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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 35 · 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 “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.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)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th)
  16. 16.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  19. 19.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)

Answer key

  1. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  2. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  3. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  4. MU-sic (1st)
  5. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  6. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  7. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  8. PUB-lic (1st)
  9. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  10. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  11. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  12. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  13. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  14. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  15. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  18. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  19. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  20. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  21. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  22. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  23. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  24. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  25. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  26. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  27. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  28. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  30. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  31. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  32. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  33. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  34. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  35. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  36. MAG-ic (1st)
  37. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  38. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  40. his-TOR-ic (2nd)

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