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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 762 · 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 “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  11. 11.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  14. 14.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  15. 15.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)
  16. 16.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  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 “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  40. 40.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)

Answer key

  1. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  2. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  4. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  5. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  6. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  7. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  8. PLAS-tic (1st)
  9. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  11. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  12. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  13. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  14. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  15. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  16. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  17. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  18. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  19. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  20. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  21. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  22. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  23. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  24. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  25. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  26. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  27. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  28. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  29. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  30. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  31. MAG-ic (1st)
  32. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  33. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  34. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  35. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  36. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  37. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  38. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  39. PUB-lic (1st)
  40. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)

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