Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 511 · 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 flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) yellow (b) and (c) red
2. 2.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) us (c) homework
3. 3.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) moon (c) see
4. 4.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) reading (b) is (c) book
5. 5.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) the (c) baby
6. 6.Listen: in “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) baby (c) is
7. 7.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) met (c) the
8. 8.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bought (b) phone (c) she
9. 9.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) ride (c) I
10. 10.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) he (c) put
11. 11.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) closed (b) is (c) on
12. 12.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) market (c) to
13. 13.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) are (c) sweet
14. 14.In “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) I (c) moon
15. 15.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) I (c) water
16. 16.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rises (b) sun (c) in
17. 17.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) the (c) cleaned
18. 18.Listen: in “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) station (b) my (c) I
19. 19.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) glass (c) I
20. 20.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) ride (b) can (c) bike
21. 21.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) room (c) we
22. 22.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) room (b) the (c) we
23. 23.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) waited (c) bus
24. 24.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) my (c) letter
25. 25.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) live (b) the (c) river
26. 26.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) moon (c) see
27. 27.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) three (c) can
28. 28.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) keys (c) on
29. 29.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) and (c) dal
30. 30.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) sweet (c) the
31. 31.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) he (c) village
32. 32.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) we (c) cleaned
33. 33.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) for (c) bus
34. 34.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) she (b) song (c) singing
35. 35.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) pen (c) gave
36. 36.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) song (b) was (c) she
37. 37.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) sweet (c) are
38. 38.Listen: in “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) yellow (b) is (c) our
39. 39.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) played (b) cricket (c) the
40. 40.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) sister (c) my

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