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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 428 · 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 (4th) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  5. 5.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) SE-cur-i-ty (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  36. 36.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. MAG-ic (1st)
  3. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  4. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  5. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  6. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  7. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  8. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  9. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  11. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  12. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  13. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  14. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  15. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  16. TRAF-fic (1st)
  17. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  18. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  19. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  20. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  21. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  22. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  23. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  24. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  25. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. MU-sic (1st)
  27. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  28. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  29. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  31. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  32. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  34. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  35. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  36. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  37. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  38. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  39. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  40. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

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