Ship Or Sheep - Unit 24: b (baby)
Sentence stress
Listen and bold the strongly stressed words in the minimal pair sentences. Notice that when an important word has more than one syllable, like yellow, the sentence stress is only on the strong syllable.
EXAMPLE It's a useful bin.
Pair 1: It’s a useful pin. / It’s a useful bin.
Pair 2: Pen, please! / Ben, please!
Pair 3: Look at the yellow pear. / Look at the yellow bear.
Pair 4: It's an old cap. / It’s an old cab.
Pair 5: What a lively pup! / What a lively pub!
Pair 6: Do you like Poppy? / Do you like Bobby?