根據下麵的輕重標識來讀，英語的節奏很容易讀出來了.
三個句子的相互比較使學習者更容易分辨出重讀(stressed)，次重讀(secondary stress)，以及弱讀)unstress):
Tonic stress is almost always found in a content word in utterance final position. Consider the following, in which the tonic syllable is underlined:
- I'm going.
- I'm going to London.
- I'm going to London for a holiday.
A question does arise as to what happens to the previously tonic assigned syllables. They still get stressed, however, not as much as the tonic syllable, producing a three level stress for utterances. Then, the following is arrived at., where the tonic syllable is further capitalized:
- I'm going to London for HOliday.
