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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 100 · 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 “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-I-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  5. 5.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  2. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  3. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  4. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  6. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  7. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  8. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  9. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  10. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  11. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  12. MU-sic (1st)
  13. TRAF-fic (1st)
  14. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  15. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  16. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  17. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  19. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  20. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  21. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  22. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  23. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  24. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  25. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  26. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  27. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  28. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  29. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  30. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  31. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  32. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  33. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  34. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  35. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  36. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  37. MU-sic (1st)
  38. MAG-ic (1st)
  39. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  40. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)

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