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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 387 · 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 “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.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 (5th)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  37. 37.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)
  38. 38.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th)

Answer key

  1. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  2. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  3. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  4. PUB-lic (1st)
  5. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  6. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  7. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  8. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  9. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  10. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  11. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  12. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  13. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  14. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  16. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  17. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  18. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  19. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  20. TRAF-fic (1st)
  21. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  22. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  23. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  24. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  25. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  26. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  28. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  29. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  30. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  31. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  35. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  36. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  37. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  39. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  40. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)

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