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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 435 · 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 “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  20. 20.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  38. 38.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)

Answer key

  1. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  2. PUB-lic (1st)
  3. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  4. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  5. MU-sic (1st)
  6. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  7. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  8. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  9. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  11. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  12. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  13. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  14. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  15. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  17. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  18. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  19. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  20. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  21. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  22. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  23. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  24. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  25. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  27. MU-sic (1st)
  28. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  29. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  30. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  31. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  32. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  34. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  35. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  36. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  38. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  39. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  40. so-LU-tion (2nd)

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