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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 537 · 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 “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  21. 21.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  27. 27.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)
  28. 28.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  2. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  3. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  4. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  5. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  6. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  7. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  8. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  10. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  11. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  12. MAG-ic (1st)
  13. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  14. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  15. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  16. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  17. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  18. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  19. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  20. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  21. PUB-lic (1st)
  22. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  23. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  24. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  25. PUB-lic (1st)
  26. MU-sic (1st)
  27. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  28. TRAF-fic (1st)
  29. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  30. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  31. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  32. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  33. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  34. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  35. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  36. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  37. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  38. MAG-ic (1st)
  39. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  40. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)

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