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Word Stress Long Words Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 993 · 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 “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  32. 32.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)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  34. 34.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 (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)

Answer key

  1. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  2. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  3. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  4. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  5. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  6. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  7. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  8. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  9. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  11. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  12. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  13. MU-sic (1st)
  14. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  15. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  16. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  17. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  18. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  19. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  20. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  21. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  22. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  24. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  25. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  26. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. TRAF-fic (1st)
  28. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  29. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  30. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  31. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  32. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  33. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  35. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  36. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  37. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  38. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  39. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  40. TRAF-fic (1st)

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