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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 334 · 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 “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  5. 5.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  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.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  2. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. MAG-ic (1st)
  4. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  5. PLAS-tic (1st)
  6. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  7. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  8. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  9. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  10. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  11. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  12. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  13. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  14. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  15. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  16. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  18. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  20. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  21. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  22. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  23. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  24. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  25. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  27. TRAF-fic (1st)
  28. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  29. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  31. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  32. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  33. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  34. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  36. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  37. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  39. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  40. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)

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