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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 144 · 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.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) on (c) shop
  2. 2.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) book (c) reading
  3. 3.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) a (c) glass
  4. 4.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cousin (b) my (c) met
  5. 5.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) tea (c) of
  6. 6.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) rice (c) we
  7. 7.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) bus (b) our (c) is
  8. 8.In “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) live (c) they
  9. 9.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) I (c) ride
  10. 10.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dal (b) ate (c) and
  11. 11.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) are (c) yellow
  12. 12.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) late (c) was
  13. 13.In “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) the (c) train
  14. 14.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) went (b) they (c) market
  15. 15.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) can (c) sister
  16. 16.Listen: in “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) captain (c) of
  17. 17.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) sweet (c) are
  18. 18.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) speak (c) can
  19. 19.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) can (c) swim
  20. 20.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) team (c) of
  21. 21.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) languages (b) can (c) three
  22. 22.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) beach (c) going
  23. 23.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) pen (b) a (c) he
  24. 24.Listen: in “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) grandma (c) to
  25. 25.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) played (c) we
  26. 26.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) train (c) late
  27. 27.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) new (c) she
  28. 28.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) room
  29. 29.Listen: in “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) I (c) want
  30. 30.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) cleaned (b) the (c) we
  31. 31.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) song (c) was
  32. 32.Listen: in “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) rises (b) in (c) the
  33. 33.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) fridge (c) Put
  34. 34.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) pen (c) he
  35. 35.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) river (b) they (c) live
  36. 36.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) she (b) three (c) languages
  37. 37.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) yellow (c) are
  38. 38.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) we (c) ate
  39. 39.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) film (c) are
  40. 40.Listen: in “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) live (c) the

Answer key

  1. shop
  2. a
  3. glass
  4. my
  5. tea
  6. rice
  7. bus
  8. live
  9. ride
  10. and
  11. yellow
  12. late
  13. train
  14. they
  15. sister
  16. captain
  17. sweet
  18. speak
  19. swim
  20. of
  21. can
  22. the
  23. pen
  24. grandma
  25. we
  26. the
  27. new
  28. room
  29. want
  30. cleaned
  31. song
  32. rises
  33. the
  34. pen
  35. they
  36. she
  37. yellow
  38. ate
  39. film
  40. live

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