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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 68 · 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 “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) swim (c) can
  2. 2.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bought (b) a (c) phone
  3. 3.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) born (b) village (c) was
  4. 4.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) market (b) they (c) went
  5. 5.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) to (c) market
  6. 6.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) speak (c) can
  7. 7.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) sweet (b) the (c) are
  8. 8.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) book (c) reading
  9. 9.Listen: in “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) are (c) mangoes
  10. 10.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) she (b) song (c) singing
  11. 11.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) the (c) sweet
  12. 12.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) the (c) park
  13. 13.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) three (b) languages (c) she
  14. 14.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) put (b) the (c) he
  15. 15.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) small (b) a (c) he
  16. 16.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) table (b) the (c) is
  17. 17.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) want (c) a
  18. 18.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) Sunday (b) is (c) closed
  19. 19.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) for (c) bus
  20. 20.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) table (c) dog
  21. 21.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) playing (b) are (c) children
  22. 22.Listen: in “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) our (b) is (c) bus
  23. 23.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) to (b) grandma (c) wrote
  24. 24.Listen: in “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) rain (c) the
  25. 25.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) for (c) waited
  26. 26.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) park (b) the (c) cricket
  27. 27.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) rises (c) in
  28. 28.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) us (c) gave
  29. 29.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) we (c) waited
  30. 30.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) born (c) a
  31. 31.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) milk (c) fridge
  32. 32.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) live (b) they (c) river
  33. 33.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) ate (b) we (c) dal
  34. 34.Listen: in “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) they (c) film
  35. 35.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) room (c) the
  36. 36.Listen: in “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) at (c) station
  37. 37.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) film (b) a (c) are
  38. 38.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bus (b) we (c) waited
  39. 39.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) the (c) train
  40. 40.Listen: in “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) milk (c) the

Answer key

  1. can
  2. a
  3. was
  4. they
  5. market
  6. speak
  7. sweet
  8. a
  9. mangoes
  10. she
  11. the
  12. park
  13. she
  14. put
  15. small
  16. table
  17. want
  18. is
  19. for
  20. the
  21. are
  22. bus
  23. to
  24. rain
  25. waited
  26. the
  27. rises
  28. gave
  29. waited
  30. born
  31. the
  32. they
  33. we
  34. film
  35. room
  36. station
  37. film
  38. we
  39. the
  40. milk

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