Use of intonation in Sentences. 28 Examples

The examples include intonation at the start of sentence, intonation at the end of sentence and intonation in the middle of sentence

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intonation at the end of sentence


  1. Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.
  2. His voice had a very slight German intonation.
  3. We worked on pronunciation, stress and intonation.
  4. Her voice was low with a faint regional intonation.
  5. The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.
  6. In English, some questions have a rising intonation.
  7. The meaning of a sentence often depends on stress and intonation.
  8. He speaks excellent Spanish but with a distinctly foreign intonation.
  9. It was a superb performance, despite occasional lapses of intonation.
  10. They speak courteously, but in a strangely mechanical way, with a flat intonation.
  11. The end of a sentence that is not a question is usually marked by falling intonation.
  12. The stressed syllable is spoken louder, and the rest of the word often has a falling intonation.
  13. It is certainly true that a few generalisations can be made about the attitudinal functions of some components of intonation.
  14. In practice this is not usually found confusing as long as one is aware of whether one is marking stress levels or intonation.

intonation in the middle of sentence


  1. The violin's intonation was poor.
  2. Pay attention to your intonation and emphasis.
  3. No one had a problem with intonation or voice quality.
  4. The following sentences are given with intonation marks.
  5. For example Practice the intonation of the model exchange.
  6. The violinist had good intonation, and a wonderful pure tone.
  7. In speech, however, this division is marked by intonation as well as by a short pause.
  8. As usual in intonation work in this book, punctuation is left out, since it can cause confusion.
  9. Audio focuses the senses on sound and voice intonation, important for subtle tasks like detecting lying.
  10. This misleading view of intonation must have caused unnecessary anxiety to many learners of the language.
  11. It was a country voice with a soft accent which was an intonation more than a dialect and was hard to place.
  12. There is more dicey woodwind intonation in the Eroica, and the oboe tone in the Funeral March curdles alarmingly.
  13. Remember to pay ongoing attention to the intonation, and regard it as of equal importance to get right as the actual words.
  14. Another component of intonation that can be said to have grammatical significance is the choice of tone on the tonic syllable.

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