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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 941 · 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 “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “tradition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “population”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “plastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “terrific”? (a) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (b) TER-rif-ic (1st) (c) ter-rif-IC (3rd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-ci-SION (3rd) (b) de-CI-sion (2nd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) DI-rec-tion (1st) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “gigantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (b) GI-gan-tic (1st) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  15. 15.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (b) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (c) re-al-I-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) COM-pe-ti-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ME-tal-lic (1st) (b) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (c) me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-di-TION (3rd) (c) con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (b) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th) (c) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  21. 21.Listen to “symbolic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SYM-bol-ic (1st) (b) sym-bol-IC (3rd) (c) sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  22. 22.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)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) hu-man-I-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-o-lu-TION (4th) (c) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (b) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LEC-tion (2nd) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) COL-lec-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) POP-u-la-tion (1st) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd) (b) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (c) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) PHO-to-graph (1st) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “solution”? (a) so-LU-tion (2nd) (b) SO-lu-tion (1st) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  35. 35.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (b) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “reality”? (a) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (b) RE-al-i-ty (1st) (c) re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  38. 38.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (b) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “dramatic”? (a) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (b) dra-MAT-ic (2nd) (c) DRA-mat-ic (1st)

Answer key

  1. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  2. MU-sic (1st)
  3. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  4. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  5. MAG-ic (1st)
  6. PLAS-tic (1st)
  7. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  8. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  9. PLAS-tic (1st)
  10. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  11. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  12. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  13. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  14. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  15. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  16. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  17. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  18. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  20. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  21. sym-BOL-ic (2nd)
  22. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  23. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  24. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  25. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)
  26. TRAF-fic (1st)
  27. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  28. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  29. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  30. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  31. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  32. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  33. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  34. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  35. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  36. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  37. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  38. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  40. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)

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