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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 456 · 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 “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  21. 21.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  23. 23.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  2. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  3. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  4. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  5. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  6. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  7. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  8. PUB-lic (1st)
  9. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  10. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  11. MAG-ic (1st)
  12. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  13. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  14. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  15. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  16. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  18. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  20. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  21. TRAF-fic (1st)
  22. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  23. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  24. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  25. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  26. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  27. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  28. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  29. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  30. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  31. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  32. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  33. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  34. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. TRAF-fic (1st)
  36. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  37. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  38. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  39. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  40. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)

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