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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 727 · 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 “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-I-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  35. 35.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)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  2. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  3. MAG-ic (1st)
  4. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  5. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  6. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  7. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  8. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  9. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  10. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  12. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  13. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  14. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  15. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  16. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  17. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  18. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  19. MU-sic (1st)
  20. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  21. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  22. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  23. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  24. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  25. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. TRAF-fic (1st)
  27. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  28. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  29. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  30. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  31. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  32. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  33. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  34. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  35. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  39. PUB-lic (1st)
  40. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)

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