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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 575 · 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 “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  10. 10.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 (5th)
  11. 11.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  26. 26.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th)
  36. 36.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)

Answer key

  1. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  2. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  3. MU-sic (1st)
  4. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  6. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  7. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  8. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  9. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  10. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  12. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  14. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  15. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  16. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  17. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  18. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  19. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  20. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  21. MAG-ic (1st)
  22. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  23. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  24. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  26. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  27. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  28. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  29. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  30. MU-sic (1st)
  31. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  32. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  33. PLAS-tic (1st)
  34. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  35. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  36. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  37. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  39. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  40. de-CI-sion (2nd)

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