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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 631 · 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 mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) are (c) mangoes
  2. 2.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) phone (b) she (c) a
  3. 3.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) yellow (b) and (c) the
  4. 4.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) book (c) he
  5. 5.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cousin (b) met (c) the
  6. 6.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) tree (b) kite (c) the
  7. 7.Listen: in “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) baby (c) is
  8. 8.Listen: in “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) bike (c) I
  9. 9.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) pen (c) he
  10. 10.Listen: in “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) she (c) late
  11. 11.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) lives (b) Delhi (c) in
  12. 12.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) he (b) reading (c) book
  13. 13.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) cleaned (b) the (c) we
  14. 14.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) east (c) in
  15. 15.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) going (b) to (c) we
  16. 16.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) played (c) we
  17. 17.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) teacher (c) gave
  18. 18.In “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) was (c) late
  19. 19.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) dog (b) the (c) is
  20. 20.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bus (b) yellow (c) is
  21. 21.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bought (b) phone (c) a
  22. 22.Listen: in “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) to (c) went
  23. 23.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) for (c) bus
  24. 24.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) book (c) reading
  25. 25.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) and (c) red
  26. 26.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) sleeping (b) is (c) the
  27. 27.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) wrote (c) to
  28. 28.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) tree (b) in (c) kite
  29. 29.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) friend (c) my
  30. 30.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) singing (c) she
  31. 31.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) train (c) was
  32. 32.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) us (c) homework
  33. 33.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) beach (b) we (c) going
  34. 34.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) river (b) they (c) live
  35. 35.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) our (b) bus (c) is
  36. 36.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) river (b) live (c) the
  37. 37.Listen: in “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) ride (c) a
  38. 38.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) sun (c) the
  39. 39.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) bus (b) we (c) the
  40. 40.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) team (c) of

Answer key

  1. mangoes
  2. phone
  3. yellow
  4. book
  5. the
  6. the
  7. baby
  8. bike
  9. pen
  10. late
  11. in
  12. he
  13. cleaned
  14. east
  15. going
  16. we
  17. the
  18. late
  19. dog
  20. is
  21. a
  22. went
  23. for
  24. a
  25. red
  26. sleeping
  27. wrote
  28. in
  29. friend
  30. singing
  31. train
  32. homework
  33. we
  34. they
  35. bus
  36. the
  37. ride
  38. sun
  39. bus
  40. of

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