Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 550 · 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 train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) was (c) train
2. 2.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) sweet (c) are
3. 3.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) flowers (b) are (c) the
4. 4.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) book (b) is (c) he
5. 5.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) homework (b) us (c) teacher
6. 6.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) three (b) languages (c) can
7. 7.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) me (b) gave (c) pen
8. 8.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) shop (c) the
9. 9.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) a (c) song
10. 10.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) our (b) is (c) bus
11. 11.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) can (b) swim (c) sister
12. 12.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) we (c) going
13. 13.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) rice (b) we (c) and
14. 14.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) on (c) Sunday
15. 15.Listen: in “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) baby (c) is
16. 16.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) wrote (b) a (c) letter
17. 17.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) are (c) red
18. 18.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) my (c) lives
19. 19.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) want (b) tea (c) of
20. 20.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) market (b) went (c) the
21. 21.Listen: in “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) bike (c) I
22. 22.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) dal (b) and (c) we
23. 23.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) I (c) bike
24. 24.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) keys (c) he
25. 25.Listen: in “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) are (c) film
26. 26.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) we (b) ate (c) rice
27. 27.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) table (c) is
28. 28.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) my (b) swim (c) sister
29. 29.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) closed (b) the (c) is
30. 30.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) are (c) beach
31. 31.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) bus (c) for
32. 32.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bought (b) new (c) she
33. 33.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) born (c) was
34. 34.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) our (b) is (c) yellow
35. 35.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) yellow
36. 36.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) late (b) was (c) the
37. 37.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) fridge (b) Put (c) the
38. 38.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) played
39. 39.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) the (c) table
40. 40.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) me (c) gave

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