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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 158 · 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 “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)

Answer key

  1. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  2. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  3. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  4. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  5. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  6. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  7. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  10. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  11. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  12. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. MAG-ic (1st)
  14. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  15. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  16. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  17. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  18. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  20. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  21. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  22. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  23. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  24. MU-sic (1st)
  25. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  26. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  27. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  28. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  29. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  30. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  31. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  32. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  33. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  34. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  35. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  36. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  38. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  39. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  40. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)

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