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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 618 · 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 “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  15. 15.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.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)
  19. 19.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  35. 35.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)

Answer key

  1. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  2. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  3. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  4. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  5. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  6. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  7. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  8. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  9. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  10. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  11. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  12. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  13. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  14. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  15. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  16. MU-sic (1st)
  17. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  19. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  20. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  21. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  22. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  23. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  24. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  25. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  26. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  27. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  28. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  29. TRAF-fic (1st)
  30. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  31. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  32. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  33. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  34. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  36. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  37. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  38. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  40. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)

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