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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 636 · 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 “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  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.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  38. 38.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  2. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  4. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  5. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  6. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  7. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  8. TRAF-fic (1st)
  9. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  10. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  11. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  12. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  13. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  14. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  15. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  18. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  19. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  21. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  22. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  23. PLAS-tic (1st)
  24. PUB-lic (1st)
  25. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  26. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  28. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  29. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  30. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  31. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  32. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  33. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  34. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  35. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  36. PUB-lic (1st)
  37. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  38. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  39. MAG-ic (1st)
  40. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)

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