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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 725 · 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 “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  9. 9.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)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  15. 15.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)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  20. 20.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  22. 22.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  2. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  3. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  4. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  5. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  6. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  7. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  8. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  9. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  11. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  12. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  13. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  14. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  15. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  16. TRAF-fic (1st)
  17. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  18. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  19. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  21. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  22. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  24. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  25. PUB-lic (1st)
  26. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  27. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  29. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  30. TRAF-fic (1st)
  31. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  32. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  33. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  34. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  35. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  36. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  37. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  38. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  39. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  40. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)

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