Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 887 · 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.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) the (c) red
2. 2.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) languages (b) she (c) can
3. 3.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) kite (c) tree
4. 4.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) for (b) we (c) waited
5. 5.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) played (b) we (c) park
6. 6.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) and (b) flowers (c) yellow
7. 7.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) in (c) cricket
8. 8.In “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) see (b) can (c) I
9. 9.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) Put (b) in (c) the
10. 10.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) a (c) phone
11. 11.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dog (b) table (c) is
12. 12.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rain (b) children (c) are
13. 13.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) she (c) speak
14. 14.Listen: in “She can speak three languages.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) can (c) three
15. 15.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) ride (b) I (c) can
16. 16.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) bus (b) our (c) is
17. 17.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) room (b) the (c) cleaned
18. 18.In “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) reading (c) he
19. 19.Listen: in “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) see (c) I
20. 20.In “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) Sunday (b) is (c) the
21. 21.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) flowers (b) red (c) are
22. 22.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) gave (b) us (c) the
23. 23.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) red (b) flowers (c) the
24. 24.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is stressed? (a) in (b) lives (c) my
25. 25.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cricket (b) in (c) park
26. 26.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) table (b) the (c) is
27. 27.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) and (b) dal (c) ate
28. 28.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) dog (b) is (c) the
29. 29.Listen: in “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) rises
30. 30.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) park
31. 31.Listen: in “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) me (c) pen
32. 32.In “The dog is under the table.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) dog (b) the (c) table
33. 33.In “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) on (c) shelf
34. 34.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) milk (c) Put
35. 35.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) we (b) dal (c) and
36. 36.In “She was late for class.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) late (b) for (c) class
37. 37.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) team (b) is (c) captain
38. 38.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) train (c) the
39. 39.In “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) gave (b) teacher (c) the
40. 40.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) we (b) rice (c) ate

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