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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 302 · 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.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)
  2. 2.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  5. 5.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  14. 14.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 (5th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  28. 28.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  38. 38.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 (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  2. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  3. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  4. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  5. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  6. MU-sic (1st)
  7. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  8. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  9. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  10. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  11. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  12. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  13. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  14. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  15. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. PUB-lic (1st)
  17. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  18. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  19. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  21. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  22. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  23. TRAF-fic (1st)
  24. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  25. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  26. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  27. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  28. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  29. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  30. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  31. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  32. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  33. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  34. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  35. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  36. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  37. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  38. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  39. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  40. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)

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