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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 883 · 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 “humanity”? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-a-dem-IC (4th)
  3. 3.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (c) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (c) in-vi-ta-TION (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-al-i-TY (4th) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th)
  15. 15.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.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)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) pop-u-la-TION (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (b) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  20. 20.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-di-TION (3rd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-TAS-tic (2nd) (c) fan-tas-TIC (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (b) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (b) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-bra-TION (4th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (c) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)

Answer key

  1. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  2. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  3. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  4. PLAS-tic (1st)
  5. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  6. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  7. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  8. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  9. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  10. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  11. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  12. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  13. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  14. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  15. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  16. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  17. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  18. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  19. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  20. PUB-lic (1st)
  21. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  22. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  23. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  24. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  25. MU-sic (1st)
  26. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  27. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  28. PLAS-tic (1st)
  29. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  30. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  31. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  32. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  33. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  34. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  35. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  36. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  37. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  38. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  39. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  40. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)

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