B1 · 5 minutes · Pronunciation

Sentence stress

Speakers stress the most important words in a sentence. Listen for them.

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What you’ll practise

Learn which words carry the stress when a speaker shows contrast or new information.

Words to know

contrast: A clear difference between two things.
content word: A word that carries meaning, such as a noun or a verb.
rhythm: A regular pattern of strong and weak sounds.

Words at this lesson’s level (B1)

At B1, you probably know about 100% of the words in this lesson.

The other words of this lesson are at B1 or below.

Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.

Source

Original exercise by Joy English. Synthetic voice: Kokoro-82M (Apache-2.0).

Original script; synthetic narration.

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