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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 745 · 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.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th)
  3. 3.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  10. 10.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  11. 11.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  23. 23.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 (5th)
  24. 24.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  26. 26.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 (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (c) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  2. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  3. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  4. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  5. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  6. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  7. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  8. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  9. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  10. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  11. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  12. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  13. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  14. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  15. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  17. PUB-lic (1st)
  18. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  19. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  20. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  21. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  22. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  23. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  25. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  26. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  28. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  29. TRAF-fic (1st)
  30. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  31. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  32. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  33. MAG-ic (1st)
  34. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  35. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  36. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  37. MU-sic (1st)
  38. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  40. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

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