1. This type of questions has the low-rising nuclear tone in the first intonation-group and the low-falling nuclear tone in the final intonation-group.
A) General
B) Alternative
C) Disjunctive
D) Special

2. The first intonation-group of this type of question has generally the low-falling nuclear tone.
A) General
B) Alternative
C) Disjunctive
D) Special

3. (Low pre-head + ) (descending head + ) mid-level (+ tail) this is the scheme of:
A) Intonation Pattern 6
B) Intonation Pattern 7
C) Intonation Pattern 5
D) Intonation Pattern 8

4. What does this mean:
A) Fall-Rise
B) Low-Fall
C) Low Rise
D)Mid-level

5. Stress-and-tone of Fall-Rise is marked in the text:
a) \
b) /
c) >
d) \/

5. If an adverbial clause precedes the principal one and makes a separate intonation-group, it is usually pronounced with:
A) Low-Fall or Mid-Level
B) Low-Rise or Mid-Level
C) Low-Fall only
D) Low-Rise only

6. The students were listening to the text at the laboratory (not in Room 15). Where should logical stress be put?
A) The students
B) Listening
C) Text
D) At the laboratory

7. The first-year students sang a Russian folk song (not an American song). Where should logical stress be put?
A) The first-year
B) Students
C) Russian
D) Folk

8. It rained hard on Sunday in Pushkino (not yesterday). Where should logical stress be put?
A) Rained
B) Hard
C) On Sunday
D) In Pushkino

9. He was taking his exam in Literature on Monday (not in Linguistics). Where should logical stress be put?
A) He
B) Exam
C) In Literature
D) On Monday

10. This is the scheme of
A) Intonation Pattern 6
B) Intonation Pattern 7
C) Intonation Pattern 5
D) Intonation Pattern 8

11. Children, listen to me. This sentence has:
A) address
B) Author`s words
C) Enumeration
D) Parenthesis

12. The nucleus is..
A) The first stressed syllable
B) The last unstressed syllable
C) The half-stressed syllable
D) The last stressed syllable

14. In intonation a horizontal dash means:
A) unstressed syllable
b) the end of the sentence
c) stressed syllable
d) the nucleus

15. Choose the word, where –th is read as [D]
A) throat
b) thunder
c) third
d) feather

16. Choose the word with a short vowel
A) bottle
b) seat
c) each
d) board
17. Choose the word with the sound:
A) church
b) think
c) wish
d) vision

18. She said: “The dress is beautiful”. This sentence has:
A) Direct address
b) Author`s words
c) Enumeration
d) Parenthesis

19. Intonation is a…
A) science of languages
b) complex unity of variations in pitch, stress, tempo and timbre
c) studying of pronunciation
d) special colouring of voice, which shows the speaker's emotions

20. (Low pre-head + ) low head + low rise (+ tail)
A) Intonation Pattern 6
b) Intonation Pattern 7
c) Intonation Pattern 5
d) Intonation Pattern 8

21. a downward curve represent..
A) the final fall
b) a level tone
c) the range of the voice
d) the final rise

22. Choose the correct variant of intonation. What will happen next Monday?
A) What will happen next Monday?
b) 'What will 'happen 'next Monday?
c) 'What will 'happen 'next Monday?
d) 'What will happen next Monday?

23. Find the word in which the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

A) watch
B) back
C) pack
D) bag

24. Find the word in which the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
A) piece
B) ease
C) cream
D) great

25. Choose the word, ending in a voiced соnsonant:
A) fifths
b) fields
c) maps
d) cats

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