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Practice 16 and 17 - Stress
16:
Compound words
| The stress is placed on the
first syllable of both words when they are used as two individual
words, for example, ˈswimming
ˈpool. However, if the
compound noun is used as a single word, the stress is placed only
on the first syllable, for example, ˈblackboard. |
Practice
saying the following.
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Two individual words |
A compound word |
| 1 |
ˈwhite
ˈboard
|
ˈwhiteboard
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| 2 |
ˈcommon
ˈroom
|
ˈcommonroom
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| 3 |
ˈcross
ˈword
|
ˈcrossword
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| 4 |
ˈdark ˈroom
|
ˈdarkroom
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| 5 |
ˈgreen
ˈhouse
|
ˈgreenhouse
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| 6 |
ˈheavy
ˈweight
|
ˈheavyweight
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| 7 |
ˈsecond
ˈhand
|
ˈsecondhand
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| 8 |
ˈhot ˈcake
|
ˈhotcake
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17:
Nouns VS Verbs
| The stress is usually placed
on the first syllable of a noun and the second syllable of a verb.
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Practice
saying the following.
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Noun |
Verb |
| 1 |
ˈconflict
|
conˈflict
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| 2 |
ˈcontract
|
conˈtract
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| 3 |
ˈdefect
|
deˈfect
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| 4 |
ˈdigest
|
diˈgest
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| 5 |
ˈexport
|
exˈport
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| 6 |
ˈextract
|
exˈtract
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| 7 |
ˈimport
|
imˈport
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| 8 |
ˈobject
|
obˈject
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| 9 |
ˈpermit
|
perˈmit
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| 10 |
ˈprotest
|
proˈtest
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| 11 |
ˈpresent
|
preˈsent
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| 12 |
ˈproduce
|
proˈduce
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| 13 |
ˈproject
|
proˈject
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| 14 |
ˈrecord
|
reˈcord
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| 15 |
ˈrefuse
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reˈfuse
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