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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 947 · 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 “charity”? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) char-I-ty (2nd) (c) CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “curiosity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd) (b) cu-ri-os-I-ty (4th) (c) cu-ri-os-i-TY (5th)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “presentation”? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  4. 4.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dis-CUS-sion (2nd) (b) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (c) dis-cus-SION (3rd)
  5. 5.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)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-U-la-tion (2nd) (c) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd) (c) per-son-al-I-ty (4th)
  10. 10.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (b) dem-o-crat-IC (4th) (c) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) EX-am-i-na-tion (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “decision”? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “energetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-er-get-ic (1st) (b) en-ER-get-ic (2nd) (c) en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (c) ma-JOR-i-ty (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 “humanity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd) (c) HU-man-i-ty (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “scientific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd) (b) SCI-en-tif-ic (1st) (c) sci-en-tif-IC (4th)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “artistic”? (a) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (b) AR-tis-tic (1st) (c) ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-i-TY (5th) (c) POS-si-bil-i-ty (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-i-TY (4th) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “celebration”? (a) cel-e-bra-TION (4th) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  27. 27.Listen to “possibility”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th) (c) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “capacity”? (a) ca-pac-I-ty (3rd) (b) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd) (c) CA-pac-i-ty (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “condition”? (a) con-DI-tion (2nd) (b) CON-di-tion (1st) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “historic”? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) HIS-tor-ic (1st) (c) his-tor-IC (3rd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “decision”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CI-sion (2nd) (b) de-ci-SION (3rd) (c) DE-ci-sion (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd) (c) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “magic”? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (b) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “scientific”? (a) sci-en-tif-IC (4th) (b) sci-EN-tif-ic (2nd) (c) sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “photographer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PHO-tog-ra-pher (1st) (b) pho-tog-RA-pher (3rd) (c) pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  2. cu-ri-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  3. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  4. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  5. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  6. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  7. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  8. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  9. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  10. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  11. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  12. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  13. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  14. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  15. en-er-GET-ic (3rd)
  16. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  17. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  18. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  19. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  20. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  21. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  22. PLAS-tic (1st)
  23. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  24. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  25. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)
  26. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  27. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  28. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  29. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  30. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  31. TRAF-fic (1st)
  32. de-CI-sion (2nd)
  33. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  34. PUB-lic (1st)
  35. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  36. MAG-ic (1st)
  37. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  38. sci-en-TIF-ic (3rd)
  39. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  40. pho-TOG-ra-pher (2nd)

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