Introducing sentence stress
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Individual words have a stress pattern, that is a pattern of strong and weak syllables. Sentences also have a stress pattern, and this is sentences stress. Compare (B9):
| Ooo word sentence | oOo word sentence | ooO word sentence |
| photograph Answer me! Canada Doesn't he? Cabbages Copy it! | September Excuse me! tomorrow I think so. remember He told her. | afternoon Do you smoke? Japanese One of these? Portuguese He's arrived. |
Ex 11. Write these sentences in the correct column. Listen, check and repeat. (B13)
| OooO | oOoO | OoO | OoOo |
| The bus was late. |
There's normally a space between stressed syllables in a sentence. Unstressed syllables can be put into that space. The space stays more or less the same length, this is called the rhythm. Listen (B11):
OOO Don't tell Mike.
OoOoOo Go and speak to Mary.
OooOooOoo Hurry and give it to Jonathan.
In some situations, for example, emergencies, all of the words in a sentence are important, so we stress all of them.
O Help! Quick!
OO Look out! Stand still!
OOO Don't turn round! Don't look now!
Ex 12. Match each sentence with a sentence from the box with the same rhythm. Listen, check and repeat. (B57)
EXAMPLE OoO Don't be late! ____Go away!___
1. Oo Silence! ____________
2. OOO Don't look down! ______________
3. O Wait! _______________
4. OO Get back! _____________
5. OOo Keep quiet! ____________
Ex 13. Listen and complete these chants. Practise saying them (B58)
- Don't sleep! ________ awake! 3. Say please! Don't ______ rude!
Get dressed! Don't _______ late! Sit _________! Eat your food!
- __________ still! Stay there!
Don't move! _________ care!
There are some kinds of words which are not normally stressed. Listen to these examples. (B59)
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