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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 280 · 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 “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  3. 3.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  12. 12.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  16. 16.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 (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  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 “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  35. 35.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)

Answer key

  1. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  2. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  4. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  5. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  6. TRAF-fic (1st)
  7. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  8. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  9. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. MAG-ic (1st)
  11. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  12. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  13. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  14. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  15. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  16. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  17. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  18. MU-sic (1st)
  19. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  20. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  21. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  22. MAG-ic (1st)
  23. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  24. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  25. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  26. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  27. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  29. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  30. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  31. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  32. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  33. TRAF-fic (1st)
  34. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  35. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  36. PLAS-tic (1st)
  37. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  38. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  39. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  40. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)

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