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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 307 · 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 “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  22. 22.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  23. 23.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  2. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  4. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  5. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  6. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  7. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  10. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  11. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  12. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  13. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  14. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  15. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  17. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  18. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  19. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  20. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  21. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  22. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  23. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  24. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  25. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  26. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  27. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  29. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  30. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  31. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  32. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  33. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  34. PLAS-tic (1st)
  35. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  36. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  37. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  38. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  39. MAG-ic (1st)
  40. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

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