This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Sentence Stress Patterns – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Stress Patterns Quiz 2 (11 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Steve is leaving a CAR behind. A) Is Steve leaving the car in front?. B) Who is leaving a car behind?. C) Where is Steve leaving a car?. D) What is Steve leaving behind?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What is Steve leaving behind?. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. What are structure words? A) Words used to represent key information. B) Words used to build things. C) Words used to help people. D) Words used for grammatical accuracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words used for grammatical accuracy. 6. 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?. 7. Sentence stress can help you be understood more easily? A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) I am crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What is a content word? A) Words used for grammatical purpose. B) Words used for fun. C) Words used to annoy people. D) Words used to represent key or important information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Words used to represent key or important information. 9. 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. 10. 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 someone else stole the money, not the man identified in the sentence. C) The speaker is trying to say is, "Maybe he just borrowed the money. Maybe he didn't steal it.". D) The speaker is suggesting that she is talking about some other money, not the specific money being discussed. 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. 11. Which of the following are NOT content words? A) Nouns. B) Adjectives. C) Adverbs. D) Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunctions. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSentence Stress Patterns Quiz 1Assimilation In Speech QuizConnected Speech QuizConsonant Clusters Pronunciation QuizConsonant Clusters QuizContrastive Stress QuizDiphthongs QuizElision In Speech QuizFall Rise Intonation QuizFalling Intonation QuizIntonation Patterns QuizMinimal Pairs Practice QuizPhonetic Transcription QuizPhonetics QuizRise Fall Intonation QuizRising Intonation QuizSentence Stress QuizSyllable Division QuizVowel Length Pronunciation QuizWord Stress Rules Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books