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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 532 · 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 “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.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 (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  34. 34.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)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  2. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  3. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  4. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  5. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  6. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  7. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. TRAF-fic (1st)
  10. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  11. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  13. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  14. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  15. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  17. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. PUB-lic (1st)
  19. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  20. PLAS-tic (1st)
  21. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  22. PUB-lic (1st)
  23. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  24. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  25. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  26. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  27. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  28. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  29. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  30. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  31. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  32. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  34. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  35. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  36. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  37. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  38. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  39. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  40. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

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