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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 693 · 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 “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  12. 12.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-U-la-tion (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-ver-sa-TION (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)

Answer key

  1. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  2. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  3. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  4. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  5. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  6. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  7. PUB-lic (1st)
  8. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  9. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  10. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  11. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  12. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  13. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  14. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  15. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. MAG-ic (1st)
  17. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  18. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  19. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  20. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  21. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  22. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  23. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  24. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  25. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  26. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  27. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  28. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  29. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  30. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  31. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  32. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  33. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  34. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  35. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  36. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  37. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  38. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  39. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  40. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)

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