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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 296 · 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 “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  11. 11.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  15. 15.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  29. 29.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  30. 30.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)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)

Answer key

  1. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  2. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  3. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  4. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  5. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  6. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  7. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  8. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  9. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  10. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  11. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  12. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  13. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  14. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  15. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  16. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  17. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  18. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  20. PUB-lic (1st)
  21. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  22. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  23. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  24. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  25. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  26. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  27. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  29. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  30. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  31. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  32. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  33. PLAS-tic (1st)
  34. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  35. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  37. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  38. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  39. MAG-ic (1st)
  40. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)

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