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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 28 · 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 “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 (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  18. 18.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)
  19. 19.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  3. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  4. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  5. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  6. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  7. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  8. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  9. PLAS-tic (1st)
  10. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  11. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  12. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  13. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  14. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  15. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  17. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  18. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  19. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  20. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  21. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  22. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  23. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  24. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  25. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  26. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  27. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  29. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  30. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  31. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  32. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  33. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  34. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  36. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  38. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  39. MU-sic (1st)
  40. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)

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