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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 89 · 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 “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) DE-ci-sion (1st) (c) de-ci-SION (3rd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “photographer”? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “revolution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-get-IC (4th)
  12. 12.Listen to “competition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “curiosity”? (a) cu-RI-os-i-ty (2nd) (b) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  21. 21.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (b) IN-for-ma-tion (1st) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  23. 23.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st) (c) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  26. 26.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “metallic”? (a) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (b) ME-tal-lic (1st) (c) me-tal-LIC (3rd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “academic”? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd) (c) ex-pla-na-TION (4th)
  34. 34.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st) (b) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “discussion”? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-AC-ter-is-tic (2nd) (b) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (c) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th)
  39. 39.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (c) DEM-o-crat-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  2. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  3. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  4. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  5. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  6. TRAF-fic (1st)
  7. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  8. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  10. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  11. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  12. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  13. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  14. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  15. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  16. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  17. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  18. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  19. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  20. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  21. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  22. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  23. PLAS-tic (1st)
  24. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  25. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  26. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  27. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  28. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  29. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  30. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  31. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  32. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  33. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  34. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  35. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  36. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  37. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  38. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  39. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  40. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)

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