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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 114 · 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 “academic”? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) EN-er-get-ic (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  31. 31.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  34. 34.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  40. 40.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  2. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  3. MU-sic (1st)
  4. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  5. PLAS-tic (1st)
  6. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  7. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  8. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  9. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  11. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  12. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  13. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  14. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  15. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  16. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  17. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  18. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  19. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  20. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  21. PUB-lic (1st)
  22. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  23. MAG-ic (1st)
  24. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  25. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  26. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  27. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  28. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  29. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  30. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  31. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  32. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  33. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  34. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  35. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  36. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  37. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  38. MAG-ic (1st)
  39. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  40. con-DI-tion (2nd)

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