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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 599 · 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.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  9. 9.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  23. 23.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  38. 38.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  2. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  3. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  4. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  5. TRAF-fic (1st)
  6. PUB-lic (1st)
  7. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  8. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  9. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  10. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  11. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  13. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  14. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  15. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  16. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  17. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  18. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  19. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  20. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  21. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  22. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  23. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  24. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  25. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  26. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  27. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  28. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  29. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  30. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  31. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  33. PLAS-tic (1st)
  34. MU-sic (1st)
  35. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  36. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  37. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  39. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. col-LEC-tion (2nd)

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