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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 92 · 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 “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  7. 7.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  22. 22.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  31. 31.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 (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)

Answer key

  1. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  2. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  3. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  4. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  5. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  6. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  7. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  8. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  9. MU-sic (1st)
  10. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  11. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  12. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  13. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  14. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  15. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  16. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  17. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  18. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  19. MAG-ic (1st)
  20. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  21. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  22. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  23. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  24. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  25. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  27. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  28. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  29. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  30. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  31. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. MU-sic (1st)
  33. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  34. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  35. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  36. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  37. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  39. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  40. so-LU-tion (2nd)

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