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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 854 · 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 “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  9. 9.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  10. 10.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th)
  14. 14.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  25. 25.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-al-i-TY (5th)
  26. 26.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (b) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “comprehension”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pre-hen-SION (4th) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  2. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  3. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  4. TRAF-fic (1st)
  5. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  6. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  7. TRAF-fic (1st)
  8. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  9. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  10. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  11. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  12. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  13. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  14. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  15. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  16. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  17. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  18. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  19. MAG-ic (1st)
  20. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  21. PUB-lic (1st)
  22. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  23. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  24. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  25. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  26. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  27. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  29. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  30. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  31. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  32. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  33. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  34. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  35. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  36. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  37. PLAS-tic (1st)
  38. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  39. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  40. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)

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