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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 986 · 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 “publicity”? (a) pub-lic-I-ty (3rd) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) pho-TO-graph-ic (2nd) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “characteristic”? (a) char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th) (b) char-ac-TER-is-tic (3rd) (c) CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-to-mat-IC (4th)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “competition”? (a) com-pe-ti-TION (4th) (b) com-pe-TI-tion (3rd) (c) com-PE-ti-tion (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “majority”? (a) ma-jor-i-TY (4th) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) MA-jor-i-ty (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RO-man-tic (1st) (b) ro-man-TIC (3rd) (c) ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “direction”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) di-rec-TION (3rd) (b) di-REC-tion (2nd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (b) ath-let-IC (3rd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  11. 11.Listen to “solution”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SO-lu-tion (1st) (b) so-LU-tion (2nd) (c) so-lu-TION (3rd)
  12. 12.Listen to “music”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “revolution”? (a) REV-o-lu-tion (1st) (b) rev-O-lu-tion (2nd) (c) rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “traffic”? (a) traf-FIC (2nd) (b) TRAF-fic (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “photographic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-graph-IC (4th) (b) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “invitation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VI-ta-tion (2nd) (b) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “photography”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-tog-RA-phy (3rd) (b) pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd) (c) pho-tog-ra-PHY (4th)
  18. 18.Listen to “examination”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-am-I-na-tion (3rd) (b) ex-AM-i-na-tion (2nd) (c) ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  19. 19.Listen to “metallic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) me-tal-LIC (3rd) (b) me-TAL-lic (2nd) (c) ME-tal-lic (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (b) PHO-to-graph (1st) (c) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “democratic”? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “personality”? (a) per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) per-son-al-i-TY (5th) (c) per-SON-al-i-ty (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “explanation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-pla-na-tion (1st) (b) ex-pla-na-TION (4th) (c) ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  24. 24.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (b) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (b) ar-tis-TIC (3rd) (c) AR-tis-tic (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “automatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd) (b) au-to-mat-IC (4th) (c) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “magnetic”? (a) MAG-net-ic (1st) (b) mag-NET-ic (2nd) (c) mag-net-IC (3rd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “population”? (a) pop-u-la-TION (4th) (b) pop-u-LA-tion (3rd) (c) POP-u-la-tion (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “condition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CON-di-tion (1st) (b) con-DI-tion (2nd) (c) con-di-TION (3rd)
  30. 30.Listen to “presentation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-sen-ta-tion (1st) (b) pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd) (c) pre-sen-ta-TION (4th)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) plas-TIC (2nd) (b) PLAS-tic (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “nationality”? (a) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd)
  34. 34.Listen to “similarity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sim-I-lar-i-ty (2nd) (b) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st) (c) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) mu-SIC (2nd) (b) MU-sic (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “information”? (a) in-for-ma-TION (4th) (b) in-FOR-ma-tion (2nd) (c) in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  37. 37.Listen to “capacity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ca-pac-i-TY (4th) (b) CA-pac-i-ty (1st) (c) ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (b) na-tion-al-I-ty (4th) (c) NA-tion-al-i-ty (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd) (b) AC-a-dem-ic (1st) (c) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “celebration”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) cel-E-bra-tion (2nd) (b) CEL-e-bra-tion (1st) (c) cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)

Answer key

  1. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  2. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  3. char-ac-ter-IS-tic (4th)
  4. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  5. com-pe-TI-tion (3rd)
  6. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  7. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  8. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  9. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  10. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  11. so-LU-tion (2nd)
  12. MU-sic (1st)
  13. rev-o-LU-tion (3rd)
  14. TRAF-fic (1st)
  15. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  16. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  17. pho-TOG-ra-phy (2nd)
  18. ex-am-i-NA-tion (4th)
  19. me-TAL-lic (2nd)
  20. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  21. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  22. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  23. ex-pla-NA-tion (3rd)
  24. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  25. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  26. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  27. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  28. pop-u-LA-tion (3rd)
  29. con-DI-tion (2nd)
  30. pre-sen-TA-tion (3rd)
  31. PLAS-tic (1st)
  32. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  33. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  34. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  35. MU-sic (1st)
  36. in-for-MA-tion (3rd)
  37. ca-PAC-i-ty (2nd)
  38. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  39. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  40. cel-e-BRA-tion (3rd)

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