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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 36 · 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 “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  16. 16.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  19. 19.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  2. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  3. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  4. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  5. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  6. TRAF-fic (1st)
  7. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  8. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  9. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  10. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  13. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  14. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  15. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  16. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  17. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  18. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  19. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  20. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  21. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  22. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  23. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  24. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  25. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  26. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  27. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  29. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  30. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. PUB-lic (1st)
  32. MAG-ic (1st)
  33. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  35. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  36. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  37. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  38. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  40. me-TAL-lic (2nd)

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