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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 186 · 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 “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bike (b) ride (c) a
  2. 2.Listen: in “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) are (c) children
  3. 3.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) swim (c) my
  4. 4.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) see (b) moon (c) I
  5. 5.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) sister (b) can (c) my
  6. 6.Listen: in “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) at (b) I (c) cousin
  7. 7.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) sister (b) can (c) my
  8. 8.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) a (c) singing
  9. 9.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) of (b) want (c) tea
  10. 10.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rises (b) sun (c) in
  11. 11.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) in (c) children
  12. 12.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cousin (b) at (c) met
  13. 13.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) can (b) moon (c) see
  14. 14.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) village (c) he
  15. 15.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) cleaned (c) we
  16. 16.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) grandma (c) I
  17. 17.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) flowers (b) and (c) the
  18. 18.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) speak (b) languages (c) can
  19. 19.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) was (c) class
  20. 20.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) going (b) beach (c) are
  21. 21.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) Put (b) milk (c) the
  22. 22.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) the (c) went
  23. 23.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) east (c) the
  24. 24.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bought (b) phone (c) she
  25. 25.Listen: in “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) wrote (c) my
  26. 26.Listen: in “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) letter (c) my
  27. 27.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) tea (c) I
  28. 28.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) school (b) our (c) yellow
  29. 29.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) cleaned (c) we
  30. 30.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) flowers (c) are
  31. 31.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) we (c) dal
  32. 32.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) was (c) small
  33. 33.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) us (b) the (c) gave
  34. 34.Listen: in “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) tea (b) I (c) a
  35. 35.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) baby (c) sleeping
  36. 36.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) train (b) was (c) late
  37. 37.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) children (b) the (c) rain
  38. 38.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) teacher (b) the (c) gave
  39. 39.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) station (b) met (c) I
  40. 40.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) baby (c) is

Answer key

  1. a
  2. children
  3. my
  4. I
  5. sister
  6. cousin
  7. sister
  8. singing
  9. of
  10. in
  11. children
  12. at
  13. can
  14. village
  15. we
  16. grandma
  17. flowers
  18. can
  19. class
  20. are
  21. the
  22. went
  23. east
  24. she
  25. wrote
  26. letter
  27. tea
  28. our
  29. cleaned
  30. flowers
  31. dal
  32. small
  33. gave
  34. tea
  35. the
  36. was
  37. the
  38. the
  39. I
  40. baby

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