1. Intonation of Greetings

7. Intonation of Definite Answers to Yes/No Questions.
There are different cases of intonation in definite answers to yes/no questions. When we are not surprised or angry or worried and we simply answer the question we use MF. When we say Yes? or No? with LR we really mean Go on! Tell me more!. If the question irritate us, to show our displeasure, anger, we speak without pauses and we use HF+MF.
8. Intonation of Indefinite Answers to Yes/No Questions.
Often we have difficult situation in our conversation when we don’t want give definite answer. So we use such expressions as I think so, I don’t think so, Not necessarily with FRD . English speaking people often say I think so even when they are absolutely sure or when they mean ‘Don’t ask me: I’m not an expert’ or ‘ I haven’t really thought about the problem’. If they don’t really Know much about the subject, they use I suppose so or I don’t suppose so. Negative answers generally have the same intonation. But very often instead of FRD with I’m afraid not people use HF on not. If Not stays in the beginning we use High Head+FRD. Many answers like sometimes, generally take the same intonation. But more definite answers like always, never must take a fall. So if the answer shows 0 or 100 or something very near to 0 or 100 the the intonation falls. But if the answer is somewhere in the middle, we use the FR. Probably and Definitely have the same intonation. when we want give answer friendly we use FRD, too. This kind of answer often begins with ‘Well’ on Mid Level.
9. Giving information: the use of Falling-Rising tone.
Very often one piece of information is more important that the other and the less important information takes rising tone , more important takes fall. When the information is repeated from previous sentence old information takes rise, new information takes fall. Sometimes the new information is right at the beginning of the sentence then we put fall on the new information and rising on the verb. We use this intonation pattern in many sentences beginning with I told you…, He said…, They promised…, I thought…etc. In other words indirect speech sentences with the main verb in one of the past tenses and when they express ideas which are provided to be right. And also we use FRD in sentences, where the subject of the sentences is very important.