Stress
Where does the stress fall in "record" in the following sentence? "Please don't forget to record the presentation given by the teacher."
reCORD (second syllable)
Which syllable is silent in "Wednesday"?
Wed(ne)sday
Which of the following words contains a long vowel sound? sleep / slip / slap
sleep
Which word contains the voiced TH sound? thin / then
then
What kind of intonation(s) (rising, falling) is used for the following question? "Will you stay?"
rising
Where does the stress fall in "presentation" in the following sentence? "That was a lovely presentation: you seemed to confident!"
presenTAtion (third syllable)
Which syllable is silent in "business"?
bus(i)ness
How many vowel sounds are in this word? fantastic
3
What is correct past tense ending sound of the verb "listen"? /d/ or /t/
/d/ (listend)
What kind of intonation(s) (rising, falling) is used for the following question? "Where is my book?"
falling
What are the content words in the following sentence? "I want to play poker with my brother tomorrow."
want, play, poker, brother, tomorrow
Which syllable is silent in "practically"?
practic(a)lly
How many vowels are there in the word "believe"
4
What is correct past tense ending sound of the verb "walk"? /d/ or /t/
/t/ (walkt)
What kind of intonation (rising, falling) is used for the following statement? "I'm not positive."
falling
Which two content words are stressed in the following sentence? "The dog chased a rabbit but didn't catch it."
rabbit, catch
Which syllable is silent in "temperature"?
temp(e)rature
Which of the words below doesn't belong? word / nerd / herd / bird / heard / read / third
read
Which word doesn't belong?
thick / thin / third / math / that / three
that
What kind of intonation(s) (rising, falling) is used for the following statement? "Do you like green fruit, red fruit or orange fruit?
rising, rising, falling
What are the function words in the following sentence? "I understand what you are saying."
I, you, are
Which syllable is silent in "comfortable"?
comf(o)rtable
Which of the words below doesn't belong?
bad / sad / dad / fad / hard / mad
hard
How many consonant sounds in this sentence? "Why do you lie?"
/w/, /d/, /y/, /l/
What kind of intonation pattern is used for the following statement? "John isn't coming to class?"
rising