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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 201 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Look at the ending): -tion / -sion: stress the syllable just before — in-for-MA-tion, de-CI-sion. -ic: stress the syllable just before -ic — fan-TAS-tic, PUB-lic. -ity: stress the syllable just before -ity — ac-TIV-i-ty, QUAL-i-ty.

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  1. 1.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  2. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  3. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  4. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  5. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  6. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  7. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  8. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  10. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  11. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  12. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  13. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  14. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  15. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  16. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  17. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  18. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  19. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  20. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  21. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  22. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  23. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  24. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  25. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  27. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  28. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  29. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  30. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  31. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  32. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  33. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  34. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  35. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  36. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  37. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  40. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)

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