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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 191 · 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 “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  29. 29.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  2. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  3. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  4. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  5. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  6. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  7. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  10. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  11. MAG-ic (1st)
  12. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  13. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  14. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  15. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  17. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  18. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  19. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  20. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  21. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  22. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  23. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  24. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  25. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  26. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  27. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  28. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  29. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  30. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  31. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  33. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  34. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  36. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  37. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  38. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  39. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  40. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)

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