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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 147 · 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 “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th)
  37. 37.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)

Answer key

  1. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  3. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  4. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  6. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  7. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  8. PUB-lic (1st)
  9. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  11. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  12. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  13. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  14. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  15. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  17. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  18. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  19. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  20. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  21. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  22. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  23. TRAF-fic (1st)
  24. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  25. MAG-ic (1st)
  26. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  27. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  28. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  29. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  30. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  31. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  32. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  33. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  34. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  35. MU-sic (1st)
  36. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  37. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  38. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  39. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  40. so-LU-tion (2nd)

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