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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 25 · 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 “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  6. 6.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 (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  10. 10.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  28. 28.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  38. 38.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  3. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  4. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  5. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  6. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  7. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  8. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  9. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  10. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  11. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  12. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  13. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  14. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  15. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  16. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  17. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  18. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  19. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  20. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  21. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  22. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  23. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  24. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  25. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  26. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  27. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  28. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  29. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  30. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  31. TRAF-fic (1st)
  32. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  34. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  37. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  38. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  39. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  40. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)

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