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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 543 · 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 “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  2. 2.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)
  3. 3.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  14. 14.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)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  24. 24.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  28. 28.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  40. 40.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  2. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  3. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  4. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  5. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  6. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  7. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  8. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  9. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. PUB-lic (1st)
  11. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  12. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  13. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  14. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  15. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  16. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  18. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  19. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  20. TRAF-fic (1st)
  21. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  22. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  23. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  24. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  25. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  26. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  27. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  28. PLAS-tic (1st)
  29. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  30. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  32. PUB-lic (1st)
  33. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  34. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  36. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  37. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  39. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  40. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)

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