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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 411 · 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 “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  3. 3.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 (5th)
  4. 4.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th)
  14. 14.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  36. 36.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  2. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  3. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  4. PUB-lic (1st)
  5. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  6. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  7. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  8. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  9. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  11. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  12. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  13. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  14. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  15. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  16. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  17. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  18. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  19. MU-sic (1st)
  20. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  21. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  22. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  23. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  24. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  25. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  26. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  27. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  28. TRAF-fic (1st)
  29. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  31. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  32. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  34. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  35. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  37. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  38. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  39. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. QUAL-i-ty (1st)

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