exceptions but I can �t give you an example right now |
23 Oct 2010
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moufida
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hi!
show a pen to pupils and say: this is a pen, isn �t it? you are sure, it �s a pen. you don �t need an answer from your students. so, the intonation is down (falling)
point at a pupil you are not sure about his name and say: you are Brian aren �t you? here you need the student to give you the right information about his name. you are asking for information,. so the intonation is up (rising)
i hope it �s clear for you, now. |
23 Oct 2010
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libertybelle
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A negative sentence has a positive tag. (the word NOT makes it negative)
ex. You are not going - are you?
A positive sentence has a negative tag.
ex. You ARE going - aren �t you?
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23 Oct 2010
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sulin
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thank you so much ...I understand the intonation in tag questions ... you are great !!! |
23 Oct 2010
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