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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 857 · 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 “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) a (c) phone
  2. 2.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) moon (b) I (c) see
  3. 3.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) kite (c) the
  4. 4.In “They went to the market.” which word is stressed? (a) they (b) the (c) market
  5. 5.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) was (b) born (c) village
  6. 6.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) me (c) gave
  7. 7.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) train (c) the
  8. 8.In “They live near the river.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) live (b) river (c) the
  9. 9.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) table (c) dog
  10. 10.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) children (b) in (c) are
  11. 11.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) is (b) closed (c) shop
  12. 12.In “The train was late.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) train (c) the
  13. 13.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) the (c) cleaned
  14. 14.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) room
  15. 15.In “She was late for class.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) she (c) late
  16. 16.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) bike (b) ride (c) a
  17. 17.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rises (b) east (c) the
  18. 18.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) going (b) beach (c) to
  19. 19.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) gave (c) me
  20. 20.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cup (b) a (c) tea
  21. 21.Listen: in “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) mangoes
  22. 22.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) keys (b) shelf (c) on
  23. 23.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) us (b) the (c) gave
  24. 24.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) keys (b) the (c) he
  25. 25.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) we (c) waited
  26. 26.In “She was late for class.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) class (c) she
  27. 27.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) cleaned (b) we (c) the
  28. 28.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) bus (b) is (c) our
  29. 29.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) rice (c) we
  30. 30.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) pen (b) a (c) gave
  31. 31.In “We are going to the beach.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) are (b) beach (c) going
  32. 32.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) children (b) playing (c) the
  33. 33.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dog (b) table (c) is
  34. 34.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) the (c) yellow
  35. 35.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) she (c) three
  36. 36.Listen: in “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) they (c) river
  37. 37.In “They live near the river.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) river (c) they
  38. 38.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) milk (b) the (c) fridge
  39. 39.Listen: in “We are going to the beach.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) going (c) are
  40. 40.Listen: in “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) are (b) the (c) sweet

Answer key

  1. phone
  2. I
  3. kite
  4. market
  5. was
  6. gave
  7. train
  8. the
  9. the
  10. children
  11. is
  12. the
  13. the
  14. room
  15. late
  16. a
  17. the
  18. to
  19. gave
  20. a
  21. mangoes
  22. on
  23. gave
  24. keys
  25. waited
  26. she
  27. cleaned
  28. bus
  29. rice
  30. a
  31. are
  32. the
  33. is
  34. yellow
  35. three
  36. river
  37. river
  38. the
  39. going
  40. sweet

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