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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 797 · 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 (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-ni-TY (4th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-i-TY (3rd) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (b) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  32. 32.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (c) qual-I-ty (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  2. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  3. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  4. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  5. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  6. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  7. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  8. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  9. MU-sic (1st)
  10. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  11. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  12. PLAS-tic (1st)
  13. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  14. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  15. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  16. PLAS-tic (1st)
  17. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  18. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  19. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  20. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  21. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  22. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  23. TRAF-fic (1st)
  24. MAG-ic (1st)
  25. PUB-lic (1st)
  26. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  27. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  29. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  30. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  32. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  33. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  34. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  35. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  36. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  37. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  38. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  39. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  40. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)

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