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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 262 · 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 “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  14. 14.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)
  15. 15.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th)
  16. 16.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) EN-er-get-ic (1st)

Answer key

  1. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  2. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  3. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  4. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  5. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  6. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  7. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  8. PUB-lic (1st)
  9. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  10. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  12. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  13. PUB-lic (1st)
  14. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  17. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  18. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  19. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  21. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  22. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  23. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  24. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  25. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  26. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  27. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  28. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  29. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  30. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  31. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  33. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  34. MU-sic (1st)
  35. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  36. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  37. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  39. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  40. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)

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