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ferent sentence stresses. The 39。chairman may resign. The chairman may 39。resign. The chairman 39。may resign. I want to eat 39。chocolate cake every day. I want to eat chocolate cake every 39。day. When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, they are collectively known as intonation. English has three types of intonation that are most frequently used: falling tone (matter of fact statement) rising tone (doubts or question) the fallrise tone (implied message) Intonation in English A: Are you Mr. Blake? B: Yes.( ↙ ) A: Room twentysix. A: Are you Mr. Blake? B: Yes?( ↗ ) A: Ah, the secretary would like a word with you. Intonation plays an important role in the conveyance of meaning in almost every language, esp. in English. Look at the two examples. Buford speaks a southern dialect of American English and with an East Texas accent while his teacher, Jane, speaks British English. Listen and answer the questions. Why does Buford not think Texas is a state in the USA? Listen and put these sentences in the right sequence. ?Lester climbed a tree ?Buford, Billy Bob and Lester went swimming ?Lester thought the catfish