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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 457 · 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 “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  5. 5.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 (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  22. 22.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  2. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  3. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  4. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  5. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  6. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  7. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  10. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  12. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  13. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  14. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  15. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  16. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  17. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  18. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  19. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  20. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  21. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  22. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  24. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  25. PLAS-tic (1st)
  26. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  27. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  28. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  29. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  30. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  31. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  32. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  33. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  34. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  35. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  36. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  37. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  38. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  40. de-CI-sion (2nd)

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