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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 545 · 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 “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  20. 20.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  21. 21.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)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  31. 31.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (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 “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.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)
  39. 39.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)

Answer key

  1. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  2. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  3. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  4. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  5. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  6. MAG-ic (1st)
  7. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  8. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  9. TRAF-fic (1st)
  10. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  11. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  12. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  13. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  14. TRAF-fic (1st)
  15. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  17. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  18. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  19. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  20. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  21. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  22. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  23. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  24. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  25. PUB-lic (1st)
  26. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  27. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  28. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  29. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  30. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  31. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  32. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  33. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  35. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  36. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  37. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  38. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. MAG-ic (1st)
  40. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)

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