learn about sentence stress

1. Lunch & Learn
Sentence stress

2.  What is sentence stress?
Question

3. Sentence stress is the music of
spoken English.
Learning to understand
sentence stress will help you to
improve your speaking and
listening skills.

4. Word stress is when we
emphasize certain sounds in a
word.
Sentence stress is when we
stress certain words in a
sentence.

5. Most sentences have
2 types of words:

6. Content words: These are
words that carry the most
important information of a
sentence.

7. If we take content words out of
a sentence, the reader (or the
listener) will probably have no
idea what the message was
about.

8. Function words: These are
words that make a sentence
grammatically correct.

9. If we remove function
words from a sentence a
reader (or listener) may still
get the message.

10. Content words include:
- Nouns
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Adverbs
- Negative auxiliaries

11. Function words include:
- Conjunctions
- Prepositions
- Auxiliary verbs
- Modals

12. So, how do we emphasize
words?
We say the word:
- longer
- louder
- in a higher pitch

13. Now, let’s
practise!

14. Read dialogue 1:
Alicia Is it going to ______
_________ ?
Miguel _____ , I _______ it may
_________!
The content words
are missing.

15. Read dialogue 1:
Alicia ____ ______ ___ _____ snow
tomorrow ?
Miguel No , ____ think ______
_______ rain!
The function words
are missing.

16. Read dialogue 1:
Alicia Is it going to snow tomorrow ?
Miguel No, I think it may rain!

17. Read dialogue 2:
Alicia What did you _______ ___________
?
Miguel I _______ ______ in the ________,
and then I _______ for a _______.
The content words are
missing.

18. Read dialogue 2:
Alicia ______ _______ _______ do yesterday?
Miguel __ studied English ____ ______ morning,
____ then ______went ____ ____ run.
The function words
are missing.

19. Read dialogue 2:
Alicia What did you do yesterday?
Miguel I studied English in the
morning, and then I went for
a run.

20. Read dialogue 3:
Alicia What _____ your _______ _____
to _______ for ________?
Miguel I ______ _______ _____ and
_____ ______ with _______!
The content words are
missing.

21. Read dialogue 3:
Alicia ______ is _____ favourite food
______ have ______ breakfast?
Miguel __really like toast _____ peanut
butter _____ oatmeal!
The function words are
missing.

22. Read dialogue 3:
Alicia What is your favourite food to
have for breakfast?
Miguel I really like toast and peanut
butter with oatmeal!

23. Read dialogue 4:
Alicia What do you _____ the _____
about your ______?
Miguel I ______ _______ about her, but
I ______ ______ the ______ she
________ at me!
The content words are
missing.

24. Read dialogue 4:
Alicia _______ do ______ love _____ most
______ ______ baby?
Miguel ___ love everything _____ ______, _____
_____ really love ______ way _____ smiles
___ ____!
The function words are
missing.

25. Read dialogue 4:
Alicia What do love the most about
your baby?
Miguel I love everything about her, but I
really love the way she smiles at
me!

26. Read dialogue 5:
Alicia Do you _____ to _____ on the _______
?
Miguel Yes, but I ______ ______ to _____
_____ _____, and _____ I am _____ to
______ my _______.
The content words are
missing.

27. Read dialogue 5:
Alicia Do ______ have ____ work ____ _______
weekend?
Miguel _____, ____ ______ only have _____ work
until 3:00 pm, ______ then _____ _____
going _____ visit my Aunt.
The function words are
missing.

28. Read dialogue 5:
Alicia Do you have to work on the
weekend?
Miguel Yes, but I only have to work until
3:00 pm, and then I am going to
visit my Aunt.

29. Read dialogue6:
Alicia What did you ______ of the
________?
Miguel I ______ _______ it!
The content words are
missing.

30. Read dialogue6:
Alicia ______ ______ ______ think
_____ ________ movie?
Miguel ______ didn’t like ______!
The function words are
missing.

31. Read dialogue 6:
Alicia What did you think of the
movie?
Miguel I didn’t like it!

32. Thank you for attending!
See you next time!
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33. Questions?
Yuliana
@ ybagan@myenglishonline.ca
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Blaine
@ broberts@myenglishonline.ca
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