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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 634 · 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.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) SE-cur-i-ty (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  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.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  2. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  3. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  4. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  5. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  6. PLAS-tic (1st)
  7. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  8. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  9. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  10. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  11. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  12. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  13. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  14. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  15. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  17. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  18. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  19. MAG-ic (1st)
  20. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  21. MAG-ic (1st)
  22. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  23. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  24. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  25. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  26. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  27. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  28. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  29. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  30. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  31. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  32. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  33. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  34. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  35. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  36. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  37. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  38. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  39. MU-sic (1st)
  40. PUB-lic (1st)

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