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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 130 · 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 “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  15. 15.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  21. 21.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)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.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)
  39. 39.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  2. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  3. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  4. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  5. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  6. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  7. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  8. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  10. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  11. PUB-lic (1st)
  12. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  13. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  14. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  15. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  17. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  18. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  19. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  20. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  21. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  22. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  23. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  24. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  25. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  26. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  27. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  28. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  29. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  30. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  31. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  32. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  33. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  34. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  35. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  36. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  37. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  39. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  40. his-TOR-ic (2nd)

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