Sentence Stress

Sentence stress is the music of spoken English.

• True

• False

Which words in a sentence are usually stressed?

• Function words.

• Content words.

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

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

• different

• the same

Which are CONTENT WORDS? Choose all the possible answers.

• HOUSE

• JOHN

• SHE

• BEAUTIFUL

Which are usually UNSTRESSED words?

• in, the, they, but

• furniture, play, lovely, quickly

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.

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

• FUNCTION WORDS.

• CONTENT WORDS.

They are examples of ...

• CONTENT WORDS.

• FUNCTION WORDS.