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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 917 · 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 “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd) (c) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  8. 8.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st) (c) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic (1st) (b) pub-LIC (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  13. 13.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-U-lar-i-ty (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “quality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) qual-I-ty (2nd) (b) qual-i-TY (3rd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) gen-ER-os-i-ty (2nd) (c) gen-er-os-I-ty (4th)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “explanation”? (a) ex-PLA-na-tion (2nd) (b) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) TRA-di-tion (1st) (c) tra-di-TION (3rd)
  18. 18.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th) (c) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (b) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (c) col-lec-TION (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (c) sym-bol-IC (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) pho-tog-ra-PHER (4th) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-gan-TIC (3rd) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) GI-gan-tic (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (b) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (c) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  31. 31.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (b) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  32. 32.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (b) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (c) pre-SEN-ta-tion (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-NUN-ci-a-tion (2nd) (b) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd) (c) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  39. 39.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)

Answer key

  1. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  2. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  3. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  4. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  5. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  6. TRAF-fic (1st)
  7. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  8. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  9. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  10. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  11. PUB-lic (1st)
  12. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  13. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  14. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  15. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  16. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  17. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  18. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  19. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  20. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  21. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  22. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  23. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  24. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  25. TRAF-fic (1st)
  26. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  27. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  28. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  29. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  30. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  31. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  32. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  33. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  34. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  35. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  36. PLAS-tic (1st)
  37. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  38. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  39. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  40. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)

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