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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 343 · 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.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  6. 6.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.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)
  10. 10.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) EN-er-get-ic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  22. 22.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)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  38. 38.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 (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  40. 40.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)

Answer key

  1. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  2. PLAS-tic (1st)
  3. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  4. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  5. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  6. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  7. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  8. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  9. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  10. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  11. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  12. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  13. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  14. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  15. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  16. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  17. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  18. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  19. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  20. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  21. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  22. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  23. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  24. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  25. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  26. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  27. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  28. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  29. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  30. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  31. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  32. MAG-ic (1st)
  33. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  34. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  35. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  36. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  37. TRAF-fic (1st)
  38. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  39. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  40. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)

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