Sentence Stress
Sentence Stress Sentence stress is the music off spoken English. Like word stress, sentence stress can help you to understand spoken English, even rapid spoken English. Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or “beat”. You remember that word stress is accent on one syllable within a word. Sentence stress is accent on certain words whitin a sentence. · Content Word Content words are usually nouns, verbs, adjectives, and sometimes adverbs. Content words are the words that help form a picture in head, give the contents of story and tell listener where to focus his or her attention. Category Description Example Noun People, place, things, idea Patty, seattle, cars, happiness Main verb Verb without auxiliaries Ran. Swim, thinking Adjective Word that describ nouns Red, soft, careful Adverb (except a...