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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 740 · 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 “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. 5.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)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  16. 16.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)
  17. 17.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th)
  22. 22.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.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 (4th)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  2. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  3. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  4. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  5. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  6. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  7. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  8. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  9. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  10. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  11. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  12. TRAF-fic (1st)
  13. MAG-ic (1st)
  14. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  15. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  16. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  18. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  19. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  20. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  21. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  22. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  23. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  24. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  25. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  26. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  27. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  29. PLAS-tic (1st)
  30. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  31. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  32. PUB-lic (1st)
  33. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  34. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  35. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  36. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  37. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  38. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  39. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  40. PHO-to-graph (1st)

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