Practice Exercises
1. Word Stress
Identify the stressed syllable in the following words:
1. Photograph
2. Increase
3. Conduct
2. Sentence Stress
Emphasize different words in the sentence “She didn’t invite me to the party” to change the meaning:
1. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ Someone else did.
2. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ It didn’t happen.
3. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ But maybe she mentioned it.
4. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ She invited someone else.
5. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ But maybe to another event.
3. Intonation Practice
Read the following sentences and mark where the intonation rises or falls:
1. Are you going out?
➲ Rising
2. What’s your name?
➲ Falling
3. I can’t believe you did that!
➲ Rising-Falling
4. It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?
➲ Rising
1. Word Stress
Identify the stressed syllable in the following words:
1. Photograph
PHOtograph
2. Increase
Noun - INcrease ◦ Verb - inCREASE
3. Conduct
Noun - CONduct ◦ conDUCT
2. Sentence Stress
Emphasize different words in the sentence “She didn’t invite me to the party” to change the meaning:
1. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ Someone else did.
2. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ It didn’t happen.
3. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ But maybe she mentioned it.
4. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ She invited someone else.
5. She didn’t invite me to the party.
➲ But maybe to another event.
3. Intonation Practice
Read the following sentences and mark where the intonation rises or falls:
1. Are you going out?
➲ Rising
2. What’s your name?
➲ Falling
3. I can’t believe you did that!
➲ Rising-Falling
4. It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?
➲ Rising