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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 541 · 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 flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) and (c) flowers
  2. 2.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) tea (b) of (c) cup
  3. 3.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) tea (b) I (c) a
  4. 4.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) are (c) watching
  5. 5.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) need (b) glass (c) of
  6. 6.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) milk (b) in (c) Put
  7. 7.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) friend (c) my
  8. 8.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) she (c) song
  9. 9.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) teacher (b) gave (c) us
  10. 10.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) can (c) speak
  11. 11.Listen: in “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) team (c) he
  12. 12.Listen: in “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) went (b) they (c) to
  13. 13.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) tea (b) cup (c) I
  14. 14.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sweet (b) are (c) mangoes
  15. 15.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) ate (b) rice (c) we
  16. 16.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) to (c) beach
  17. 17.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) village (b) he (c) small
  18. 18.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bus (b) is (c) yellow
  19. 19.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) ate (b) and (c) we
  20. 20.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) friend (b) in (c) lives
  21. 21.Listen: in “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) I (c) wrote
  22. 22.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) sweet
  23. 23.Listen: in “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) kite (c) is
  24. 24.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) east
  25. 25.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) red (c) are
  26. 26.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) the (c) park
  27. 27.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) us (b) teacher (c) the
  28. 28.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) keys (b) he (c) put
  29. 29.Listen: in “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) played (c) the
  30. 30.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) he (c) book
  31. 31.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) swim (c) my
  32. 32.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) we (b) beach (c) going
  33. 33.Listen: in “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) met (c) the
  34. 34.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) waited (c) bus
  35. 35.Listen: in “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) beach (b) to (c) we
  36. 36.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) speak (b) languages (c) can
  37. 37.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) cousin (c) at
  38. 38.In “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) late (c) the
  39. 39.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) she (c) singing
  40. 40.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) went (b) market (c) to

Answer key

  1. flowers
  2. of
  3. tea
  4. watching
  5. of
  6. in
  7. friend
  8. song
  9. us
  10. speak
  11. team
  12. went
  13. I
  14. are
  15. we
  16. beach
  17. he
  18. is
  19. ate
  20. in
  21. wrote
  22. sweet
  23. kite
  24. east
  25. red
  26. park
  27. teacher
  28. he
  29. played
  30. book
  31. swim
  32. we
  33. met
  34. the
  35. beach
  36. can
  37. cousin
  38. late
  39. singing
  40. to

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