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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 378 · 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 “creativity”? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (b) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  3. 3.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  7. 7.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  14. 14.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  21. 21.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  37. 37.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)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  40. 40.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)

Answer key

  1. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  2. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  3. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  4. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  5. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  6. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  7. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  8. TRAF-fic (1st)
  9. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  10. MAG-ic (1st)
  11. PLAS-tic (1st)
  12. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  14. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  15. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  16. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  17. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  18. PUB-lic (1st)
  19. MU-sic (1st)
  20. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  21. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  22. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  23. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  24. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  25. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  26. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  27. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  28. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  29. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  30. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  31. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  32. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  33. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  34. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  35. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  36. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  37. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  38. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  39. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  40. me-TAL-lic (2nd)

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