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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 325 · 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 “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  13. 13.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)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  24. 24.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th)
  26. 26.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)

Answer key

  1. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  2. PUB-lic (1st)
  3. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  4. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  5. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  6. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  7. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  8. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  9. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  10. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  12. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  13. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  14. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  15. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  16. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  18. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  19. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  21. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  22. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  24. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  25. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  26. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  28. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  29. MU-sic (1st)
  30. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  31. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  32. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  33. TRAF-fic (1st)
  34. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  35. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  36. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  37. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  38. PLAS-tic (1st)
  39. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  40. his-TOR-ic (2nd)

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