Understanding Emphasis and Subtext in Sentences

Understanding Emphasis and Subtext in Sentences

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Nancy Jackson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main focus of the video tutorial?

Exploring stress and emphasis in sentences

Understanding sentence structure

Practicing pronunciation

Learning new vocabulary

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of changing emphasis in a sentence?

To confuse the listener

To make the sentence shorter

To change the sentence's meaning

To make the sentence longer

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the example with the butter, what does emphasizing 'this' indicate?

The butter is delicious

The butter is fresh

The butter is off

The specific butter that is off

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the speaker use to illustrate the concept of subtext?

A story about a cat

A story about a book

A story about a car

A story about butter

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the speaker clarify who is having dinner?

By emphasizing 'dinner'

By emphasizing 'we're'

By emphasizing 'late'

By emphasizing 'tonight'

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does emphasizing 'carefully' in 'She drives very carefully' imply?

She drives too slowly

She drives recklessly

She drives very fast

She drives at a normal speed

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the implication of emphasizing 'you' in 'You shouldn't have painted it'?

Someone else should have painted it

The painting was a good idea

The painting was done perfectly

The wall should not have been painted

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