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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 166 · 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 “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  24. 24.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)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  28. 28.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  31. 31.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)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)

Answer key

  1. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  2. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  3. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  4. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  5. MAG-ic (1st)
  6. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  7. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  8. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  9. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  10. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  11. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  12. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  13. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  14. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  15. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  16. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  17. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  18. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  19. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  21. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  22. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  23. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  24. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  25. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  26. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  27. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  28. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  29. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  30. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  31. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  32. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  34. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  35. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  36. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  37. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  38. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  39. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  40. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)

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