Learn English Sounds English Sentence Stress
Learn English Sounds English Sentence Stress sets out which words to emphasize and which to reduce, on a site of pronunciation lessons and practice tools. It lists content and function words, gives a table of ten reduced forms with their IPA, shows how moving the stress changes the meaning, and names three mistakes Spanish speakers make. Two exercises with answers close it.
100% Free (unlimited): Open to anyone with no account and no payment. The article, the reduction tables, the practice cards with their audio, the two exercises with their answers and the quiz all run on the page itself.
How It Helps Your Business English
The page contrasts stressed content words with reduced function words, then tables ten function words in full and reduced form, from to and for to was and are. Three practice cards carry audio and the IPA of a whole sentence. A second table shows one sentence taking four different meanings as the stress moves. Four rhythm sentences show the beats holding steady.
Read the capitalized sentences aloud and let the lowercase words shrink rather than trying to say them clearly. Use the four DOGS CHASE CATS sentences as a timing test: each should take about the same time, however many words you add. Take the two exercises before you open the answers, and record yourself to hear whether your content words really stand out.
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