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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 380 · 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 “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  7. 7.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  12. 12.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  20. 20.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)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  22. 22.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)
  23. 23.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.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)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  28. 28.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (c) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  35. 35.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  38. 38.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)
  39. 39.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)

Answer key

  1. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  2. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  3. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  4. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  5. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  6. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  7. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  8. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  9. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  10. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  11. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  12. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  13. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  14. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  15. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  17. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  18. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  19. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  20. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  21. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  22. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  23. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  24. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  25. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  26. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  28. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  29. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  30. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  31. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  33. MAG-ic (1st)
  34. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  35. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  36. PUB-lic (1st)
  37. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  38. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  39. PLAS-tic (1st)
  40. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)

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