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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 250 · 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 “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  10. 10.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 (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  18. 18.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)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  25. 25.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)
  26. 26.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)

Answer key

  1. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  2. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  3. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  4. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  5. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  6. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  7. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  8. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  9. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  10. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  12. PUB-lic (1st)
  13. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  14. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  15. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  16. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  18. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  19. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  21. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  22. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  23. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  24. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  25. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  26. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  28. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  29. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  30. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  31. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  32. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  33. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  34. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  35. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  36. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  38. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  39. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  40. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)

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