Sentence stress and rhythm

Make your English easier to follow: stress the words that carry the meaning, use weak forms for small words, keep a steady rhythm, and move the stress to show new or corrected information.

Level B1 25 min5 exercisesLesson 11 of 12 in Speaking B1

Trains: IELTS Speaking Part 1, TOEFL iBT Speaking – Listen and Repeat, TOEIC Speaking – Read a text aloud

What you'll learn

Find the content words in a sentence and stress them
Use weak forms of small words, and know when they become strong
Keep a steady rhythm, with the stressed syllables on a regular beat
Move the main stress to show new or corrected information

Lesson content

10 steps · 5 exercises · 25 min total

1. Warm-up1 question
2. LearnThe skill and the strategy
3. ModelSee how it's done
4. Practice 1Where is the main stress?
5. Practice 2Keep the beat
6. Practice 3Weak forms and contrast
7. Practice 4TOEIC Read a text aloud: stress and rhythm
8. Exam tips3 tips
9. Key vocabulary11 words
10. SummaryReview and finish

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