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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 469 · 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 “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) SE-cur-i-ty (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  29. 29.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  31. 31.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)

Answer key

  1. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  2. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  3. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  4. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  5. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  6. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  7. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  8. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  9. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  10. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  11. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  12. PUB-lic (1st)
  13. PLAS-tic (1st)
  14. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  15. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  16. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  18. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. MAG-ic (1st)
  20. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  21. PLAS-tic (1st)
  22. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  23. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  25. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  26. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  27. MU-sic (1st)
  28. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  29. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  30. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  31. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  33. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  34. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  35. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  36. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  37. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  38. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  39. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  40. col-LEC-tion (2nd)

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