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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 593 · 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 “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  10. 10.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.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)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  28. 28.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)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th)
  36. 36.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)

Answer key

  1. PUB-lic (1st)
  2. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  3. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  4. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  5. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  6. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  7. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  8. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  10. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  11. MAG-ic (1st)
  12. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. PLAS-tic (1st)
  14. PUB-lic (1st)
  15. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  16. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  17. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  18. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  19. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  20. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  21. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  22. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  25. TRAF-fic (1st)
  26. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  28. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  29. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  30. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  32. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  33. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  34. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  35. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  36. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  37. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  38. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  39. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  40. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)

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