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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 42 · 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 “scientific”? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  15. 15.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  17. 17.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 (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  26. 26.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)
  27. 27.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  34. 34.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  2. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  3. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  4. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  5. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  6. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  7. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  8. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  9. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  10. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  11. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  12. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  13. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  14. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  15. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  17. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  18. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  20. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  21. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  22. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  24. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  25. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  26. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  28. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  29. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  30. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  31. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  32. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  33. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  34. PUB-lic (1st)
  35. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  36. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  37. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  38. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  39. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  40. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)

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