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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 126 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Stress the words that carry meaning): Find the content words: the ones you would keep in a text message (WANT, CUP, TEA). Say them strongly; say the grammar words quickly and lightly. Keep a steady beat on the stressed words.

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  1. 1.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) the (c) sleeping
  2. 2.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) met (c) at
  3. 3.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) team (c) is
  4. 4.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) he (c) captain
  5. 5.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) I (c) cup
  6. 6.Listen: in “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) ride (b) I (c) a
  7. 7.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) we (c) played
  8. 8.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) closed (c) shop
  9. 9.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) the (c) sun
  10. 10.Listen: in “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) bus (c) our
  11. 11.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) a (c) small
  12. 12.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) song (c) singing
  13. 13.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) red (c) flowers
  14. 14.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) rises (b) in (c) the
  15. 15.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) cousin (b) the (c) I
  16. 16.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) at (b) cousin (c) met
  17. 17.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) room (b) the (c) we
  18. 18.Listen: in “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) reading (c) he
  19. 19.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) me (c) pen
  20. 20.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) room (b) the (c) we
  21. 21.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) for (c) bus
  22. 22.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) he (b) gave (c) pen
  23. 23.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) closed (c) on
  24. 24.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bus (b) school (c) our
  25. 25.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) we (c) bus
  26. 26.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) ate (b) rice (c) and
  27. 27.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) dog (c) is
  28. 28.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) new (b) she (c) a
  29. 29.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) phone (c) a
  30. 30.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) a (c) watching
  31. 31.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) gave (c) us
  32. 32.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) our (b) is (c) school
  33. 33.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) train (c) late
  34. 34.Listen: in “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) baby (c) is
  35. 35.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) east (b) sun (c) in
  36. 36.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) the (c) late
  37. 37.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) teacher (b) us (c) homework
  38. 38.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) the (c) kite
  39. 39.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) letter (b) to (c) I
  40. 40.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) sleeping (c) baby

Answer key

  1. sleeping
  2. met
  3. team
  4. captain
  5. cup
  6. ride
  7. we
  8. the
  9. sun
  10. bus
  11. small
  12. a
  13. the
  14. rises
  15. cousin
  16. at
  17. room
  18. reading
  19. pen
  20. room
  21. for
  22. he
  23. closed
  24. our
  25. we
  26. and
  27. dog
  28. new
  29. phone
  30. watching
  31. gave
  32. school
  33. the
  34. baby
  35. in
  36. late
  37. us
  38. kite
  39. letter
  40. the

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