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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 528 · 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 “discussion”? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  14. 14.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  15. 15.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 (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  21. 21.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  40. 40.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)

Answer key

  1. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  2. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  3. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  4. MU-sic (1st)
  5. MAG-ic (1st)
  6. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  7. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  8. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  9. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  10. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  11. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  12. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  14. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  15. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  16. TRAF-fic (1st)
  17. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  18. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  19. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  21. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  22. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  23. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  24. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  25. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  26. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  27. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  28. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  29. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  31. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  32. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  33. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  34. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  35. PLAS-tic (1st)
  36. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  37. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  38. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  39. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)

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