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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 681 · 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 stressed? (a) my (b) sister (c) can
  2. 2.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) mangoes (b) are (c) sweet
  3. 3.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) sweet (c) the
  4. 4.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) film (b) are (c) a
  5. 5.Listen: in “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) can (c) ride
  6. 6.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) rises
  7. 7.Listen: in “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) going (c) to
  8. 8.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) born (c) village
  9. 9.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) I (b) glass (c) need
  10. 10.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) swim (b) sister (c) can
  11. 11.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) singing (c) was
  12. 12.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) rice (b) we (c) and
  13. 13.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) gave (b) the (c) us
  14. 14.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) cleaned (c) the
  15. 15.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cleaned (b) the (c) room
  16. 16.Listen: in “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) the (c) live
  17. 17.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) milk (b) the (c) fridge
  18. 18.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) dog (b) the (c) is
  19. 19.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) table (b) dog (c) the
  20. 20.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) waited (c) we
  21. 21.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) market (b) to (c) they
  22. 22.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) waited (b) bus (c) the
  23. 23.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dal (b) we (c) rice
  24. 24.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) my (c) swim
  25. 25.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) three (b) she (c) can
  26. 26.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) she (c) three
  27. 27.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) speak (b) can (c) she
  28. 28.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) keys (c) on
  29. 29.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) cleaned (c) we
  30. 30.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) sleeping (c) is
  31. 31.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) tree (c) the
  32. 32.Listen: in “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) yellow (b) our (c) is
  33. 33.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) reading (c) he
  34. 34.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) shelf (b) he (c) put
  35. 35.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) kite
  36. 36.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) team (c) of
  37. 37.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) in (b) park (c) cricket
  38. 38.Listen: in “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) reading (b) he (c) is
  39. 39.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) singing (c) she
  40. 40.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) glass (b) need (c) a

Answer key

  1. sister
  2. are
  3. sweet
  4. film
  5. ride
  6. rises
  7. going
  8. a
  9. I
  10. can
  11. singing
  12. rice
  13. gave
  14. cleaned
  15. the
  16. live
  17. the
  18. dog
  19. the
  20. waited
  21. market
  22. the
  23. we
  24. my
  25. three
  26. three
  27. speak
  28. keys
  29. cleaned
  30. sleeping
  31. tree
  32. yellow
  33. reading
  34. he
  35. kite
  36. of
  37. in
  38. reading
  39. singing
  40. a

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