http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions-tag.htm Same-way question tags Although the basic structure of tag questions is positive-negative or negative-positive, it is sometime possible to use a positive-positive or

Hi To emphasize a place, time or reason we can use: the place where ... the day when ... the reason why ... In informal styles, the place/the day/the reason can be dropped. Often times this happens if it's somewhere in the middle of the

This sounds like a simple question. But the answers are much more involved. Coming from an Asian background, learning to speak and use the language remotely sounding like a native took many years of relentless practicing and studying. I think

Does the speaker's voice rise or fall on the highlighted words? My answers; 1. “Are you hungry ?” “No, I’m fine.” - Voice Rises 2. “You live in Leeds, don’t you?” (you are unsure) - Voice Rises 3. “It’s nine o’clock. Here is the

Intonation involves actual fluctation upward or downward. Tone, which you want here, is more of an 'attitude' that is reflected in the way something is said.

Tone or intonation 1 Depending on the intonation/tone you take, this word could either mean something positive or negative. Thanks

Guys! Enough of arguing how to get rid of accent :p now let's talk about how to be able to speak english with an accent :p So, what are you waiting for?! START POSTING NOW! :p lol If one can 'systematically' learn to rid of accent,

What's your point? I made an implicit point: it is not cognitively productive to remember pronounciation for every word. What learners should be taught: a set of heuristics to find possible pronunciations for a word. Mastery of phonetics (or

Of course both those books have CD's. Without CD's those books would be worthless... Both books are especially about intonation, linking words, reduced sounds and something about pronunciation you can hardly find in books on American

Rising: Are you happy ? Falling: Where are you going ?