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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 568 · 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 “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  8. 8.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)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  35. 35.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)

Answer key

  1. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  2. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  4. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  5. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  6. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  7. MU-sic (1st)
  8. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  9. PUB-lic (1st)
  10. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  11. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  12. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  13. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  14. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  15. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  16. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  17. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  18. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  19. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  20. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  21. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  22. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  24. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  25. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  26. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  27. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  28. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  30. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  31. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  32. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  33. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  34. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  35. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  36. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  37. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  39. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  40. PUB-lic (1st)

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