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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 394 · 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 “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  14. 14.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) EN-er-get-ic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  29. 29.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  2. PLAS-tic (1st)
  3. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  4. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  5. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  6. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  7. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  8. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  9. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  10. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  11. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  12. PUB-lic (1st)
  13. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  14. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  15. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  17. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  18. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  19. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  20. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  21. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  22. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  23. MAG-ic (1st)
  24. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  25. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  26. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  27. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  28. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  29. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  30. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  31. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  32. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  33. PUB-lic (1st)
  34. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  35. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  36. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  37. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  38. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  39. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  40. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)

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