in following sentences underline the stressed syllables in each:
1.I know why he wanted to see you.
2.What’s the time?
3.Don’t forget to turn out the light!
4.It’s another beautiful day today.
In the following sentences underline the unstressed syllables in each:
a) Once upon a time, there was an old woman…
b) In the light of the above statement, I shall abstain from voting.
c) Good morning. How can I help you?
d) I’m away for the rest of the week.
I don't see anything underlined? This is a HELP site and not a DO site.
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in following sentences underline the stressed syllables in each?
1.I know why he wanted to see you.
2.What’s the time?
3.Don’t forget to turn out the light!
4.It’s another beautiful day today.
In the following sentences underline the unstressed syllables in each?
a) Once upon a time, there was an old woman…
b) In the light of the above statement, I shall abstain from voting.
c) Good morning. How can I help you?
d) I’m away for the rest of the week.
help me in stress and unstressed
Since underlines do not show up here, try capitalizing what you think are the stressed words or syllables.
For example:
In the LIGHT of the aBOVE STATEment, I shall abSTAIN from VOTing.
To determine the stressed syllables in each sentence, you can follow these steps:
1. Read the sentence aloud.
2. Identify which syllables receive more emphasis or are pronounced with a higher pitch.
3. Underline the stressed syllables.
Now, let's apply these steps to each sentence:
1. "I know why he wanted to see you."
- Stressed syllables: "know," "want," "see."
Underlined version: "I know why he wanted to see you."
2. "What's the time?"
- Stressed syllables: "What's," "time."
Underlined version: "What's the time?"
3. "Don't forget to turn out the light!"
- Stressed syllables: "don't," "for," "turn," "light."
Underlined version: "Don't forget to turn out the light!"
4. "It's another beautiful day today."
- Stressed syllables: "an," "beau," "the," "day," "to," "day."
Underlined version: "It's another beautiful day today."
Now, let's identify the unstressed syllables:
a) "Once upon a time, there was an old woman..."
- Unstressed syllables: "once," "a," "the," "there," "an," "old," "wo-," "-man."
Underlined version: "Once upon a time, there was an old woman..."
b) "In the light of the above statement, I shall abstain from voting."
- Unstressed syllables: "In," "the," "of," "the," "a-," "-bove," "I," "shall," "from."
Underlined version: "In the light of the above statement, I shall abstain from voting."
c) "Good morning. How can I help you?"
- Unstressed syllables: "Good," "morn-," "-ing," "How," "can," "I," "you."
Underlined version: "Good morning. How can I help you?"
d) "I'm away for the rest of the week."
- Unstressed syllables: "I'm," "a-," "-way," "for," "the," "rest," "of," "the."
Underlined version: "I'm away for the rest of the week."