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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 750 · 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.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) was (c) train
  2. 2.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) late (c) was
  3. 3.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) milk (c) the
  4. 4.In “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) swim (b) can (c) my
  5. 5.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) live (b) river (c) they
  6. 6.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) song (b) was (c) singing
  7. 7.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) swim (c) my
  8. 8.Listen: in “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) at (b) cousin (c) my
  9. 9.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) bus (c) waited
  10. 10.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) waited (b) for (c) the
  11. 11.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) in (c) village
  12. 12.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) bought (c) she
  13. 13.In “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) late (b) she (c) was
  14. 14.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) rain (c) are
  15. 15.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) me (c) gave
  16. 16.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) went (b) the (c) market
  17. 17.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) playing (b) children (c) the
  18. 18.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rice (b) we (c) dal
  19. 19.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) my (b) swim (c) sister
  20. 20.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cleaned (b) room (c) we
  21. 21.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) live (b) river (c) the
  22. 22.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) gave (c) pen
  23. 23.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) played (b) park (c) we
  24. 24.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) watching (b) film (c) they
  25. 25.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) beach (b) are (c) going
  26. 26.Listen: in “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) is (c) baby
  27. 27.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) we (c) cricket
  28. 28.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dog (b) table (c) is
  29. 29.Listen: in “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) going (b) the (c) to
  30. 30.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) book (b) reading (c) is
  31. 31.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) was (c) train
  32. 32.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) captain (c) the
  33. 33.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) a (c) pen
  34. 34.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) in (b) Put (c) milk
  35. 35.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) my (c) sister
  36. 36.Listen: in “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) see (c) the
  37. 37.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) bus (b) the (c) we
  38. 38.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) in (c) friend
  39. 39.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) dog (c) table
  40. 40.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) see (b) can (c) moon

Answer key

  1. train
  2. late
  3. milk
  4. swim
  5. they
  6. was
  7. swim
  8. cousin
  9. the
  10. waited
  11. village
  12. bought
  13. late
  14. rain
  15. gave
  16. the
  17. the
  18. we
  19. my
  20. we
  21. the
  22. a
  23. we
  24. they
  25. are
  26. baby
  27. cricket
  28. is
  29. going
  30. is
  31. was
  32. captain
  33. pen
  34. in
  35. sister
  36. see
  37. bus
  38. friend
  39. the
  40. can

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