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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 39 · 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 “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (b) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th)
  22. 22.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  2. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  3. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  4. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  5. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  6. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  7. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  8. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  10. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  11. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  12. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  13. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  14. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  15. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  16. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  17. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  18. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  19. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  21. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  22. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  24. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  25. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  26. MAG-ic (1st)
  27. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  28. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  29. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  30. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  31. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  32. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  33. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. TRAF-fic (1st)
  35. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  36. MU-sic (1st)
  37. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  38. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  39. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  40. con-DI-tion (2nd)

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