We can often put two words together to make a compound, e.g. class +room -> classroom. We write some compounds as one word, some as twowords, and some with a hyphen (-). class + room -> classroom car + park -> car park second + hand -> second-hand
The stress is normally on the first part of the compound. Listen and repeat. Ooairport bathroom bus stop car park classroom football girlfriend Ooobus station dining room hairdresser newspaper post office sunglasses Oooophotocopy railway station shop assistant oOoo police station oOooo computer programme
Listen and circle the compound with different stress. In the example, both words are stressed in back door, but in the others, the first word is stressed. Key1. half-price 2. second class 3. mobile phone 4. city centre Example: computer screen back door alarm clock bank manager 1 toothache nightclub crossroads half-price 2 motorbike waiting room second class traffic lights 3 mobile phone credit card swimming pool check-in desk 4 travel agent city centre tourist visa supermarket