The organs of speech

c) The alternative questions indicate choice. The word order in the first part is the same as in general questions. The first part of these questions is pronounced with the rising tone and the second part is pronounced with the falling tone.

e.g. Do you live in  townor in the  country?

d) The disjunctive questions require the answer “yes” or “no”. They consist of an affirmative statement followed by a negative question (“tag”) or a negative statement followed by an affirmative question. The first part is pronounced with the falling tone and the second part – with the rising tone (if the answer is expected), e.g. You speak English  don’t you?

If the answer is not expected (it is actually not a question) the second part is pronounced with the falling tone.

e.g. You are not  tired  are you?