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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 953 · 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 “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-am-i-na-TION (5th) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  2. 2.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) so-lu-TION (3rd) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) SO-lu-tion (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “historic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) his-TOR-ic (2nd) (b) his-tor-IC (3rd) (c) HIS-tor-ic (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd) (c) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th)
  5. 5.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th)
  6. 6.Listen to “personality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-I-ty (4th) (c) PER-son-al-i-ty (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ATH-let-ic (1st) (c) ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “generosity”? (a) GEN-er-os-i-ty (1st) (b) gen-er-os-i-TY (5th) (c) gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  9. 9.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) se-cur-i-TY (4th)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “security”? (a) se-cur-I-ty (3rd) (b) SE-cur-i-ty (1st) (c) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “pronunciation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-nun-ci-a-TION (5th) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “tradition”? (a) TRA-di-tion (1st) (b) tra-di-TION (3rd) (c) tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-IC (2nd) (b) MAG-ic (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “community”? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) sim-i-lar-I-ty (4th) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “education”? (a) ED-u-ca-tion (1st) (b) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “possibility”? (a) pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd) (b) pos-SI-bil-i-ty (2nd) (c) pos-si-bil-I-ty (4th)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “popularity”? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (b) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-lu-TION (4th)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “gigantic”? (a) GI-gan-tic (1st) (b) gi-GAN-tic (2nd) (c) gi-gan-TIC (3rd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “collection”? (a) COL-lec-tion (1st) (b) col-lec-TION (3rd) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (b) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “public”? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  28. 28.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TER-rif-ic (1st) (b) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (c) ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “quality”? (a) qual-i-TY (3rd) (b) qual-I-ty (2nd) (c) QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th) (b) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. 33.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “creativity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CRE-a-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd) (c) cre-a-tiv-i-TY (5th)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “photograph”? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-TO-graph (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “public”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pub-LIC (2nd) (b) PUB-lic (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “romantic”? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) RO-man-tic (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “reality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-AL-i-ty (2nd) (b) re-al-I-ty (3rd) (c) re-al-i-TY (4th)
  39. 39.Listen to “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)

Answer key

  1. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  2. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  3. his-TOR-ic (2nd)
  4. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  6. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  7. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  8. gen-er-OS-i-ty (3rd)
  9. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  10. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  11. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  12. tra-DI-tion (2nd)
  13. MAG-ic (1st)
  14. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  15. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  16. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  17. pos-si-BIL-i-ty (3rd)
  18. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  19. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  20. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  21. gi-GAN-tic (2nd)
  22. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  23. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  24. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  25. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  26. PUB-lic (1st)
  27. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  28. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  29. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  30. QUAL-i-ty (1st)
  31. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  32. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  34. cre-a-TIV-i-ty (3rd)
  35. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  36. PUB-lic (1st)
  37. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  38. re-AL-i-ty (2nd)
  39. TRAF-fic (1st)
  40. ath-LET-ic (2nd)

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