This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Sentence Stress Patterns – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Stress Patterns Quiz 1 (36 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sentence stress can help you understand fast speech. A) Go away. B) I don't know. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 2. Tom finished all the assignments in the AFTERNOON. A) Who finished all the assignment?. B) When did Tom finish all the assignments?. C) Did Tom finish only a part of the assignment?. D) Did Tom start the assignment in the afternoon?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When did Tom finish all the assignments?. 3. Why is sentence stress used? A) To understand key information and fast speech. B) To understand slow speech. C) To understand useless information. D) To understand Chinese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To understand key information and fast speech. 4. The POLICE arrested the suspect. A) Did the police arrest the suspect?. B) Did the police placate the suspect?. C) Who did the police arrest?. D) Who arrested the suspect?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who arrested the suspect?. 5. Which stress pattern corrects this statement? "I'm sure they work for the police." A) THEY don't, but WE do. B) They don't, BUT we do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THEY don't, but WE do. 6. Content words contain most of the information in a sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which words in a sentence are usually stressed? A) Content words. B) Structure words. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Content words. 8. Which of the following are NOT tips to use sentence stress effectively? A) Use contrastive stress. B) Identify key words. C) Consider intonation. D) Maintain stress patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maintain stress patterns. 9. Which is the normal neutral stress pattern? A) If you CAN, CALL me in the MORNING. B) If you can, call ME in the MORNING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you CAN, CALL me in the MORNING. 10. I asked you to buy me a bunch of red roses. A) I asked for roses, not a different kind of flower. B) I asked you to buy them for me, not for someone else. C) I asked for red roses, not a different colour. D) I asked for a bunch, not just one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I asked for a bunch, not just one. 11. True or False:Bisyllabic pure nouns are more likely to be stressed on the first syllable compared to bisyllabic pure verbs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. You don't have to use sentence stress to be understood but you need to be able to understand it to listen to native speakers. A) I don't know. B) Chicken nugget. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 13. Native speakers use sentence stress every time they speak A) True. B) No one uses sentence stress. C) Native speakers can't speak English. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. True or False:Stressed syllables in English tend to have a longer duration than unstressed syllables ..... A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Lil LOVES Honda cars. A) Who loves Honda cars?. B) What brand of car does Lil love?. C) Does Lil hate Honda cars?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does Lil hate Honda cars?. 16. An exception to the rule:We can also stress structure words in order to ..... wrong information. A) Provide. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 17. Pitch refers to ..... of a sound. A) The intensity or volume. B) The perceived frequency. C) The time length. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The perceived frequency. 18. True or False:Subject pronouns (I, You, He, She, We, They) are usually stressed, while object pronouns (me, you, him, her, us, them) are usually unstressed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which words carry little meaning but make a sentence grammatically correct? A) Content words. B) Structure words. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure words. 20. Structure words contain most of the information in a sentence A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Sentence stress makes you speak quicker A) You can't prove it. B) False. C) True. D) Everything is a lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. How many factors influencing sentence stress are there? A) 5. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 23. The stress in interrogative sentences often falls on the question word, ..... , or the main verb, depending on the structure. A) The object. B) The subject. C) The adverbs (if any). D) The auxiliary verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The auxiliary verb. 24. What is a 'peak syllable'? A) Unstressed syllables. B) The tallest syllable. C) Stressed syllables. D) The longest letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stressed syllables. 25. They RAN to the playground. A) Did they walk to the playground?. B) Did they run from the playground?. C) Who ran to the playground?. D) Where did they run to?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did they walk to the playground?. 26. I wanted to buy her a new dress. A) I wanted to, but I didn't buy one. B) A dress, not some other piece of clothing. C) I wanted a new one, not an old or second hand one. D) The dress was for her, not for someone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dress, not some other piece of clothing. 27. Steve is leaving a CAR behind. A) Where is Steve leaving a car?. B) Who is leaving a car behind?. C) Is Steve leaving the car in front?. D) What is Steve leaving behind?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What is Steve leaving behind?. 28. Which is a list of content words? A) They, should've, through. B) Donald's, eyes, small. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Donald's, eyes, small. 29. In complex sentences, where is stress often placed? A) On the dependent clause. B) On the main ideas or content words within the main clause. C) On both clauses. D) On the subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the main ideas or content words within the main clause. 30. What are structure words? A) Words used for grammatical accuracy. B) Words used to help people. C) Words used to represent key information. D) Words used to build things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words used for grammatical accuracy. 31. THEIR children speak better French than English. A) Do their husbands speak better French than English?. B) What language do their children speak better than English?. C) Do their children speak better French than English?. D) Whose children speak better French than English?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whose children speak better French than English?. 32. Sentence stress can help you be understood more easily? A) I am crazy. B) I don't know. C) True. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 33. What is a content word? A) Words used to represent key or important information. B) Words used for fun. C) Words used for grammatical purpose. D) Words used to annoy people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words used to represent key or important information. 34. When speaking English, we try to create a rhythm in which the time between stressed words is ..... A) The same. B) Different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The same. 35. I didn't say he stole the money. A) The speaker wanted to suggest that the man stole the money. But she did not want to directly say it. B) The speaker is suggesting that she is talking about some other money, not the specific money being discussed. C) The speaker is suggesting that someone else stole the money, not the man identified in the sentence. D) The speaker is trying to say is, "Maybe he just borrowed the money. Maybe he didn't steal it.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker wanted to suggest that the man stole the money. But she did not want to directly say it. 36. Which of the following are NOT content words? A) Conjunctions. B) Adjectives. C) Adverbs. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunctions. 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