The usage of The Glide-Up

Usage of the tunes

· We use the Glide-Down for statements which are complete and definite:

|| It was quite good ||

|| I liked it very much ||

|| I wouldn’t mind seeing it a gain ||

· We use the Glide –Down in wh-questions if we want the question to sound more business-like and interested in the subject, and also for one-word questions (unless they are repetition-questions):

|| Why did you change your mind? ||

|| Who on earth was that? ||

|| Which? ||

· We use the Glide-Down in short yes-no questions used as responses, like Did you?, Has she?, etc:

(John’s on holiday) || Is he? ||

(I went to the theatre last night) || Did you? ||

· We use the Glide-Down in tag-questions where the word not occurs in either the statement or the tag-question to force the other person to agree with us:

|| It’s cold to day | isn’t it? || (forcing the answer Yes)

|| It was a very good film | wasn’t it? ||

|| You won’t worry | will you? || (forcing the answer No)

|| He can’t really help it | can he? ||

· We use the Glide-Down for strong commands:

|| Don’t be a stupid idiot ||

|| Take your feet off the chair ||

|| Come and have dinner with us ||

|| Have some cheese ||

· We use the Glide-Down for strong exclamations:

|| Good Heavens! ||

|| How extra ordinary! ||

|| What a very pretty dress! ||

|| Nonsense! ||

|| Splendid! ||

Remember that Thank you comes in this class when it expresses real gratitude:

|| Thank you ||

|| Thank you very much ||

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