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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 202 · 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 “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  19. 19.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  20. 20.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) EN-er-get-ic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)

Answer key

  1. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  2. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  3. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  4. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  5. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  6. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  7. PUB-lic (1st)
  8. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  9. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  10. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  11. TRAF-fic (1st)
  12. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  13. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  14. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  15. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  16. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  17. MU-sic (1st)
  18. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  19. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  21. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  22. PUB-lic (1st)
  23. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  24. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  25. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  26. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  29. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  31. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  33. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  34. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  35. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  36. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  37. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  39. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  40. PLAS-tic (1st)

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