Unit 29. Second Hand, Bookshop.
Stress in Compound Words
Unit 29; Part A
Compound words are made from two smaller words put together, for example book + shop = bookshop. (They are not always written as one word, for example shoe shop.) In most compound words, the stress is on the first part. For example, the word bookshop has two syllables and the stress is on the first syllable. Listen to these examples. | |||
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Note: If the first part of the compound word is an adjective, there may be stress on the second part too, for example OO double room. Note: There may be stress on the second part of a compound noun when:
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Unit 29; Part B
If the compound word is not a noun, we often put stress on the second part too. Listen to these examples.
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Unit 29; Part C
Sometimes a compound word looks the same as
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Exercises
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