Intonation of interrogative sentences

In English there are certain words which have two forms of pronunciation

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Intonation of interrogative sentences

In English there are certain words which have two forms of pronunciation:
Strong (full) form, when they are stressed.
Weak (reduced) form, when they are unstressed.
These words include articles, prepositions, auxiliary, and modal verbs, some pronouns, conjunctions, particles,
e.g. He will be back at five
[hi wil bi: bæk ət  faiv ]

According to the purpose of the utterance we usually distinguish four kinds of sentences:
The declarative sentences state a fact in the affirmative or negative form. In a declarative sentence the subject precedes the predicate
It is generally pronounced with the falling tone, e.g. Charles Dickens was born at Landport
The interrogative sentence asks a question. It is formed by means of inversion, by placing the predicate (or part of it) before the subject. There are four kinds of questions:

, Portsmouth.

General questions require answers “yes” or “no”. They are formed by placing the auxiliary or modal verbs before the subject. They are usually pronounced with the rising tone, e.g. Do you like  art?
If the predicate is expressed by the verbs “to be” or “to have” the question is formed by placing the predicate before the subject, e.g. Is he at  home?Have you many English  books?
Special questions begin with an interrogative word (When? Where?etc.). The order of words is the same as in general questions but the interrogative word precedes the auxiliary verb, e.g. Where do you  live?
When the interrogative word is the subject of the interrogative sentence or an attribute to the subject, no inversion is used (the order of words is that of a statement).
e.g. Who lives there? Whose book is on the shelf?
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