1. Using emphasis.

In each of these dialogues choose the word that is emphasised.

2. Listen.

Listen to these sentences and choose the word that is most strongly emphasised.

3. Using emphasis.

In which dialogue is the emphasis in the red sentence correct? The word in bold is stressed.

4. Using emphasis.

How do you say sentence two in each dialogue? Click on a word to mark the emphasis.

5. Using emphasis.

Now complete more examples. How do you say sentence two in each dialogue? Click on the word to mark the emphasis.

Now practise saying the second line in the dialogues in exercises 4 and 5.

 

6. Practise your pronunciation.

Listen to, repeat and record sentences from the previous exercises. Try to use the same sentence stress for emphasis. (Note: This exercise doesn’t give feedback on sentence stress.)