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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 6 · 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 “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)
  2. 2.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.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)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  9. 9.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 (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-I-ty (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  28. 28.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  36. 36.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  40. 40.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)

Answer key

  1. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  2. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  3. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  4. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  6. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  7. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  8. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  9. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  10. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  12. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  13. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  14. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  15. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  16. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  17. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  18. PLAS-tic (1st)
  19. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  20. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  21. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  22. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  23. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  24. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  25. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  26. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  27. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  28. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  29. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  30. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  31. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  32. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  33. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  34. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  35. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  36. PUB-lic (1st)
  37. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  38. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  39. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  40. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)

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