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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 794 · 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 “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  12. 12.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-I-ty (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st)
  26. 26.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)
  27. 27.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  30. 30.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  2. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  3. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  4. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  5. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  6. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  7. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  8. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  9. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  11. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  12. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  13. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  14. MAG-ic (1st)
  15. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  17. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  18. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  19. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  20. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  21. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  22. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  23. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  24. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  25. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  26. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  27. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  28. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  29. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  30. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  31. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  32. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  33. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  34. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  35. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  36. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  37. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  38. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  39. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  40. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)

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