Sentence Stress

Sentence stress is the music of spoken English.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which words in a sentence are usually stressed?

• Function words.

• Content words.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Which words are less important or carry little meaning but make a sentence grammatically correct?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When we speak English, the time between stressed words is...

• different

• the same

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which are CONTENT WORDS? Choose all the possible answers.

• HOUSE

• JOHN

• SHE

• BEAUTIFUL

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Which are usually UNSTRESSED words?

• in, the, they, but

• furniture, play, lovely, quickly

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The sentence stress is correct:

There's ALSO a GARAGE and a GARDEN.

• Correct.

• Incorrect.

Which is the normal neutral STRESS PATTERN?

• I go to my GRANDMA'S house EVERYDAY.

• I GO to my GRANDMA'S HOUSE EVERYDAY.

• I GO to my GRANDMA'S HOUSE everyday.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The PERSONAL PRONOUNS I, HE, SHE, IT, THEY, YOU and WE are examples of ....

• FUNCTION WORDS.

• CONTENT WORDS.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

They are examples of ...

• CONTENT WORDS.

• FUNCTION WORDS.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4