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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 83 · 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 “similarity”? (a) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  4. 4.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. 17.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  25. 25.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-i-TY (5th)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-pe-ti-TION (4th)
  31. 31.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-cur-I-ty (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)

Answer key

  1. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  3. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  4. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  5. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  6. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  7. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  8. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  9. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  10. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  11. PUB-lic (1st)
  12. PLAS-tic (1st)
  13. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  14. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  15. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  16. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  17. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  18. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  19. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  20. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  21. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  22. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  23. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  24. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  25. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  26. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  27. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  28. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  29. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  30. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  31. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  32. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  33. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  34. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  35. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  36. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  37. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  38. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  39. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  40. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)

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