Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 743 · 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 “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) glass (c) a
2. 2.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cleaned (b) room (c) we
3. 3.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sweet (b) mangoes (c) the
4. 4.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) playing (b) rain (c) the
5. 5.Listen: in “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) are (c) mangoes
6. 6.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) born (b) in (c) was
7. 7.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) film (b) watching (c) are
8. 8.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) us (b) gave (c) the
9. 9.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) team (c) is
10. 10.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) captain (c) is
11. 11.In “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) river (b) the (c) they
12. 12.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) kite (c) is
13. 13.Listen: in “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) live (c) the
14. 14.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) keys (c) the
15. 15.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) the (c) rises
16. 16.Listen: in “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) book (c) a
17. 17.Listen: in “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) playing
18. 18.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cup (b) of (c) tea
19. 19.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) a (c) film
20. 20.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) waited (c) the
21. 21.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) children (b) rain (c) in
22. 22.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) film (b) they (c) watching
23. 23.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) fridge (b) the (c) Put
24. 24.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) cricket (b) the (c) in
25. 25.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) pen (b) he (c) a
26. 26.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) watching (b) a (c) film
27. 27.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) he (b) small (c) born
28. 28.Listen: in “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) I (c) cup
29. 29.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) going (c) to
30. 30.Listen: in “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) he (c) small
31. 31.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) he (b) pen (c) gave
32. 32.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) moon (c) see
33. 33.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) need (c) a
34. 34.Listen: in “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) yellow (c) our
35. 35.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) kite (b) tree (c) in
36. 36.Listen: in “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) the (c) cricket
37. 37.In “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) live (b) the (c) they
38. 38.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) dog (c) table
39. 39.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) train (b) late (c) the
40. 40.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) are (c) sweet

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