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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 247 · 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 “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  8. 8.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 (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  2. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  3. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  4. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  6. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  7. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  8. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  9. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  10. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  11. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  12. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  13. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  14. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  15. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  16. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  17. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  18. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  19. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  20. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  21. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  22. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  23. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  24. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  25. PLAS-tic (1st)
  26. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  27. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  28. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  29. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  30. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. PUB-lic (1st)
  32. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  34. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  36. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  37. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  38. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  39. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  40. MU-sic (1st)

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