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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 855 · 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 “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  12. 12.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  20. 20.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)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-pac-i-TY (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)

Answer key

  1. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  2. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  3. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  4. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  5. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  6. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  7. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  8. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  9. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  10. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  11. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  12. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  13. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  14. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  15. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  16. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  17. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  18. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  19. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  20. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  21. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  22. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  24. PLAS-tic (1st)
  25. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  26. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  27. PLAS-tic (1st)
  28. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  29. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  30. MU-sic (1st)
  31. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  32. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  33. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  34. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  35. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  36. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  37. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  38. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  40. ath-LET-ic (2nd)

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