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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 338 · 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 “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) lives (c) in
  2. 2.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rises (b) east (c) in
  3. 3.Listen: in “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) going (c) the
  4. 4.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) water (c) of
  5. 5.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) sleeping (c) is
  6. 6.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) was (c) song
  7. 7.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) sweet (c) the
  8. 8.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) need (c) of
  9. 9.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) film (c) they
  10. 10.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) need (c) a
  11. 11.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) kite (b) in (c) tree
  12. 12.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) red (c) the
  13. 13.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) park (b) played (c) the
  14. 14.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) yellow (c) and
  15. 15.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) they (c) went
  16. 16.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) the (c) dog
  17. 17.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) in (b) fridge (c) Put
  18. 18.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) train (c) was
  19. 19.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) kite
  20. 20.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) going (b) beach (c) we
  21. 21.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) book (b) a (c) he
  22. 22.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) she (c) three
  23. 23.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rice (b) dal (c) we
  24. 24.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) she (b) three (c) speak
  25. 25.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) keys (b) on (c) put
  26. 26.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) he (b) gave (c) pen
  27. 27.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) kite (b) tree (c) the
  28. 28.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) met (b) cousin (c) my
  29. 29.Listen: in “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) playing (c) the
  30. 30.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) languages (b) three (c) can
  31. 31.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) bus (c) for
  32. 32.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) sun (b) in (c) the
  33. 33.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) gave (b) teacher (c) the
  34. 34.In “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) see (c) the
  35. 35.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) the (c) team
  36. 36.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) tree (c) the
  37. 37.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) is (b) sleeping (c) baby
  38. 38.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) station (b) cousin (c) the
  39. 39.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) me (c) pen
  40. 40.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) ride (b) bike (c) can

Answer key

  1. lives
  2. in
  3. going
  4. water
  5. sleeping
  6. song
  7. the
  8. need
  9. film
  10. need
  11. in
  12. red
  13. the
  14. yellow
  15. went
  16. dog
  17. in
  18. was
  19. kite
  20. we
  21. book
  22. three
  23. we
  24. she
  25. on
  26. he
  27. the
  28. my
  29. playing
  30. can
  31. for
  32. sun
  33. the
  34. see
  35. the
  36. tree
  37. is
  38. the
  39. pen
  40. can

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