Pronunciation

Sentence stress

1 Listen to the stress in these sentences.

Carplanebiketrain.
A car, a plane, a bike, a train.
A car and a plane and a bike and a train.
A car and then a plane and then a bike and then a train.

2 Which words are stressed in every sentence? What happens to the other words?

3 Listen and repeat. Then practise with a partner.