← Stress in long words lesson New set →

Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 315 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  2. 2.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  10. 10.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  26. 26.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  31. 31.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  34. 34.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)

Answer key

  1. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  2. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  3. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  4. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  5. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  6. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  7. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  8. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  9. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  10. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  11. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  12. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  13. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  14. TRAF-fic (1st)
  15. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  16. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  17. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  18. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  19. MAG-ic (1st)
  20. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  21. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  22. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  23. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  24. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  25. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  26. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  27. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  28. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  29. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  30. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  31. PUB-lic (1st)
  32. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  33. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  34. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  35. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  36. TRAF-fic (1st)
  37. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  38. PLAS-tic (1st)
  39. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  40. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation