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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 178 · 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 “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  20. 20.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th)
  25. 25.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  30. 30.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)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  2. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  3. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  4. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  5. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  6. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  7. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  8. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  9. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  10. TRAF-fic (1st)
  11. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  12. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  13. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  14. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  15. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  16. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  17. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  18. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  19. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  20. MAG-ic (1st)
  21. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  22. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  23. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  24. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  25. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  26. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  27. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  28. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  29. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  30. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  31. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  32. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  33. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  34. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  35. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  36. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  37. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  38. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  40. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)

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