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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 447 · 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.Listen: in “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) the (c) sleeping
  2. 2.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) pen (c) he
  3. 3.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) team (c) is
  4. 4.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) languages (b) she (c) speak
  5. 5.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) river (b) live (c) they
  6. 6.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) of (b) captain (c) team
  7. 7.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) film (b) they (c) watching
  8. 8.Listen: in “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) they (c) market
  9. 9.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) can (c) sister
  10. 10.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) want (b) of (c) cup
  11. 11.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) swim (b) can (c) my
  12. 12.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) ride (c) bike
  13. 13.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) beach (c) we
  14. 14.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dal (b) rice (c) and
  15. 15.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) live (b) river (c) the
  16. 16.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) dog (c) the
  17. 17.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) swim (b) sister (c) can
  18. 18.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) homework (b) teacher (c) the
  19. 19.In “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) train (b) the (c) was
  20. 20.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) bought (c) she
  21. 21.Listen: in “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) moon (b) can (c) I
  22. 22.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) sun (c) east
  23. 23.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) gave (c) he
  24. 24.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) reading (c) a
  25. 25.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) bus (c) the
  26. 26.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) went (c) they
  27. 27.Listen: in “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) went (c) the
  28. 28.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bike (b) a (c) ride
  29. 29.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) shop (b) is (c) the
  30. 30.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) my (c) swim
  31. 31.Listen: in “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) lives (c) in
  32. 32.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) baby (b) the (c) sleeping
  33. 33.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) song (b) was (c) singing
  34. 34.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) east (b) in (c) the
  35. 35.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) me (c) pen
  36. 36.Listen: in “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) captain (b) the (c) is
  37. 37.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) class (b) was (c) for
  38. 38.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) late (b) was (c) for
  39. 39.Listen: in “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) in (c) Delhi
  40. 40.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) is (b) dog (c) table

Answer key

  1. sleeping
  2. pen
  3. team
  4. she
  5. they
  6. of
  7. they
  8. market
  9. sister
  10. of
  11. swim
  12. I
  13. beach
  14. and
  15. the
  16. dog
  17. can
  18. the
  19. train
  20. bought
  21. moon
  22. the
  23. gave
  24. reading
  25. bus
  26. went
  27. went
  28. a
  29. shop
  30. my
  31. lives
  32. the
  33. was
  34. east
  35. pen
  36. captain
  37. class
  38. late
  39. Delhi
  40. is

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