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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 534 · 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 “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (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 “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  26. 26.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)
  27. 27.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  2. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  3. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  4. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  5. MU-sic (1st)
  6. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  7. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  8. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  9. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  10. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  11. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  13. MAG-ic (1st)
  14. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  15. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  17. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  20. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  21. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  22. PUB-lic (1st)
  23. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  24. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  25. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  26. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  28. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  29. MU-sic (1st)
  30. MAG-ic (1st)
  31. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  32. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  33. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  35. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  36. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  37. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  38. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  39. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  40. so-LU-tion (2nd)

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