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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 626 · 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 “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  7. 7.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) FAN-tas-tic (1st)
  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 “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) SE-cur-i-ty (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  27. 27.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)
  28. 28.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)
  29. 29.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)

Answer key

  1. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  2. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  3. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  4. MAG-ic (1st)
  5. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  6. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  7. MU-sic (1st)
  8. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  9. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  10. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  11. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  13. PUB-lic (1st)
  14. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  15. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  16. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  17. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  18. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  19. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  20. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  21. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  22. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  23. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  24. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  25. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  26. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  27. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  29. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  30. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  31. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  32. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  33. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  34. TRAF-fic (1st)
  35. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  37. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  38. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  39. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  40. col-LEC-tion (2nd)

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