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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 661 · 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 “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  9. 9.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (c) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd)
  26. 26.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)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  29. 29.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  40. 40.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)

Answer key

  1. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  2. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  3. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  4. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  5. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  6. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  7. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  8. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  9. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  10. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  11. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  12. MU-sic (1st)
  13. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  14. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  15. TRAF-fic (1st)
  16. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  17. PLAS-tic (1st)
  18. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  19. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  20. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  21. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  22. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  23. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  24. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  25. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  26. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  27. TRAF-fic (1st)
  28. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  29. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  30. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  31. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  32. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  33. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  34. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  35. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  37. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  38. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  39. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  40. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)

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