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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 885 · 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 “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  14. 14.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  2. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  3. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  4. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  5. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  6. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  7. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  8. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  9. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  11. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  12. MU-sic (1st)
  13. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  14. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  15. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  16. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  17. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  18. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  19. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  20. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  21. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  22. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  24. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  25. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  26. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  27. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  28. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  29. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  31. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  32. TRAF-fic (1st)
  33. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  34. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  35. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  36. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  37. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  38. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  39. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  40. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)

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