Intonation in statements.

1. Statements are most widely used with the falling tone, which expresses finality, completeness, and definiteness.

It’s ֽdifficult.

I `wanted to `go there imֽmediately.

It `was not so ֽeasy.

2. However, in non-categoric statements, or in sentences in which something is implied (doubt, uncertainty, hesitation) the rising tone (the Low Rise) is used. This is the intonation of politeness, doubt, or indifference. In all cases it gives the impression that the expression of the speaker’s idea is unfinished.

It `isn’t `so ֽbad.

I `think he is busy.

It `wasn’t `very ֽhot.

3. If a statement is a correction of what someone else has said or a contradiction to something previously uttered or a warning the Fall-Rise is usually used.

He is thirty. He is thirty- v five.

WE shall go there at once. We v shan’t.

I must catch the 9.30 train. You’ll be v late.