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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 757 · 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 “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-for-ma-TION (4th)
  11. 11.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-i-TY (5th)
  15. 15.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)

Answer key

  1. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  2. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  4. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  5. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  6. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  7. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  8. TRAF-fic (1st)
  9. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  10. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  11. PLAS-tic (1st)
  12. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  13. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  14. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  15. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  16. PUB-lic (1st)
  17. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  18. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  20. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  21. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  22. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  24. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  25. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  26. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  27. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  28. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  29. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  30. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  31. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  32. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  34. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  35. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  37. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  38. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  39. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  40. me-TAL-lic (2nd)

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