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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 866 · 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 “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  4. 4.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)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (c) DIS-cus-sion (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  16. 16.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)
  17. 17.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-I-ty (4th)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-i-TY (4th)
  21. 21.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “charity”? (a) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  28. 28.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “generosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (b) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (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 “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-net-IC (3rd) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  2. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  3. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  4. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  5. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  6. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  7. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  8. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  9. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  10. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  11. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  12. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  13. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  14. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  15. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  16. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  17. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  18. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  19. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  20. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  21. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  22. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  25. MAG-ic (1st)
  26. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  27. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  28. TRAF-fic (1st)
  29. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  30. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  31. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  32. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  33. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  34. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  35. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  36. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  37. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  38. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  40. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)

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