DISTINGUISHING CHANGES

IN MEANING OF SENTENCE
CAUSED BY STRESS
MRS. MARILOU SACRISTIA- RAZALAN

Put the stress on the appropriate word based

on the meaning written below each sentence.
Write your answers in your Notebook.
1. Regines rise as a singer was phenomenal.
a. not ordinary but phenomenal
b. not a doctor but a singer
2. Lito won the regional on-the-spot painting
contest.
a. not the local but the regional
b. not writing but painting

Put the stress on the appropriate word based

on the meaning written below each sentence.
Write your answers in your Notebook.
3. My uncle serves as a consultant of a
publishing house.
a. not an author but a consultant
b. not a law firm but a publishing house
4. For years, Mr. Angeles studied how to paint
faces of people.
a. not for a day but for years
b. not nature but faces of people

Put the stress on the appropriate word based

on the meaning written below each sentence.
Write your answers in your Notebook.
5. During this exhibit, his admirers request for his
autograph.
a. not his family but his admirers
b. not his photograph but his autograph

Read
Read this
this interview
interview conducted
conducted by
by aa writer
writer in
in the
the school
school paper
paper with
with aa new
new
teacher.
teacher. Observe
Observe the
the stress
stress of
of words.
words.
PAULO

Ms. Dela Pea.

Good morning, Ms. Dela Pea.

Good morning, Paulo.

I am here to interview you for the school

paper. I would like to know why you chose
to teach in Dalton High School?

I applied in this school because I believe

in its mission-vision to mold well-rounded
citizens.

What do you think can you contribute to

the school community?

I think I can share my skills and learnings

with the pupils the best way I can.

How would you describe the Daltonian

pupils?

The Daltonians are well-rounded.

They are not only well-prepared
academically but also morally and
spiritually. They are also courteous
and helpful.

To end this interview, what is your

message to your pupils?

I would like to tell them that Im

looking forward to have a fruitful and
productive year with them. I also
hope that I could somehow
contribute to their academic and
spiritual growth as Christians and
Daltonians.

Thank you for your time, Ms. Dela

Pea.

Its my pleasure.

Study
Study the
the set
set of
of sentences
sentences below.
below. Pay
Pay attention
attention to
to the
the word
word which
which
is
is emphasized
emphasized in
in each
each sentence.
sentence.

1. I am here to interview you for the school

paper.
I am here to interview you for the school
paper.
I am here to interview you for the school
paper.
I am here to interview you for the school
paper.
2. I think I can share my skills and learnings with
the pupils.
I think I can share my skills and learnings with
the pupils.
I think I can share my skills and learnings
with the pupils.

Listen as your teacher (with the presence of the teacher)

says each sentence below. Then choose the meaning
expressed by the stressed word.
1. I applied in this school because I believe in its missionvision.
a. I not he
b. not entered but applied
2. I can share my skills and learnings with pupils.
a. not you but I
b. not keep but share

Drill on EMPHATIC SENTENCE STRESS.

The underlined word receives the heaviest stress.
1. When are you going to have your interview?
(The speaker means that the person spoken to
should have an interview, but havent had one yet.)
2. Winners and losers deserve to be congratulated.
(The speaker wants to emphasize that both winners
and losers should be congratulated.)

Drill on EMPHATIC SENTENCE STRESS.

3. Success is never accidental.
(The speaker wants to emphasize that not once has
success ever been accidental.)
4. A hobby can be both profitable and relaxing.
(The speaker wants to emphasize the profitability of
a hobby.)

ANALYSIS
Does the shift in stress change
the meaning of the sentence?

ABSTRACTION
Words which express ideas and
emotions are given emphasis over other
words in a sentence. This emphasis is
called sentence stress.

APPLICATION
Read each of these sentences to yourself. Put the
heaviest stress on the underlined word. Write the letter of
the group of words that gives the meaning of the
sentence on the blank before each number.
______ 1. This is my final grade. (normal situation)
a. making a statement
b. asking a question
c. asking a confirmation

APPLICATION
______ 2. This is my final grade?
a. Is this my final grade?
b. Can this be really my grade?
c. I have no other rating but this.
______ 3. This is my final grade?
a. Is it really mine?
b. Is it a final one?
c. Can this be true?

APPLICATION
______4. This is my final grade?
a. Is this for me?
b. Is this my grade?
c. Cant something be done to change it?

______ 6. This is my final grade?

a. This is not anything else but my grade.
b. This is my last grade.
c. This grade is for me.

EVALUATION
Read each of these sentences. Put the heaviest stress
on the underlined word. Write the letter of the group of
words that gives the meaning of the sentence on the
blank before each number.
______ 1. Would you like to go to the library now?
a. not anybody else but you
b. not any other place but the library
c. not any other time but now

EVALUATION
______ 2. Would you like to go to the library now?
a. not any other place but the library
b. any other place except the library
c. can be the library or any other place
______ 3. Would you like to go to the library now?
a. no other person but you
b. you or your representative
c. anybody but you
______ 4. I won the speaking contest.
a. I joined the speaking contest.
b. I am the winner.
c. There is no other contest but a contest in speaking.

EVALUATION
______ 5. I won the speaking contest.
a. There was a contest.
b. There was a contest in speaking.
c. I joined the speaking contest.

ASSIGNMENT
Write the meaning of the word being
emphasized in the sentence
1. Miss Magalona is absent today.
2. It is impolite to eavesdrop.
3. This is a simple but exquisite gown.
4. A nuclear power plant is expensive.
5. Liza turned twelve last Wednesday.