have you ever tried a balance for it
it's a bit tricky at first but you can
learn to hold the board level at least
for a moment or two the fun is actually
in the rises and falls you have to learn
to control them it's kind of like
intonation the greater control you have
over your rising and falling intonation
the more you can do with your
communication in English let's talk more
about rising and falling intonation will
focus on tag questions and negative
questions learn intonation patterns in
English with Jennifer and how questions
are added on to the end of a statement
they're tagged on they make use of a
helping verb and a subject pronoun you
remember don't you
to have questions follow a pattern if
the statement is affirmative the tag
question is negative if the statement is
negative the tag question is affirmative
some of you didn't see my grammar lesson
on this topic did you to review tag
questions check out my English grammar
playlist
it's important to use the correct
intonation with tag questions rising
intonation makes it a real question we
expect the listener to agree you've
watched lessons 1 & 2 didn't you you can
step in glide now can't you
because we have a verb and a pronoun we
have more than one syllable to work with
so when we rise on a tag question we
step up in pitch listen again you watch
lessons 1 & 2 didn't you didn't you and
I stress my helping verb didn't you
there's a slight pause after the
statement and before the tag question
listen you watch lessons 1 & 2 didn't
you you can step and glide now can't you
you can step and glide now can't you I
stress the helping verb can't you and
there's a pause before I say the tag
question you can step in glide now can't
you falling intonation makes a tag
question a comment we're pretty certain
about our conclusion so we use falling
intonation to express our certainty
you're feeling more confident aren't you
that was good wasn't it that was good
wasn't it
try saying a dialogue with me it will go
like this you have good coordination
don't you why do you ask
I got a balance board maybe you want to
try it out
that's a board on top of a roller isn't
it exactly are you up for it
let me try look I'm pretty good at this
aren't I
now I'll be person a and you be person B
okay
you have good coordination don't you
I got a balance board maybe you want to
try it out exactly are you up for it
let's try switching I'll play rule B and
you take role a here we go why do you
ask
that's a board on top of a roller isn't
it
let me try look I'm pretty good at this
aren't I
now let's talk about negative questions
they can serve the same purpose as tag
questions but they look a little
different didn't you see my grammar
lesson on this if not check it out with
negative questions we go down and pitch
the comment we go up and pitch when
we're really asking for confirmation
see if you can tell the difference am I
using rising or falling intonation
isn't it interesting isn't it
interesting isn't it interesting haven't
you done this before
since you've done this before haven't
you done this before
aren't you full of surprises aren't you
full of surprises aren't you full of
surprises
wouldn't that be amazing wouldn't that
be amazing wouldn't that be amazing
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don't you want to answer that don't you
want to answer that don't you want to
answer that you can use the same
negative questions for practice listen
and repeat here they are again
isn't it interesting haven't you done
this before
aren't you full of surprises wouldn't
that be amazing
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don't you want to answer that
that's all for now thanks for watching
and happy studies
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