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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 246 · 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 (3rd) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  9. 9.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)
  10. 10.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  29. 29.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  38. 38.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)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  2. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. PUB-lic (1st)
  4. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  5. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  6. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  7. MU-sic (1st)
  8. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  9. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  11. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  12. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  13. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  14. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  15. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  16. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  17. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  18. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  19. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  20. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  21. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  22. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  23. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  24. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  25. MAG-ic (1st)
  26. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  27. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  28. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  29. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  30. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  31. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  32. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  34. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  36. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  37. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  38. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  39. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  40. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)

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