Pronunciation Builder Exercise – Choosing the Right Word Stress

Exercise: Choose the syllable that correctly contains the stress of the following words. If you do not know the answer, try to speak the word aloud and guess the correct word stress based on your pronunciation, before checking the dictionary or this post’s provided answers.

1, Escalate

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

2, Manipulation

a. Second

b. Third

c. Fourth

3, Condition

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

4, Opportunity

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

5, Celebrity

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

6, Scientific

a. Second

b. Third

c. Fourth

7, Scholarship

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

8, Specific

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

9, Location

a. First

b. Second

c. Third

10, International

a. Second

b. Third

c. Fourth

Please find the answers here.

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