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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 964 · 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.In “My friend lives in Delhi.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) friend (b) lives (c) in
  2. 2.Listen: in “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) captain (c) he
  3. 3.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) of (b) water (c) glass
  4. 4.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sweet (b) mangoes (c) the
  5. 5.Listen: in “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) room
  6. 6.Listen: in “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) yellow (b) and (c) are
  7. 7.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) letter (b) my (c) grandma
  8. 8.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) village (c) a
  9. 9.In “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) train (b) was (c) the
  10. 10.In “My sister can swim.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) swim (b) sister (c) can
  11. 11.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) put (b) on (c) he
  12. 12.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) was (c) train
  13. 13.Listen: in “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) want (c) a
  14. 14.In “They are watching a film.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) film (b) a (c) watching
  15. 15.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) I (c) met
  16. 16.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) waited (c) for
  17. 17.Listen: in “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is stressed? (a) my (b) met (c) at
  18. 18.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) ride (c) can
  19. 19.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) our (b) school (c) bus
  20. 20.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) children (b) playing (c) are
  21. 21.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) playing (b) the (c) children
  22. 22.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cup (b) want (c) a
  23. 23.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) captain (b) of (c) team
  24. 24.In “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) captain (b) of (c) he
  25. 25.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) tree (b) kite (c) is
  26. 26.Listen: in “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) bus (b) we (c) for
  27. 27.Listen: in “The dog is under the table.” which word is stressed? (a) dog (b) is (c) the
  28. 28.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) small (b) was (c) in
  29. 29.In “I wrote a letter to my grandma.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) letter (b) wrote (c) I
  30. 30.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) dal (b) we (c) and
  31. 31.In “She can speak three languages.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) speak (b) can (c) languages
  32. 32.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) rice (b) dal (c) we
  33. 33.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) water (b) glass (c) a
  34. 34.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) the (b) cleaned (c) room
  35. 35.In “I met my cousin at the station.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) station (b) cousin (c) the
  36. 36.Listen: in “He put the keys on the shelf.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) he (c) keys
  37. 37.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) singing (b) she (c) a
  38. 38.In “He gave me a pen.” which word is stressed? (a) gave (b) me (c) a
  39. 39.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) in (b) kite (c) tree
  40. 40.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cleaned (b) we (c) room

Answer key

  1. in
  2. captain
  3. of
  4. the
  5. room
  6. yellow
  7. my
  8. village
  9. train
  10. can
  11. put
  12. train
  13. want
  14. a
  15. met
  16. waited
  17. met
  18. ride
  19. our
  20. are
  21. the
  22. a
  23. of
  24. captain
  25. is
  26. bus
  27. dog
  28. small
  29. I
  30. dal
  31. can
  32. we
  33. a
  34. the
  35. the
  36. keys
  37. singing
  38. gave
  39. in
  40. we

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