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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 627 · 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 “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  6. 6.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)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th)
  28. 28.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)

Answer key

  1. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  2. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  3. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  4. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  5. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  6. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  7. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  8. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  9. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  11. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  12. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  13. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  14. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  15. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  16. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  17. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  18. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  19. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  20. PLAS-tic (1st)
  21. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  22. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  23. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  24. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  25. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  26. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  27. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  28. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  29. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  30. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  31. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  32. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  33. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  34. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  36. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  37. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  39. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  40. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)

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