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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 81 · 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 “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-i-TY (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  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 “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th)
  19. 19.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) REV-o-lu-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  36. 36.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)

Answer key

  1. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  2. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  4. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. MU-sic (1st)
  6. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  7. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  8. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  9. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  12. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  13. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  14. PLAS-tic (1st)
  15. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  16. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  17. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  18. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  19. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  20. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  21. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  22. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  24. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  25. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  26. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  27. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  28. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  29. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  30. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  31. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  32. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  33. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  35. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  36. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  37. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  38. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  39. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  40. CHAR-i-ty (1st)

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