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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 770 · 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 “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) CON-di-tion (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  17. 17.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 (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (b) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. 32.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)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  38. 38.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)
  39. 39.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)

Answer key

  1. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  2. TRAF-fic (1st)
  3. MAG-ic (1st)
  4. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  5. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  6. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  7. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  8. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  9. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  10. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  11. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  12. MU-sic (1st)
  13. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  14. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  15. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  16. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  17. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  18. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  19. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  20. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  21. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  22. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  24. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  25. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  26. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  27. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  29. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  30. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  31. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  33. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  34. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  35. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  36. TRAF-fic (1st)
  37. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  38. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  39. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  40. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)

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