San Diego Voice and Accent Stress in Sentences
San Diego Voice and Accent Stress in Sentences shows which words carry the beat of a spoken sentence, written by Julie Cunningham, a licensed speech-language pathologist. The lesson moves from syllable stress in one word to stress across a whole sentence, uses a DA-da notation to make the pattern audible, and works through three everyday sentences. Free printable exercises are listed.
100% Free (unlimited): Open to anyone with no account and no payment. The lesson and its spoken examples are on the page, and the site lists eighteen free downloadable exercise sheets, including one on sentence-level and content word stress.
How It Helps Your Business English
The lesson starts from the word conversation to show what stress does inside a word, then moves to sentences, where only the content words take the beat. Nouns, main verbs, adjectives, adverbs and wh-words are named as the words that carry it. Three sentences follow, each said at normal speed, then slowly, then as DA-da so the pattern can be heard on its own.
Listen to each sentence before you read which words were stressed, and write down what you heard. Then say the DA-da version out loud, because stripping the words away leaves only the rhythm to copy. Take the printable sheet on sentence-level and content word stress for practice away from the screen, and come back to the three sentences to check yourself.
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