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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 860 · 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 “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-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 (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  29. 29.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  31. 31.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)
  32. 32.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  35. 35.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 (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)

Answer key

  1. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  2. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  3. PLAS-tic (1st)
  4. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  5. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  6. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  7. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  8. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  9. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  11. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  12. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  13. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  14. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  16. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  17. PLAS-tic (1st)
  18. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  19. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  20. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  21. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  22. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  23. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  24. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  25. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  26. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  27. MAG-ic (1st)
  28. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  29. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  30. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  31. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  32. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  33. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  34. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  35. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  36. MAG-ic (1st)
  37. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  38. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  39. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  40. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)

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