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Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)
Distance Education for Elementary Schools
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
DISTINGUISHING CHANGES
IN MEANING IN SENTENCES
CAUSED BY SHIFT IN
INTONATION
Department of Education
BUREAU OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
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DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue
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Revised 2010
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DepEd - Division of Negros Occidental
under the Strengthening the Implementation of Basic Education
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GRADE V

DISTINGUISHING CHANGES IN MEANING IN SENTENCES CAUSED BY
SHIFT IN INTONATION










Do you still remember when to use the rising and falling
intonation? I hope you still do.


Today, youll learn to:

distinguish changes in meaning in sentences caused by
shift in intonation.


Take a deep breath and get going!

Explore and enjoy working on your module.


Best of luck!







GETTING READY

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Refresh your mind. Read aloud each sentence carefully with the
proper intonation. In your notebook, put before the sentence if it
is said with a rising intonation and if it is said with a falling
intonation.


______1. Will you be meeting Susan today?
______2. What do you plan to do this weekend?
______3. Is Aunt Martha coming over for dinner tonight?
______4. Vince is doing well in school.
______5. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Thayer shared a small room in the
Hospital.
______6. Who was the first president of the Republic of the
Philippines?
______7. Are the girls inside their respective room already?
______8. Did the pediatrician announce the good news to you?
______9. Father said that we will have a picnic at the park.
______10. Will you be my friend forever?


I bet that was easy. I hope you did all correctly.











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Read aloud the dialog below. Be sure to read the sentences with the proper
intonation.












One fine Sunday morning, Vinces family decided to spend their time
together. Everyone agreed to go on a fishing trip instead of the mall.

Vince: How long will it take us to catch a fish, Father?
Father: Soon my son. You must keep your rod steady.
Vince: I am trying, Father.
Mother: Youre doing great, Vince. Young boys should be patient.
Vincent: Young boys should be patient? But mother weve been sitting
here for hours.
Father: We intend to sit here all day until we catch a fish. (laughing)
Vince: You are laughing again! I wouldnt give up!
Mother: He is about to give up. (Mother winks at Father)
Father: Is he about to give up?
Vince: Never! Im sure to have my first catch today. I shall not stop
until I catch a fish.
Father: Thats our boy. Oh look! Vince, theres a beautiful bird over
There.


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Vince looked to the direction opposite his Mothers. Just then Father
signaled mother. Mother quickly released five big and alive fish into the man-
made pond at the back of their old ancestral home.
After a while, Vinces rod heavy and moved.
Vince: Father, Mother I think I caught a fish!
Father: Pull the rod, Vince. Pull it! Sure indeed! It was a fish!
Vince: I did it!
Vince was overwhelmed. He was so proud of it.

Mother and Father smiled at each other knowingly. That day, they have taught
their son to be patient and persevering.

Read the questions to a classmate and give the answers orally.
Who went on a fishing trip?
What lesson did Mother and Father wish to teach their son?
Do you also spend quality time with your family?
What other things can you do together with your family?

Read the dialog aloud with the proper intonation. Take note of the underlined
sentences.
Mother: Youre doing great, Vince. Young boys should be patient.
Vince: Young boys should be patient? But Mother, weve been
sitting here for hours.

Focus your attention on these two sentences. At first, they may appear to
be the same but they actually convey different meanings.

Mother: Young boys should be patient.
Vine: Young boys should be patient?

What intonation should you use to deliver Mothers statement?
The period after Mothers dialog denotes that she was simply making a
statement. You have learned previously that statements are delivered with a
falling intonation.

Say Mothers statement again. Use the falling intonation in doing so.

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What intonation should you use to deliver Vinces line in the dialog?

Note that there is a question mark after the sentence although no
interrogative ( a word used for asking questions such as what, when, where, etc.)
is present. Vinces line in the dialog means that hes asking for confirmation.


A rising intonation is used for statements asking for confirmation or
statements expressing doubt and sometimes sarcasm.

Deliver Vinces dialog again with a rising intonation.

























Always bear in mind that

Intonation distinguishes changes in meaning of statements. A
falling intonation is used for plain statements while a statement said
with as rising intonation asks for confirmation, expresses doubt and
sometimes even a sarcasm.





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A. Read the sentences aloud. Identify whether it is said as a plain
statement or it is doubtful or expressing confirmation. Draw an arrow
pointing upward ( ) for rising intonation and an arrow pointing
downward ( ) for falling intonation. Do this in your notebook.

Example: The Yangtze River is the longest in Asia .
plain statement

1. There is enough bread for everyone?
2. The maid of honor shall arrive very soon.
3. You didnt know what you saw?
4. The orchestra performed magnificently.
5. You thought you hear the children call.
6. The visitors have arrived?
7. She cant wait here until tomorrow?
8. You came home very late last night?
9. There was too much commotion at the park.
10. Everybody is busy preparing for the most awaited affair.

B. Below are statements. Rewrite them as questions. Then read the
sentences with the correct intonation to your teacher. The first one is done
for you.

1. An actors dream is to become a superstar.
An actors dream is to become a superstar?
2. There are supermarkets in small towns.

3. The teachers listened to the superintendent with awe.

4. Supersonic sound waves vibrate above the level of human hearing.

5. Mr. Diosdado Macapagal is the ninth president of the Philippines.

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C. Read a newspaper and gather facts from what you read. Tell the data
you gathered to a classmate as a question. Have your classmate retell
each data as a statement. Listen to each others use of the falling and
rising intonation.
















Draw an arrow pointing upward ( ) for statements asking for
confirmation and an arrow pointing downward ( ) for plain statements. Do this
in your notebook.

1. We walked home after the show.
2. These flowers bloom once a year?
3. Elephant is the biggest land mammal?
4. They sprinkle chemicals on the plants?
5. The crust of the Earth was formed four billion years ago.
6. The sheep was loaded on the ship.
7. Ramon sells tickets for the show?
8. The child sleeps under the bridge.
9. Arnold Schwarzenneger was raised in a disciplined family.
10. He first learned to read when he was three?