American Place Names Pronunciation Quiz

1. American place names with two words such as New York, New Jersey, North Carolina & North Dakota are always stressed on the second word.

True

False

2. Choose the stress pattern for the correct pronunciation of California.

CaliFORnia (3rd syllable stress)

California (equal stress)

CALifornia (1st syllable stress)

3. Choose the stress pattern for the correct pronunciation of New York.

NEW york (first word stress)

New York (equal stress)

New YORK (second word stress)

4. Choose the stress pattern for the correct pronunciation of New Jersey?

New Jersey (equal stress)

NEW jersey (first word stress)

New JERsey (second word stress)

5. Choose the stress pattern for the correct pronunciation of Florida.

Florida (equal stress)

FloRIda (2nd syllable stress)

FLORida (1st syllable stress)