Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 386 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) went (c) they
2. 2.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) sister (c) my
3. 3.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) yellow (b) are (c) the
4. 4.Listen: in “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) the (c) live
5. 5.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bought (b) she (c) new
6. 6.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) tea (c) want
7. 7.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) captain (c) of
8. 8.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) gave (b) me (c) a
9. 9.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) she (b) three (c) speak
10. 10.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) they (b) market (c) went
11. 11.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) is (c) table
12. 12.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) bike (c) ride
13. 13.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) book (b) reading (c) a
14. 14.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) in (c) born
15. 15.Listen: in “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) beach (b) are (c) we
16. 16.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) ride (c) a
17. 17.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sun (b) east (c) the
18. 18.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) is (c) sleeping
19. 19.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) us (b) teacher (c) the
20. 20.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) was (c) late
21. 21.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) the (c) shop
22. 22.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) tree (b) is (c) kite
23. 23.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) three (c) can
24. 24.Listen: in “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) went (c) they
25. 25.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) our (b) school (c) is
26. 26.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) film (b) they (c) watching
27. 27.In “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) the (c) see
28. 28.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) cleaned (c) the
29. 29.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) of (b) tea (c) want
30. 30.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) beach (c) we
31. 31.Listen: in “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) watching (c) are
32. 32.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) yellow (b) the (c) and
33. 33.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dal (b) and (c) ate
34. 34.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) park (b) cricket (c) in
35. 35.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) was (c) singing
36. 36.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) we (b) cleaned (c) room
37. 37.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) small (b) he (c) was
38. 38.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) park (b) in (c) we
39. 39.Listen: in “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) yellow (c) our
40. 40.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) on (b) shelf (c) put

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