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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 275 · 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 “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  6. 6.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  10. 10.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  11. 11.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  16. 16.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  23. 23.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (b) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. 29.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)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  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 “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)

Answer key

  1. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  2. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  3. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  4. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  5. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  6. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  7. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  8. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  9. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  10. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  11. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  12. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  13. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  14. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  15. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  16. MAG-ic (1st)
  17. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  18. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  19. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  20. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  21. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  22. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  23. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  24. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  26. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  28. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  30. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  31. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  32. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  33. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  34. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  35. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  36. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  37. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  38. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  39. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  40. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)

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