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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 515 · 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 flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) are (c) yellow
  2. 2.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) water (c) need
  3. 3.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) born (c) he
  4. 4.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) shelf (b) put (c) he
  5. 5.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) to (b) beach (c) going
  6. 6.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) yellow (b) flowers (c) and
  7. 7.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) sweet (c) the
  8. 8.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) watching (c) are
  9. 9.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) glass (b) of (c) I
  10. 10.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) Delhi (b) my (c) friend
  11. 11.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) keys (c) he
  12. 12.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) song (c) was
  13. 13.Listen: in “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) is (c) sleeping
  14. 14.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rice (b) ate (c) and
  15. 15.Listen: in “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) of (c) team
  16. 16.Listen: in “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) I (c) moon
  17. 17.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) letter (b) I (c) a
  18. 18.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) a (c) gave
  19. 19.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) reading (b) he (c) a
  20. 20.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) is (b) school (c) bus
  21. 21.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) gave (b) me (c) pen
  22. 22.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) east (b) rises (c) the
  23. 23.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) closed (b) the (c) on
  24. 24.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) played (c) in
  25. 25.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) letter (b) my (c) grandma
  26. 26.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) for (c) bus
  27. 27.Listen: in “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) the (c) kite
  28. 28.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) small (c) in
  29. 29.Listen: in “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) sun (b) in (c) the
  30. 30.Listen: in “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) are (c) watching
  31. 31.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) late (c) for
  32. 32.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) going (c) we
  33. 33.Listen: in “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) wrote (c) a
  34. 34.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) can (c) swim
  35. 35.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) the (c) team
  36. 36.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sun (b) east (c) in
  37. 37.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sleeping (b) the (c) baby
  38. 38.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) waited (c) the
  39. 39.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) cricket
  40. 40.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) tree (c) the

Answer key

  1. yellow
  2. a
  3. born
  4. he
  5. to
  6. and
  7. the
  8. watching
  9. glass
  10. my
  11. keys
  12. song
  13. sleeping
  14. and
  15. team
  16. moon
  17. letter
  18. gave
  19. reading
  20. is
  21. me
  22. the
  23. closed
  24. in
  25. my
  26. for
  27. kite
  28. small
  29. sun
  30. watching
  31. late
  32. going
  33. wrote
  34. swim
  35. the
  36. in
  37. the
  38. waited
  39. cricket
  40. tree

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