Guessing Using Intonational Cues

Use your knowledge of intonation and stress to guess

We stress new information, pertinent information or information that contrasts what was said before

I didn't say give it to BILL I said XXX XXX XXX XXX

In the sentence above what are the words following "said"? Knowing how stress and intonation work, we should easily be able to guess.

"I didn't say give it to BILL I said give it to XXXX"

Intonational clues help us know what will be coming next. The last word we can't guess, however since it'll be stressed it shouldn't cause too many problems.

Teach your students to recognize these clues. Once they understand these cues they can use this information to help them guess! back