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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 15 · 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 “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  16. 16.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  2. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  3. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  4. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  5. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  6. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  7. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  8. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  9. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  11. PUB-lic (1st)
  12. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. MAG-ic (1st)
  14. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  15. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  16. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  17. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  18. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  19. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  20. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  21. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  22. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  23. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  24. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  25. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  26. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  27. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  28. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  29. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  31. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  32. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  34. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  35. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  36. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  37. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  38. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  39. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  40. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)

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