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Pronunciation lesson 18: Stress in long words · Set 997 · 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 “traffic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TRAF-fic (1st) (b) traf-FIC (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “discussion”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DIS-cus-sion (1st) (b) dis-cus-SION (3rd) (c) dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “charity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) char-i-TY (3rd) (b) CHAR-i-ty (1st) (c) char-I-ty (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “exhibition”? (a) ex-HI-bi-tion (2nd) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “athletic”? (a) ath-let-IC (3rd) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ATH-let-ic (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “academic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-A-dem-ic (2nd) (b) ac-a-dem-IC (4th) (c) ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  7. 7.Listen to “romantic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ro-MAN-tic (2nd) (b) RO-man-tic (1st) (c) ro-man-TIC (3rd)
  8. 8.Listen to “activity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ac-tiv-i-TY (4th) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “automatic”? (a) AU-to-mat-ic (1st) (b) au-to-MAT-ic (3rd) (c) au-TO-mat-ic (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “democratic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) dem-O-crat-ic (2nd) (b) dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd) (c) dem-o-crat-IC (4th)
  11. 11.Listen to “artistic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AR-tis-tic (1st) (b) ar-TIS-tic (2nd) (c) ar-tis-TIC (3rd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “pronunciation”? (a) PRO-nun-ci-a-tion (1st) (b) pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th) (c) pro-nun-CI-a-tion (3rd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “direction”? (a) di-REC-tion (2nd) (b) di-rec-TION (3rd) (c) DI-rec-tion (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “activity”? (a) ac-tiv-I-ty (3rd) (b) ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd) (c) AC-tiv-i-ty (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “exhibition”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-hi-bi-tion (1st) (b) ex-hi-bi-TION (4th) (c) ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  16. 16.Listen to “nationality”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) na-TION-al-i-ty (2nd) (b) na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd) (c) na-tion-al-i-TY (5th)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “conversation”? (a) con-VER-sa-tion (2nd) (b) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “community”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-mu-ni-TY (4th) (b) com-MU-ni-ty (2nd) (c) com-mu-NI-ty (3rd)
  19. 19.Listen to “athletic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ATH-let-ic (1st) (b) ath-LET-ic (2nd) (c) ath-let-IC (3rd)
  20. 20.Listen to “collection”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-lec-TION (3rd) (b) COL-lec-tion (1st) (c) col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “magic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAG-ic (1st) (b) mag-IC (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “music”? (a) MU-sic (1st) (b) mu-SIC (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “fantastic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FAN-tas-tic (1st) (b) fan-tas-TIC (3rd) (c) fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “education”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ed-U-ca-tion (2nd) (b) ed-u-ca-TION (4th) (c) ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  25. 25.Listen to “dramatic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DRA-mat-ic (1st) (b) dra-mat-IC (3rd) (c) dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “invitation”? (a) in-vi-TA-tion (3rd) (b) in-vi-ta-TION (4th) (c) IN-vi-ta-tion (1st)
  27. 27.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 (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “security”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) se-cur-i-TY (4th) (b) se-CUR-i-ty (2nd) (c) SE-cur-i-ty (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “humanity”? (a) hu-man-I-ty (3rd) (b) HU-man-i-ty (1st) (c) hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “photograph”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pho-to-GRAPH (3rd) (b) pho-TO-graph (2nd) (c) PHO-to-graph (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “magnetic”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mag-net-IC (3rd) (b) MAG-net-ic (1st) (c) mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “popularity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) POP-u-lar-i-ty (1st) (b) pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) pop-u-lar-I-ty (4th)
  33. 33.Listen to “majority”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MA-jor-i-ty (1st) (b) ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd) (c) ma-jor-I-ty (3rd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “photographic”? (a) PHO-to-graph-ic (1st) (b) pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd) (c) pho-to-graph-IC (4th)
  35. 35.Listen to “publicity”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PUB-lic-i-ty (1st) (b) pub-lic-i-TY (4th) (c) pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “similarity”? (a) sim-i-lar-i-TY (5th) (b) sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd) (c) SIM-i-lar-i-ty (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “plastic”? (a) PLAS-tic (1st) (b) plas-TIC (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “terrific”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ter-rif-IC (3rd) (b) ter-RIF-ic (2nd) (c) TER-rif-ic (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “comprehension”? (a) com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd) (b) COM-pre-hen-sion (1st) (c) com-PRE-hen-sion (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “conversation”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) con-ver-SA-tion (3rd) (b) con-ver-sa-TION (4th) (c) CON-ver-sa-tion (1st)

Answer key

  1. TRAF-fic (1st)
  2. dis-CUS-sion (2nd)
  3. CHAR-i-ty (1st)
  4. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  5. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  6. ac-a-DEM-ic (3rd)
  7. ro-MAN-tic (2nd)
  8. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  9. au-to-MAT-ic (3rd)
  10. dem-o-CRAT-ic (3rd)
  11. ar-TIS-tic (2nd)
  12. pro-nun-ci-A-tion (4th)
  13. di-REC-tion (2nd)
  14. ac-TIV-i-ty (2nd)
  15. ex-hi-BI-tion (3rd)
  16. na-tion-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  17. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)
  18. com-MU-ni-ty (2nd)
  19. ath-LET-ic (2nd)
  20. col-LEC-tion (2nd)
  21. MAG-ic (1st)
  22. MU-sic (1st)
  23. fan-TAS-tic (2nd)
  24. ed-u-CA-tion (3rd)
  25. dra-MAT-ic (2nd)
  26. in-vi-TA-tion (3rd)
  27. per-son-AL-i-ty (3rd)
  28. se-CUR-i-ty (2nd)
  29. hu-MAN-i-ty (2nd)
  30. PHO-to-graph (1st)
  31. mag-NET-ic (2nd)
  32. pop-u-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  33. ma-JOR-i-ty (2nd)
  34. pho-to-GRAPH-ic (3rd)
  35. pub-LIC-i-ty (2nd)
  36. sim-i-LAR-i-ty (3rd)
  37. PLAS-tic (1st)
  38. ter-RIF-ic (2nd)
  39. com-pre-HEN-sion (3rd)
  40. con-ver-SA-tion (3rd)

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