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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 635 · 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.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  16. 16.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)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) EN-er-get-ic (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  29. 29.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  35. 35.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)

Answer key

  1. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  2. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  3. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  4. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  5. MU-sic (1st)
  6. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  7. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  8. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  9. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  10. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  11. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  12. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  13. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  14. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  15. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  16. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  17. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  19. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  20. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  21. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  22. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  23. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  24. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  25. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  26. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  27. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  28. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  29. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  30. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  31. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  32. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  33. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  34. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  35. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  36. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  37. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  39. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  40. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)

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