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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 846 · 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.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (c) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  26. 26.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)
  27. 27.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  28. 28.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  29. 29.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-I-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  35. 35.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  39. 39.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)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  2. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  4. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  5. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  6. MU-sic (1st)
  7. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  8. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  9. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  10. PLAS-tic (1st)
  11. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  12. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  13. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  14. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  15. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  16. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  17. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  18. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  19. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  20. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  21. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  22. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  23. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  24. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  25. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  26. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  27. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  28. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  29. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  30. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  31. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  32. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  33. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  34. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  35. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  36. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  37. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  38. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  39. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  40. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)

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