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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 625 · 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 shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) Sunday (b) the (c) on
  2. 2.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) dal (b) and (c) we
  3. 3.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) homework (b) teacher (c) the
  4. 4.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) was (b) born (c) village
  5. 5.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) Put (b) the (c) milk
  6. 6.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) the (c) milk
  7. 7.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) are (b) beach (c) going
  8. 8.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) beach (b) going (c) to
  9. 9.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) languages (b) can (c) she
  10. 10.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) beach (b) going (c) we
  11. 11.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bus (b) the (c) waited
  12. 12.Listen: in “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) cricket (b) in (c) we
  13. 13.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) train (c) was
  14. 14.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) train (b) the (c) was
  15. 15.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) they (c) watching
  16. 16.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) my (b) swim (c) sister
  17. 17.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) homework (b) gave (c) us
  18. 18.Listen: in “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) river (b) they (c) the
  19. 19.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) he (c) reading
  20. 20.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) cleaned (c) the
  21. 21.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) was (b) singing (c) song
  22. 22.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) song (b) a (c) she
  23. 23.In “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) she (c) late
  24. 24.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sleeping (b) is (c) baby
  25. 25.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sleeping (b) baby (c) the
  26. 26.Listen: in “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) lives (b) my (c) in
  27. 27.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) bought (c) a
  28. 28.Listen: in “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) friend (c) my
  29. 29.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) phone (c) she
  30. 30.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) cleaned (c) we
  31. 31.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) the (c) train
  32. 32.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) need (c) I
  33. 33.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dog (b) the (c) table
  34. 34.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) he (b) pen (c) gave
  35. 35.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) pen (c) a
  36. 36.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) singing (b) a (c) song
  37. 37.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) we (b) park (c) played
  38. 38.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) tea (c) of
  39. 39.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) and (c) yellow
  40. 40.Listen: in “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) children (c) in

Answer key

  1. Sunday
  2. dal
  3. the
  4. was
  5. the
  6. milk
  7. are
  8. to
  9. languages
  10. we
  11. the
  12. cricket
  13. was
  14. train
  15. watching
  16. my
  17. us
  18. river
  19. reading
  20. cleaned
  21. was
  22. song
  23. late
  24. is
  25. the
  26. lives
  27. bought
  28. friend
  29. phone
  30. we
  31. the
  32. need
  33. the
  34. he
  35. pen
  36. a
  37. we
  38. tea
  39. yellow
  40. children

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