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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 849 · 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.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  14. 14.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “fantastic”? (a) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (b) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  22. 22.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)
  23. 23.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) AU-to-mat-ic (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  35. 35.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)
  36. 36.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)

Answer key

  1. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  2. MAG-ic (1st)
  3. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  4. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  5. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  6. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  7. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  8. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  9. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  10. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  11. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  12. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  13. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  14. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  15. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  16. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  17. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  18. PLAS-tic (1st)
  19. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  20. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  21. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  22. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  23. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  24. PLAS-tic (1st)
  25. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  26. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  27. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  28. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  29. TRAF-fic (1st)
  30. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  32. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  34. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  35. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  36. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  37. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  38. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  39. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  40. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)

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