Sentence stress

Sentence stress involves emphasizing ________ within a sentence to convey meaning, importance, or contrast.

• a particular syllable

• certain words

• content words

• verbs

1. Pitch refers to _______ of a sound.

• 1. the intensity or volume

• 1. the perceived frequency

• the time length

1. True or False: Stressed syllables in English tend to have a longer duration than unstressed syllables...

• True

• False

Which of the following are NOT content words?

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• conjunctions

• True or False: Subject pronouns (I, You, He, She, We, They) are usually stressed, while object pronouns (me, you, him, her, us, them) are usually unstressed.

• True

• False

1. The stress in interrogative sentences often falls on the question word, _______, or the main verb, depending on the structure.

• 1. the auxiliary verb

• the subject

• the object

• the adverbs (if any)

How many factors influencing sentence stress are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• In complex sentences, where is stress often placed?

• on the dependent clause

• • on the main ideas or content words within the main clause.

• on both clauses

• on the subjects

True or False: Bisyllabic pure nouns are more likely to be stressed on the first syllable compared to bisyllabic pure verbs.

• True

• False

Which of the following are NOT tips to use sentence stress effectively?

• Identify key words

• Use contrastive stress

• Consider intonation

• Maintain stress patterns