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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 61 · 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 “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  4. 4.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)
  5. 5.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th)
  26. 26.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  27. 27.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  34. 34.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  37. 37.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)
  38. 38.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)

Answer key

  1. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  2. PUB-lic (1st)
  3. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  4. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  5. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  6. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  7. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  8. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  9. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  10. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  11. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  12. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  13. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  14. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  15. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  16. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  18. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  19. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  20. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  21. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  22. MU-sic (1st)
  23. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  24. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  25. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  28. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  29. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  30. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  31. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  32. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  33. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  34. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  35. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  36. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  37. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  38. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  39. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  40. con-DI-tion (2nd)

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