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Sentence Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 19: Sentence stress · Set 978 · 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 “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) are (c) mangoes
  2. 2.Listen: in “The teacher gave us homework.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) us (c) homework
  3. 3.Listen: in “He is the captain of the team.” which word is stressed? (a) of (b) he (c) team
  4. 4.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) sun (b) east (c) in
  5. 5.In “She was singing a song.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) song (b) a (c) singing
  6. 6.In “The sun rises in the east.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) in (c) east
  7. 7.In “I can see the moon.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) see (b) the (c) moon
  8. 8.In “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) can (b) see (c) I
  9. 9.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) phone (c) a
  10. 10.In “The baby is sleeping.” which word is stressed? (a) sleeping (b) the (c) is
  11. 11.In “Put the milk in the fridge.” which word is stressed? (a) milk (b) the (c) in
  12. 12.In “We cleaned the room.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) we (c) cleaned
  13. 13.In “The flowers are red and yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) yellow (c) and
  14. 14.In “The children are playing in the rain.” which word is stressed? (a) children (b) in (c) are
  15. 15.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) glass (b) water (c) I
  16. 16.In “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) dal (c) we
  17. 17.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) to (b) market (c) went
  18. 18.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) she (b) bought (c) new
  19. 19.In “She was singing a song.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) a (c) song
  20. 20.Listen: in “He is reading a book.” which word is stressed? (a) he (b) reading (c) a
  21. 21.In “Our school bus is yellow.” which word is stressed? (a) is (b) bus (c) our
  22. 22.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) born (b) village (c) a
  23. 23.In “He is reading a book.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) a (b) book (c) reading
  24. 24.In “We played cricket in the park.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) park (b) we (c) played
  25. 25.In “She bought a new phone.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) new (b) a (c) phone
  26. 26.Listen: in “We ate rice and dal.” which word is stressed? (a) and (b) we (c) ate
  27. 27.Listen: in “The shop is closed on Sunday.” which word is stressed? (a) on (b) is (c) shop
  28. 28.In “They are watching a film.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) they (c) film
  29. 29.In “I need a glass of water.” which word is stressed? (a) a (b) of (c) water
  30. 30.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is stressed? (a) want (b) a (c) of
  31. 31.In “The mangoes are sweet.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) are (c) sweet
  32. 32.Listen: in “The train was late.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) train (c) was
  33. 33.In “He was born in a small village.” which word is stressed? (a) was (b) in (c) village
  34. 34.Listen: in “She bought a new phone.” which word is stressed? (a) she (b) a (c) bought
  35. 35.In “I can ride a bike.” which word is stressed? (a) I (b) bike (c) can
  36. 36.Listen: in “I can see the moon.” which word is stressed? (a) the (b) I (c) see
  37. 37.In “We waited for the bus.” which word is stressed? (a) waited (b) the (c) for
  38. 38.In “I want a cup of tea.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) cup (b) tea (c) I
  39. 39.In “The kite is in the tree.” which word is stressed? (a) kite (b) is (c) the
  40. 40.In “They went to the market.” which word is NOT stressed (said quickly)? (a) market (b) they (c) went

Answer key

  1. mangoes
  2. homework
  3. team
  4. in
  5. a
  6. east
  7. the
  8. see
  9. phone
  10. sleeping
  11. milk
  12. cleaned
  13. yellow
  14. children
  15. I
  16. dal
  17. to
  18. she
  19. song
  20. reading
  21. bus
  22. a
  23. a
  24. we
  25. a
  26. ate
  27. shop
  28. film
  29. water
  30. want
  31. sweet
  32. train
  33. village
  34. bought
  35. bike
  36. see
  37. waited
  38. I
  39. kite
  40. they

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