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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 899 · 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 “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  6. 6.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)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  29. 29.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)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  2. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  4. MU-sic (1st)
  5. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  6. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  7. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  8. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  9. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  10. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  11. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  12. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  13. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  14. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  15. TRAF-fic (1st)
  16. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  17. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  18. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  20. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  21. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  22. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  23. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  24. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  25. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  26. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  27. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  28. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  29. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  30. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  31. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  33. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  34. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  35. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  36. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  37. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  38. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  39. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)

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