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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 56 · 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 “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  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.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) SE-cur-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)

Answer key

  1. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  2. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  3. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  4. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  5. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  6. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  7. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  8. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  9. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  10. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  11. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  12. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  13. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  14. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  15. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  16. PUB-lic (1st)
  17. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  18. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  19. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  20. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  21. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  22. TRAF-fic (1st)
  23. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  24. PUB-lic (1st)
  25. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  26. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  27. PLAS-tic (1st)
  28. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  29. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  30. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  31. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  32. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  33. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  34. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  35. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  36. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  37. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  38. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  39. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  40. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)

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