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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 621 · 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 “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  6. 6.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)

Answer key

  1. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  2. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  4. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  6. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  7. MU-sic (1st)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  10. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  11. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  12. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  13. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  14. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  15. MAG-ic (1st)
  16. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  17. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  18. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  19. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. PLAS-tic (1st)
  21. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  22. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  23. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  25. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  26. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  27. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  28. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  29. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  30. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  31. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  32. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  33. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  34. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  35. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  36. PLAS-tic (1st)
  37. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  38. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  39. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  40. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)

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