i'm struggling to know where the stress and connected speech are in these sentences. please help me by correcting:

It’s somebody who works in a hospital.

STRESS: SOME(body), WORKS, HOSPITAL
CONNECTED SPEECH: somebody who, works in a,

It’s somewhere where people go to buy things.

STRESS: SOME(were), PEOPLE, BUY THINGS
CONNECTED SPEECH: somewhere where, go to buy

It’s something which we use for everything.
STRESS: SOME(thing), USE, EVERY(thing)
CONNECTED SPEECH: something which, we use for

It’s a kind of gadget.
STRESS: KIND, GADGET
CONNECTED SPEECH: it's a, kind of

It’s the opposite of dark.
STRESS: OP(possite), DARK
CONNECTED SPEECH: opposite of

It’s similar to intelligent.
STRESS: SIM(ilar), IN(telligent)
CONNECTED SPEECH: similar to

For example, you do this to the TV.
STRESS: EX(ample), DO, TO, TV
CONNECTED SPEECH: for example, to the

thank you!

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i'm struggling to know where the stress and connected speech are in these sentences. please help me by correcting:

It’s somebody who works in a hospital.

STRESS: SOME(body), WORKS, HOSPITAL
CONNECTED SPEECH: somebody who, works in a,

It’s somewhere where people go to buy things.

STRESS: SOME(were), PEOPLE, BUY THINGS
CONNECTED SPEECH: somewhere where, go to buy

It’s something which we use for everything.
STRESS: SOME(thing), USE, EVERY(thing)
CONNECTED SPEECH: something which, we use for

It’s a kind of gadget. 
STRESS: KIND, GADGET
CONNECTED SPEECH: it's a, kind of

It’s the opposite of dark.
STRESS: OP(possite), DARK
CONNECTED SPEECH: opposite of

It’s similar to intelligent.
STRESS: SIM(ilar), IN(telligent)
CONNECTED SPEECH: similar to

For example, you do this to the TV. 
STRESS: EX(ample), DO, TO, TV
CONNECTED SPEECH: for example, to the

thank you!

Answer

I think one problem you are having is that you are dividing syllables into stressed and unstressed. This will make it difficult for you to really hear what is happening. English has three levels of stress: primary, secondary and unstressed.
So in your first sentence, the stress pattern is probably something like:

It's (unstressed) someone (secondary stress) who (unstressed) works (secondary stress) in (unstressed) a (unstressed) hospital (primary stress).

Then within long words there is primary, secondary and unstressed too.

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