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--- mywiki:english:sentence_stress [2021/12/20 10:17] – created shaoguoh
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 | Content Words (more stress) | Function Words (less stress) |
-| Nouns (paper, coffee, Mr. Smith) | Prepositions (it, on, for, with) |
+| Nouns (paper, coffee, Mr. Smith) | Prepositions (it, on, for, with, at, above) |
 | Main Verbs (talk, watched, need, find) | Determiners (a, the, some) |
-| Adjectives (tall, blue, enchanting) | Helping verbs (I’m going to leave, She has seen it etc.) |
+| Adjectives (tall, blue, enchanting) | Helping verbs (I**’m going to** leave, She **has** seen it etc.) |
-| Wh-words (why, what, how, etc.) | Conjunctions (for, and, but, yet, etc.) |
+| Wh-words (why, what, how, etc.) | Conjunctions (for, and, **but**, **yet**, etc.) |
-| Adverbs (slowly, nervously) | Most pronouns (she, it, they, them, him, etc.) |
+| Adverbs (slowly, nervously now, always) | Most pronouns (she, it, they, them, him, etc.) |
-| Negation words (no, not, isn’t, won’t) | The verb “be” (He’s a teacher, She is right., etc.) |
+| Negation words (no, not, isn’t, won’t) | The auxiliary verb “**be/can/wll/have to/must**”  |
-| Possessive pronouns (Those are hers.)	 |  |
+| Possessive pronouns (Those are **hers/mine/yours/theirs**.)	 |  |
-| This/that as pronouns (She wants this.) |  |
+| **This/that** as pronouns (She wants this.) | Demonstratives this/that/those/these: **this** is a book  |