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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 82 · 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 “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  11. 11.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)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  29. 29.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  34. 34.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  35. 35.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  38. 38.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)

Answer key

  1. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  2. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  3. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  4. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  5. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  6. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  7. PLAS-tic (1st)
  8. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  9. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  11. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  12. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  13. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  14. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  15. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  16. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  17. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  18. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  19. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  21. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  22. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  23. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  24. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  25. MU-sic (1st)
  26. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  27. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  28. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  29. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  30. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  31. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  33. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  34. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  35. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  36. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  37. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  38. PLAS-tic (1st)
  39. MAG-ic (1st)
  40. di-REC-tion (2nd)

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