Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 784 · 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 “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) friend (b) Delhi (c) my
2. 2.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) ride (b) bike (c) a
3. 3.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) fridge (c) Put
4. 4.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rain (b) the (c) children
5. 5.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) team (b) is (c) he
6. 6.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) beach (b) going (c) we
7. 7.Listen: in “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) tree
8. 8.Listen: in “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) the (c) playing
9. 9.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sister (b) can (c) swim
10. 10.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) gave (b) he (c) me
11. 11.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) captain (b) the (c) he
12. 12.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) Put (c) the
13. 13.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) friend (c) my
14. 14.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) a (c) phone
15. 15.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) flowers (b) and (c) are
16. 16.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) singing (b) song (c) was
17. 17.Listen: in “My sister can swim.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) my (c) swim
18. 18.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) children
19. 19.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) kite (b) is (c) tree
20. 20.Listen: in “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) singing (c) was
21. 21.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sweet (b) mangoes (c) are
22. 22.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) went (b) market (c) to
23. 23.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) in (b) kite (c) tree
24. 24.In “She was late for class.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) was (c) class
25. 25.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) we (c) cleaned
26. 26.Listen: in “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) moon (b) can (c) the
27. 27.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) song (b) she (c) singing
28. 28.In “She was late for class.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) she (c) class
29. 29.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) wrote (b) grandma (c) I
30. 30.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) sweet
31. 31.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) is (c) closed
32. 32.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) school (c) our
33. 33.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) waited (b) the (c) we
34. 34.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) park (c) we
35. 35.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) beach (b) going (c) the
36. 36.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) new (b) she (c) a
37. 37.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) market (c) went
38. 38.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) reading (b) he (c) is
39. 39.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) us (c) homework
40. 40.Listen: in “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) water (c) of

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