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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 268 · 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 “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th)
  26. 26.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-al-i-TY (5th)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)

Answer key

  1. TRAF-fic (1st)
  2. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  3. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  4. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  6. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  7. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  8. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  9. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  11. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  12. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  13. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  14. MU-sic (1st)
  15. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  16. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  18. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  19. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  20. MAG-ic (1st)
  21. PLAS-tic (1st)
  22. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  23. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  24. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  25. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  27. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  28. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  29. PLAS-tic (1st)
  30. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  31. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  33. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  34. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  35. MAG-ic (1st)
  36. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  37. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  38. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  39. PUB-lic (1st)
  40. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)

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