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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 60 · 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 “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  11. 11.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  20. 20.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  23. 23.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  25. 25.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)
  26. 26.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)

Answer key

  1. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  2. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  3. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  4. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  5. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  6. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  7. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  10. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  11. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  13. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  14. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  15. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  16. PUB-lic (1st)
  17. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  18. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  19. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  20. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  21. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  22. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  23. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  24. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  25. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  26. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  27. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  30. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  31. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  32. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  33. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  34. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  35. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  36. PUB-lic (1st)
  37. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  38. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  39. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  40. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)

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