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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 726 · 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 teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) teacher (b) us (c) homework
  2. 2.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) song (c) singing
  3. 3.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) our (b) school (c) bus
  4. 4.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) bus (c) the
  6. 6.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bike (b) I (c) ride
  7. 7.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) reading (c) he
  8. 8.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) team (b) is (c) captain
  9. 9.Listen: in “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) the (c) fridge
  10. 10.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) played (b) the (c) in
  11. 11.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) went (b) market (c) to
  12. 12.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) pen (c) gave
  13. 13.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) pen (b) he (c) me
  14. 14.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) in (c) Delhi
  15. 15.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) me (c) gave
  16. 16.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) team (c) of
  17. 17.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) tree (c) is
  18. 18.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) phone (b) a (c) she
  19. 19.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) the (c) met
  20. 20.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) table (b) the (c) is
  21. 21.Listen: in “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) a (c) letter
  22. 22.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) we (c) ate
  23. 23.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) glass (c) of
  24. 24.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) late (b) was (c) the
  25. 25.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) is (b) bus (c) yellow
  26. 26.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) he (c) book
  27. 27.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) park (c) cricket
  28. 28.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) the (c) room
  29. 29.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) the (c) waited
  30. 30.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) grandma (b) letter (c) a
  31. 31.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) homework (c) us
  32. 32.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) team (c) he
  33. 33.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sweet (b) mangoes (c) the
  34. 34.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) me (c) gave
  35. 35.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) small (b) in (c) was
  36. 36.In “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) train (b) was (c) the
  37. 37.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) closed (c) shop
  38. 38.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) friend (b) in (c) my
  39. 39.In “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) late (c) the
  40. 40.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) see (b) the (c) moon

Answer key

  1. us
  2. a
  3. our
  4. sun
  5. bus
  6. I
  7. reading
  8. is
  9. fridge
  10. played
  11. to
  12. a
  13. pen
  14. Delhi
  15. gave
  16. of
  17. tree
  18. phone
  19. met
  20. table
  21. letter
  22. ate
  23. glass
  24. late
  25. is
  26. book
  27. the
  28. room
  29. waited
  30. a
  31. homework
  32. he
  33. the
  34. gave
  35. small
  36. train
  37. the
  38. friend
  39. late
  40. the

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