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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 422 · 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.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  6. 6.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)
  7. 7.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  21. 21.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 (4th)
  22. 22.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.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)
  28. 28.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)

Answer key

  1. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  2. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  3. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  4. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  5. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  6. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  7. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  8. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  9. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  10. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  11. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  12. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  13. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  14. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  15. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  16. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  18. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  19. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  20. PUB-lic (1st)
  21. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  22. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  23. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  24. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  25. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  27. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  29. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  30. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  31. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  32. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  33. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  34. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  35. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. MAG-ic (1st)
  38. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  39. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  40. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)

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