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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 173 · 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 “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  7. 7.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.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 (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  16. 16.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. MAG-ic (1st)
  2. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  3. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  4. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  5. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  6. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  7. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  8. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  9. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  10. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  13. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  14. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  16. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  18. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  19. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  20. MU-sic (1st)
  21. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  22. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  23. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  24. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  25. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  26. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  27. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  28. MU-sic (1st)
  29. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  30. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  31. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  32. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  33. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  34. PUB-lic (1st)
  35. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  36. MAG-ic (1st)
  37. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  38. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  39. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  40. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)

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