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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 779 · 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 “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-LU-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th)
  24. 24.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) en-er-get-IC (4th) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  38. 38.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 (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)

Answer key

  1. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  2. PUB-lic (1st)
  3. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  4. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  5. MAG-ic (1st)
  6. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  7. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  8. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  9. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  10. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  11. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  12. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  13. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  14. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  15. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  16. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  17. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  18. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  19. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  20. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  21. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  22. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  23. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  24. MU-sic (1st)
  25. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  26. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  27. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  28. PLAS-tic (1st)
  29. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  30. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  31. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  32. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  34. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  35. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  36. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  37. MU-sic (1st)
  38. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  40. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)

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