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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 219 · 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 “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  26. 26.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th)
  38. 38.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)

Answer key

  1. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  2. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  3. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  4. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  5. TRAF-fic (1st)
  6. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  7. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  8. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  9. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  10. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  11. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  12. PUB-lic (1st)
  13. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  14. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  15. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  18. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  19. MAG-ic (1st)
  20. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  21. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  22. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  23. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  24. MU-sic (1st)
  25. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  26. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  27. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  29. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  30. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  31. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  32. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  33. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  35. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  36. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  37. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  38. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  39. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  40. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

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