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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 208 · 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 “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-I-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)

Answer key

  1. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  2. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  3. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  4. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  5. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  6. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  7. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  8. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  9. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  10. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  11. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  12. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  13. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  14. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  15. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  16. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  17. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  18. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  19. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  20. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  21. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  22. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  23. TRAF-fic (1st)
  24. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  25. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  26. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  27. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  28. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  29. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  30. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  31. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  32. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  33. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  34. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  35. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  36. PLAS-tic (1st)
  37. TRAF-fic (1st)
  38. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  39. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  40. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)

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