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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 813 · 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 “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  6. 6.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)
  7. 7.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  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 “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  26. 26.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)
  27. 27.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  38. 38.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)

Answer key

  1. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  2. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  4. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  5. MAG-ic (1st)
  6. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  7. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  10. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  11. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  13. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  14. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  15. MU-sic (1st)
  16. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  17. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  18. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  20. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  21. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  22. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  24. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  25. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  26. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  27. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  28. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  29. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  30. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  31. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  32. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  33. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  34. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  35. TRAF-fic (1st)
  36. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  37. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  38. PUB-lic (1st)
  39. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  40. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)

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