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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 665 · 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 “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd) (c) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-pre-hen-SION (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  32. 32.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  2. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  3. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  4. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  5. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  6. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  7. MAG-ic (1st)
  8. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  9. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  11. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  12. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  13. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  14. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  15. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  17. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  18. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  19. PLAS-tic (1st)
  20. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  21. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  22. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  23. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  24. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  25. PLAS-tic (1st)
  26. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  28. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  29. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  30. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  31. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  32. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  33. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  34. MU-sic (1st)
  35. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  36. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  37. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  38. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  40. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)

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