Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 460 · 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 “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) us (b) teacher (c) gave
2. 2.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) the (c) cleaned
3. 3.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) the (c) shelf
4. 4.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) Delhi (c) in
5. 5.Listen: in “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) book (b) he (c) a
6. 6.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) played
7. 7.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) see (c) moon
8. 8.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) gave (b) a (c) pen
9. 9.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) team (b) he (c) of
10. 10.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) park (c) we
11. 11.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) baby (b) the (c) sleeping
12. 12.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) we (c) going
13. 13.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) he (c) pen
14. 14.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) sleeping (b) is (c) the
15. 15.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) need (c) glass
16. 16.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) to (c) market
17. 17.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) us (c) gave
18. 18.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) she (c) song
19. 19.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) yellow (b) flowers (c) are
20. 20.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) gave (c) me
21. 21.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) need (b) glass (c) I
22. 22.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) us (c) homework
23. 23.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) dog (b) the (c) is
24. 24.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) kite (b) the (c) tree
25. 25.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) she (b) three (c) speak
26. 26.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) dal (b) and (c) we
27. 27.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) are (c) sweet
28. 28.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) park (c) we
29. 29.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) small (c) he
30. 30.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) sweet (b) the (c) are
31. 31.Listen: in “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) beach
32. 32.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) is (b) bus (c) yellow
33. 33.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) can (c) swim
34. 34.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) met (b) at (c) cousin
35. 35.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) market (b) went (c) to
36. 36.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) team (c) the
37. 37.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) song (c) singing
38. 38.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) she (c) bought
39. 39.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) he (c) put
40. 40.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) keys (c) the

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