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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 663 · 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 “community”? (a) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  2. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  3. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  4. MAG-ic (1st)
  5. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  6. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  7. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  8. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  10. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  11. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  12. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  13. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  14. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  15. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  16. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  17. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  18. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  19. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  20. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  21. PLAS-tic (1st)
  22. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  23. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  24. PUB-lic (1st)
  25. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  26. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  27. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  28. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  29. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  30. PUB-lic (1st)
  31. MU-sic (1st)
  32. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  33. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. TRAF-fic (1st)
  35. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  36. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  37. TRAF-fic (1st)
  38. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  40. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)

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