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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 356 · 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 “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  2. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  3. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  4. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  5. TRAF-fic (1st)
  6. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  7. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  8. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  9. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  10. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  11. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  12. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  13. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  14. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  15. PUB-lic (1st)
  16. PUB-lic (1st)
  17. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  18. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  19. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  20. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  21. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  22. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  23. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  24. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  25. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  26. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  27. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  28. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  29. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  30. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  31. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  32. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  35. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  36. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  37. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  38. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  39. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  40. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)

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