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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 344 · 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 kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) kite (b) in (c) tree
  2. 2.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) flowers (b) the (c) are
  3. 3.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) gave (c) he
  4. 4.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) rises (c) sun
  5. 5.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rises (b) east (c) in
  6. 6.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) they (c) film
  7. 7.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) lives (b) Delhi (c) my
  8. 8.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) the (c) went
  9. 9.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) my (b) cousin (c) met
  10. 10.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) red (b) and (c) flowers
  11. 11.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bus (b) yellow (c) our
  12. 12.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) park
  13. 13.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) of (b) want (c) tea
  14. 14.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) song (b) was (c) a
  15. 15.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) captain (b) of (c) he
  16. 16.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) cousin (c) my
  17. 17.Listen: in “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) kite (b) is (c) in
  18. 18.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) shop (b) Sunday (c) the
  19. 19.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) pen (b) he (c) gave
  20. 20.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) dog (c) is
  21. 21.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) class (c) for
  22. 22.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) table (c) the
  23. 23.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) shop (c) on
  24. 24.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) she (c) languages
  25. 25.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) yellow (c) and
  26. 26.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) our (c) school
  27. 27.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) red (b) and (c) are
  28. 28.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) beach (b) going (c) the
  29. 29.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) train (b) late (c) the
  30. 30.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) room (b) the (c) we
  31. 31.In “She was late for class.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) class (c) was
  32. 32.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) station (b) cousin (c) I
  33. 33.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) small (c) was
  34. 34.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) glass (b) I (c) a
  35. 35.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) grandma (c) my
  36. 36.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) watching (b) a (c) film
  37. 37.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) gave (c) he
  38. 38.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) sister (c) can
  39. 39.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) our (c) yellow
  40. 40.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) dog (c) is

Answer key

  1. in
  2. flowers
  3. gave
  4. the
  5. in
  6. film
  7. my
  8. went
  9. my
  10. and
  11. our
  12. park
  13. of
  14. song
  15. captain
  16. cousin
  17. kite
  18. the
  19. he
  20. dog
  21. class
  22. table
  23. shop
  24. languages
  25. yellow
  26. school
  27. red
  28. the
  29. the
  30. room
  31. was
  32. I
  33. small
  34. glass
  35. grandma
  36. a
  37. gave
  38. sister
  39. yellow
  40. dog

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