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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 869 · 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 “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) RE-al-i-ty (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) MAG-net-ic (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  12. 12.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  14. 14.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)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) CU-ri-os-i-ty (1st) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “symbolic”? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (b) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (b) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th) (c) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (b) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (c) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) QUAL-i-ty (1st) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) qual-i-TY (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) EX-pla-na-tion (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  36. 36.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-di-TION (3rd) (b) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-tor-IC (3rd) (b) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)

Answer key

  1. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  2. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  3. PUB-lic (1st)
  4. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  5. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  6. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  7. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  8. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  10. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  11. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  12. TRAF-fic (1st)
  13. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  14. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  15. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  17. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  18. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  19. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  20. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  21. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  22. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  24. MAG-ic (1st)
  25. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  26. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  27. PLAS-tic (1st)
  28. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  29. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  30. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  31. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  32. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  33. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  34. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  35. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  36. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  37. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  38. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  39. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  40. con-DI-tion (2nd)

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