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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 539 · 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 NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) red (b) flowers (c) and
  2. 2.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) swim (c) can
  3. 3.In “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) moon (c) can
  4. 4.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) keys (b) he (c) the
  5. 5.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) closed (c) is
  6. 6.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) moon (b) see (c) the
  7. 7.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) small (b) a (c) he
  8. 8.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) went (b) to (c) market
  9. 9.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) village (b) born (c) a
  10. 10.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) team (b) the (c) captain
  11. 11.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) sister (b) can (c) my
  12. 12.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) tea (c) a
  13. 13.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) swim (b) can (c) my
  14. 14.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) ate (b) we (c) and
  15. 15.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bus (b) waited (c) for
  16. 16.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) was (c) class
  17. 17.In “She was late for class.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) class (c) for
  18. 18.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) speak (b) can (c) three
  19. 19.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) shop (b) is (c) the
  20. 20.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) tree (b) in (c) the
  21. 21.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bike (b) ride (c) a
  22. 22.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) three (c) she
  23. 23.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) Sunday (c) on
  24. 24.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) three (b) speak (c) she
  25. 25.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) are (b) beach (c) going
  26. 26.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) yellow
  27. 27.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) ate (c) we
  28. 28.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) need (b) glass (c) of
  29. 29.Listen: in “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) to (c) went
  30. 30.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) sleeping (b) the (c) is
  31. 31.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) he (c) pen
  32. 32.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) watching (c) film
  33. 33.Listen: in “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) sweet
  34. 34.Listen: in “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) reading (c) he
  35. 35.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) table (c) the
  36. 36.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) met (c) cousin
  37. 37.Listen: in “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) our (c) yellow
  38. 38.Listen: in “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) mangoes (c) are
  39. 39.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) the (c) room
  40. 40.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cleaned (b) room (c) we

Answer key

  1. and
  2. can
  3. moon
  4. keys
  5. closed
  6. the
  7. small
  8. to
  9. a
  10. the
  11. sister
  12. tea
  13. swim
  14. ate
  15. for
  16. class
  17. for
  18. can
  19. shop
  20. tree
  21. a
  22. three
  23. Sunday
  24. she
  25. are
  26. yellow
  27. ate
  28. of
  29. went
  30. sleeping
  31. pen
  32. a
  33. sweet
  34. reading
  35. table
  36. I
  37. yellow
  38. mangoes
  39. room
  40. we

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