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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 919 · 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 “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) so-lu-TION (3rd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sym-BOL-ic (2nd) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) SYM-bol-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “examination”? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “energetic”? (a) en-er-get-IC (4th) (b) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  6. 6.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) DI-rec-tion (1st) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-son-al-i-TY (5th)
  9. 9.Listen to “characteristic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-ter-is-TIC (5th) (c) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd) (b) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (c) pub-lic-i-TY (4th)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (b) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th)
  13. 13.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) PHO-tog-ra-phy (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-u-ca-TION (4th)
  16. 16.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “photography”? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ED-u-ca-tion (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) COM-mu-ni-ty (1st) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  22. 22.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) di-rec-TION (3rd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (c) AC-a-dem-ic (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-al-i-TY (4th) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  29. 29.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “creativity”? (a) cre-A-tiv-i-ty (2nd) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ci-sion (1st) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) de-CI-sion (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) tra-DI-tion (2nd) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) TRA-di-tion (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  36. 36.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-er-GET-ic (3rd) (c) en-ER-get-ic (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “information”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (b) in-for-MA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-for-ma-tion (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) dra-mat-IC (3rd)
  40. 40.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-I-ty (2nd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-i-TY (3rd)

Answer key

  1. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  2. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  3. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  4. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  5. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  6. PLAS-tic (1st)
  7. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  8. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  9. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  10. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  11. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  12. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  13. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  14. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  15. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  16. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  18. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  19. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  20. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  21. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  22. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  23. MU-sic (1st)
  24. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  25. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  26. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  27. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  28. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  29. MAG-ic (1st)
  30. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  31. MAG-ic (1st)
  32. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  33. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  34. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  35. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  36. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  37. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  38. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  39. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  40. CHAR-i-ty (1st)

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