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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 40 · 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 “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  2. 2.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) SE-cur-i-ty (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  31. 31.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)

Answer key

  1. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  2. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  3. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  4. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  5. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  6. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  7. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  8. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  9. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  10. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  11. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  12. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  13. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  14. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  15. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  16. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  17. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  18. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  19. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  21. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  22. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  23. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  24. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  25. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  26. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  27. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  28. TRAF-fic (1st)
  29. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  30. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  31. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  32. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  33. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  34. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  35. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  36. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  37. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  38. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  39. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  40. MU-sic (1st)

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