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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 577 · 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 “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  2. 2.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  12. 12.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  15. 15.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)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (b) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  26. 26.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  37. 37.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  4. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  5. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  6. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  7. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  8. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  10. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  11. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  12. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  14. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  15. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  16. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  17. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  18. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  19. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  20. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  21. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  22. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  23. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  26. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  27. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  29. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  30. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  31. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  32. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  34. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  35. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  36. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  37. MU-sic (1st)
  38. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  39. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  40. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)

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