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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 177 · 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 flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) flowers (b) and (c) red
  2. 2.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) village (c) he
  3. 3.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) red
  4. 4.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) wrote (b) my (c) letter
  5. 5.Listen: in “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) ride (b) I (c) a
  6. 6.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) born (b) in (c) a
  7. 7.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) beach
  8. 8.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) met (b) cousin (c) the
  9. 9.Listen: in “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) cricket (c) we
  10. 10.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) team (b) captain (c) of
  11. 11.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) train (c) the
  12. 12.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) in (b) milk (c) Put
  13. 13.Listen: in “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) Put (c) the
  14. 14.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) live (b) they (c) river
  15. 15.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) waited (c) we
  16. 16.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) cleaned
  17. 17.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) the (c) cleaned
  18. 18.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) singing (b) song (c) she
  19. 19.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) languages (b) she (c) three
  20. 20.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) glass (c) water
  21. 21.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) Delhi (b) lives (c) in
  22. 22.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) closed (c) the
  23. 23.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) bus (c) our
  24. 24.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rises (b) sun (c) the
  25. 25.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) train (b) the (c) was
  26. 26.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) sleeping (b) is (c) the
  27. 27.Listen: in “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) live (c) the
  28. 28.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) team (c) captain
  29. 29.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) dog (c) is
  30. 30.Listen: in “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) went (c) they
  31. 31.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) gave (b) a (c) pen
  32. 32.Listen: in “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) rain (c) are
  33. 33.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) was (c) singing
  34. 34.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) in (b) sun (c) east
  35. 35.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) teacher (c) us
  36. 36.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) singing (c) song
  37. 37.Listen: in “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) see (c) the
  38. 38.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) swim (c) can
  39. 39.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) the (c) room
  40. 40.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) wrote (b) grandma (c) I

Answer key

  1. and
  2. village
  3. red
  4. my
  5. ride
  6. born
  7. beach
  8. the
  9. cricket
  10. of
  11. the
  12. in
  13. Put
  14. they
  15. waited
  16. cleaned
  17. the
  18. she
  19. she
  20. I
  21. in
  22. closed
  23. bus
  24. the
  25. train
  26. sleeping
  27. live
  28. the
  29. dog
  30. went
  31. a
  32. rain
  33. singing
  34. in
  35. teacher
  36. a
  37. see
  38. swim
  39. room
  40. I

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