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Sentence Stress Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. the
  2. in
  3. wrote
  4. in
  5. river
  6. she
  7. a
  8. gave
  9. me
  10. us
  11. are
  12. teacher
  13. see
  14. played
  15. wrote
  16. the
  17. gave
  18. singing
  19. cousin
  20. phone
  21. captain
  22. are
  23. homework
  24. we
  25. a
  26. shop
  27. bus
  28. mangoes
  29. in
  30. table
  31. in
  32. rice
  33. sweet
  34. going
  35. ride
  36. letter
  37. a
  38. was
  39. bought
  40. room

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