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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 152 · 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 “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  12. 12.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)
  13. 13.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  20. 20.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  26. 26.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  28. 28.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)
  29. 29.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  2. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  3. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  4. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  5. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  6. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  7. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  8. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  9. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  10. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  11. PUB-lic (1st)
  12. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  13. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  14. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  15. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  17. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  18. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  19. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  21. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  22. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  23. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  24. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  25. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  26. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  27. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  28. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  29. PUB-lic (1st)
  30. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  31. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  32. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  33. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  34. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  35. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  36. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  37. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  38. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  39. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  40. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)

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