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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 664 · 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 “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) need (b) glass (c) I
  2. 2.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) letter (c) wrote
  3. 3.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) to (b) we (c) beach
  4. 4.Listen: in “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) sun (c) in
  5. 5.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cup (b) tea (c) of
  6. 6.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) we (b) room (c) cleaned
  7. 7.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) a (c) watching
  8. 8.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) sister (c) my
  9. 9.Listen: in “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) is (c) tree
  10. 10.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) he (c) gave
  11. 11.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) shelf (b) the (c) on
  12. 12.Listen: in “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) to (c) letter
  13. 13.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) a (c) gave
  14. 14.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) yellow
  15. 15.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) swim (c) my
  16. 16.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) we (c) bus
  17. 17.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) put (b) he (c) keys
  18. 18.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) we (b) going (c) beach
  19. 19.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) mangoes (c) the
  20. 20.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) in (c) park
  21. 21.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) I (c) glass
  22. 22.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) cleaned
  23. 23.In “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) late (b) the (c) was
  24. 24.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) room (b) the (c) we
  25. 25.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) train (b) the (c) late
  26. 26.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) Delhi (b) friend (c) in
  27. 27.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) me (b) a (c) pen
  28. 28.Listen: in “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) mangoes (b) the (c) are
  29. 29.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) swim (c) can
  30. 30.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) east (b) sun (c) in
  31. 31.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) shop (b) on (c) is
  32. 32.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) the (c) sweet
  33. 33.Listen: in “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) rises (b) in (c) the
  34. 34.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) was (c) train
  35. 35.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) book (b) reading (c) he
  36. 36.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) sister (c) my
  37. 37.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) closed (b) Sunday (c) is
  38. 38.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) played (c) we
  39. 39.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) my (c) swim
  40. 40.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) water (b) a (c) of

Answer key

  1. I
  2. a
  3. beach
  4. sun
  5. of
  6. we
  7. watching
  8. sister
  9. tree
  10. gave
  11. shelf
  12. letter
  13. gave
  14. yellow
  15. my
  16. we
  17. he
  18. we
  19. mangoes
  20. park
  21. glass
  22. cleaned
  23. late
  24. room
  25. the
  26. in
  27. pen
  28. mangoes
  29. can
  30. in
  31. shop
  32. the
  33. rises
  34. train
  35. he
  36. sister
  37. is
  38. we
  39. swim
  40. water

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