⏰ Day 2 Warm-Up — Content-Word Stress

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Natural Listen & Repeat means stressing the content words (nouns, main verbs) and swallowing the small words.

Item 1

"She bought a new phone at the mall."
Which words should you stress?

A) a, at, the B) bought, phone, mall C) every word equally

Stress the content words: bought, phone, mall. The small words stay light.

Item 2

Where should you pause when repeating a sentence?

A) At commas and full stops B) After every second word C) Before every noun

Pause where punctuation would go — not at random points. That's what sounds natural.

Item 3

"I really enjoyed the concert last night."
Which is the MOST stressed word?

A) I B) the C) enjoyed

The key content word carrying the feeling — enjoyed — takes the main stress (and a little pitch rise).

Item 4

Which repetition sounds natural, not robotic?

A) "We MET our FRIENDS at the STAtion." B) "WE-MET-OUR-FRIENDS-AT-THE-STA-TION." C) "We. Met. Our. Friends." (pause after each)

Group the words and stress the important ones — not equal stress on every syllable, and not a pause after each word.