Stress a word — practice exercise

What you'll be asked to do

1. 1.Stress a wordexercise · easy · 10 min

   Emphasise the word never.

   Passes when: Emphasise the word never.

2. 2.Change the meaningexercise · easy · 10 min · practice plan

   Emphasise the word that carries the point.

   Passes when: Emphasise the word that carries the point.

3. 3.Two stressed wordsexercise · easy · 10 min · practice plan

   Emphasise two words in one sentence.

   Passes when: Emphasise two words in one sentence.

4. 4.Emphasis in a listexercise · easy · 10 min · practice plan

   Emphasise a word inside a list item.

   Passes when: Emphasise a word inside a list item.

5. 5.Emphasis inside a quoteexercise · medium · 10 min · practice plan

   Emphasise a word inside a blockquote.

   Passes when: Emphasise a word inside a blockquote.

6. 6.Fix italics used for stressbug fix · easy · 8 min

   Spoken stress is em; i is only visual.

   Passes when: Spoken stress is em; i is only visual.

7. 7.Fix the underline used for emphasisbug fix · easy · 8 min · practice plan

   Underline does not convey stress.

   Passes when: Underline does not convey stress.

8. 8.Fix the missing second emphasisbug fix · easy · 8 min · practice plan

   The contrast needs both words stressed.

   Passes when: The contrast needs both words stressed.

9. 9.Fix strong used for stressbug fix · easy · 8 min · practice plan

   Importance is strong; spoken stress is em.

   Passes when: Importance is strong; spoken stress is em.

10. 10.Fix the emphasis outside the quotebug fix · easy · 8 min · practice plan

    The stressed word belongs inside the quotation.

    Passes when: The stressed word belongs inside the quotation.

Between them these tasks cover Stress emphasis, em vs i and Meaning.

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