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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 623 · 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 “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th)
  5. 5.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  25. 25.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  2. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  3. PLAS-tic (1st)
  4. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  5. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  6. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  7. MAG-ic (1st)
  8. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  9. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  10. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  11. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  12. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  13. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  14. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  15. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  16. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  17. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  18. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  19. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  20. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  21. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  22. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  23. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  25. PLAS-tic (1st)
  26. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  27. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  28. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  29. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  30. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  31. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  32. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  33. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  34. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  35. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  36. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  37. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  38. MAG-ic (1st)
  39. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  40. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)

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