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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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stress in a sentence

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00I need your help with this exercise about sentence stress. As a non-native speaker I find it difficult to clearly define the alternatives of stress in the following dialogue:02br
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01b003) 00Show weak forms and syllables bearing main stress. Discuss any possible alternatives.02b02br
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00Ray: Hi mum. 02br
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00Mum: Hi. You’re late02br
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00Ray: Yeah, that bastard Sootbucket kept us in again.02br
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00Mum: Nana’s here.02br
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00Ray: Oh sorry. Where is she?02br
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00Mum: In the kitchen.02br
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00Ray: Is she staying for tea?02br
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00Ray: Good afternoon, sir.02br
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00Headmaster: What are you doing here at this time?02br
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00Ray: Mr Sutton kept us in, sir.02br
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00Headmaster: Why did he do that?02br
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00Ray: He thought we didn’t do our homework but we did sir. Really02br
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02br 02br 00 For example, stress 01i 00kitchen02i 00 in 01i 00in the kitchen02i 00. 01i 00kitchen02i 00 is a content word. 02br 02br 00 CJ0-

— CalifJim

  • 02br 02br 00 For example, stress 01i 00kitchen02i 00 in 01i 00in the kitchen02i 00.
  • 01i 00kitchen02i 00 is a content word.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 Stress the content words -- nouns and verbs especially.02br
00 Stress the words that give new information.02br
00 Don't stress the function words -- prepositions, articles, and conjunctions.02br
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00 For example, stress 01i00kitchen02i00 in 01i00in the kitchen02i00. 01i00kitchen02i
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