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Sentence Stress RhythmSet 3

1Most audio-lingual materials are designed to help learners develop their ..... skills.

2Which of these factors affects the pace of speech?

3Projecting

4According to the text, why do French learners struggle with English stress-timed rhythm?

5Fill in the blank: Paralanguage refers to voice tone, pitch, volume, rate, and emphasis-adds meaning to .....

6With regards to hand signals, palm facing upward indicates?

7Which is defined as an alternating occurrence of sounds and silence.

8The tail is:

9What does fluency in speaking involve?

10"We went to the market on Saturday morning." Which group of words carries the strongest stress?

11Which of these should a speaker practice in order to stay within a time limit and let the audience understand the words that are said?

12What is the primary focus of the study of connected speech?

13What is a major factor that contributes to the effectiveness of an oral presentation?

14Weak Form of a word is used when it is ..... and not .....

15"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul." Which word should retain its pitch to show confidence?

16An acceptable rate of speech is speaking in a natural, well-paced manner

17One stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable

18In English, which method is MOST commonly used to stress a word?

19Unstressed

20How would you pronounce "wake up '' in connected speech?

21What is linking in connected speech?

22It is the length of time spent in silence between word.

23How do you check for fluency?

24Give an example of catenation in connected speech.

25Which of these is NOT an example of a rhythmic pattern?

26Correltion in the time of stressed and unstressed syllables:

27Good candidates ......

28Quantitative accent is:

29Which word is stressed in this sentence? "She was a huge fan of weekend breaks ..... "

30English is a stress-timed language. What does this mean?

31Emphatic

32"It was exceptionally difficult." is an example of:

33A poem uses repetition to stress fear and rhythm. Which element of stylistics is evident?

34What are the characteristics of connected speech?

35What is the significance of rhythm in oral traditions?

36If there would be ..... stressed syllables following each other, the ..... loses its stress

37How does stress change the meaning of the sentence:'He will go to the party.'?

38Which is the normal neutral stress pattern?

39Type of stress which serves to make certain parts of the utterance more prominent is:

40What does "poor prosody" lead to?

41Rhythm is defined as the flow and cadence of a text determined by what?

42Apply stress in reading the sentence:'They are going to the concert tonight.'

43The regular pulsation or recurrent pattern of movement in a design is known as the .....

44The sentence 'Patricia WILL be here at 5:00' would typically convey emphasis in spoken English through:

45..... is the speed with which your speak

46Which of the following is more likely in rapid, casual speech?

47How fast should you speak?

48Which one is not a factor making up the prominence of a stressed syllable?

49What is sentence stress in English?

50English rhythm is often described as .....

51A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lengthy text (poetry, song lyrics, etc.)

52Which skill is a part of phonological awareness that deals with breaking down sentences into individual words?

53What type of words are generally unstressed in a sentence?

54Spot and say the linking sounds. In our house, there is a big garden.

55Duration of a sound is perceived by people as .....

56It is mostly decentralized in monologues and narrative parts centralised in dialogue and emphatic parts

57Listen to the sentence: The cat laps milk. Tap one time for every word you hear: The-cat-laps-milk (4 words)

58What is Rhythm in speech?

59The pattern of stressed and unstressed words across a sentence is called

60What is the primary stress in a sentence?

61It is the term given to the speed at which you speak