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In the question, "What did you see?"Â
the content words are "what" and "see."Â Â
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The other words are function words andÂ
aren't normally stressed. Our intonation Â
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falls because this is a wh- question, anÂ
information question. What did you see?
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However, we could use rising intonation ifÂ
we're asking because we didn't understand Â
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or hear the first time. How we ask thisÂ
question depends on the situation. Listen. Â
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Guess who I might be talking to and what I mayÂ
be feeling. Share your ideas in the comments.
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What did you see?
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What did you see?
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What did you see?
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Have some fun. Say this questionÂ
three times three different ways.
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