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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 808 · 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 “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  17. 17.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.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 (5th)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  24. 24.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  25. 25.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  40. 40.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) EN-er-get-ic (1st)

Answer key

  1. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  2. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  3. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  4. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  5. TRAF-fic (1st)
  6. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  7. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  8. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  9. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  10. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  11. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. MAG-ic (1st)
  13. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  14. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  15. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  16. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  17. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  18. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  19. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  20. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  21. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  22. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  23. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  24. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  25. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  26. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  27. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  28. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  29. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  30. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  31. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  32. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  33. MU-sic (1st)
  34. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  35. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  37. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. PLAS-tic (1st)
  39. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  40. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)

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