SHS English Language · Year 2
Stress, Intonation and Meaning, Active Voice and Summary Writing practice questions
Stress, intonation and meaning in speech, alongside listening comprehension and summarising.
18 questions in this topic: 8 recall, 9 applying skills and concepts and 1 strategic thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Recall
Meaning, as described in the section, refers to
- athe ideas, information, emotions and intentions conveyed or deduced in speech
- bonly the literal dictionary definition of a word, without any context
- cthe grammatical structure of a sentence, without reference to intent
- dthe punctuation marks used in a written passage
- Question 2Recall
Emphatic stress is best described as stress that is placed on a word to
- ahighlight the importance of that word within a sentence
- bsignal that a question, rather than a statement, is being asked
- cindicate politeness when making a request
- dexpress surprise at something unexpected
- Question 3Skills & concepts
In the word "present", changing the stress from the first syllable (noun) to the second syllable (verb) demonstrates
- aword level stress, where a syllable's stress can indicate a word's grammatical class
- bsentence stress, where emphasis changes the meaning of an entire sentence
- crising intonation, indicating a question is being asked
- dfalling intonation, indicating a statement of certainty
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