Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 73 · 40 questions

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.

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

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