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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 371 · 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 (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  38. 38.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  2. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  3. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  4. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  5. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  6. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  7. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  8. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  9. MAG-ic (1st)
  10. MU-sic (1st)
  11. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  12. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  13. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  14. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  15. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  16. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  18. TRAF-fic (1st)
  19. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  20. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  21. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  22. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  23. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  24. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  25. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  26. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  27. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  28. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  29. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  30. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  31. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  33. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  34. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. PUB-lic (1st)
  36. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  37. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  38. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  39. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  40. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)

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