Exercise 1-32: two-word stress
Repeat the following pairs.
Descriptive phrase Set phrase
A light bulb a light bulb
Blue pants blue jeans
A cold fish a goldfish
A gray hound a greyhound
An old key an inn key
A white house the White House
A nice watch a wrist watch
A sticky web a spider web
A clean cup a coffee cup
A sharp knife a steak knife
A baby alligator a baby bottle
A shiny tack thumbtacks
A wire brush a hairbrush
A new ball a football
A toy gun a machine gun
A silk bow a Band-Aid
A bright star a firecracker
Mary Jones a mailbox
Bob Smith a spray can
Foreign affairs a wineglass
Down payment a footprint
New York a strawberry
Social Security a fig leaf
City Hall an ice cream
Repeat the following pairs.
Descriptive phrase Set phrase
A light bulb a light bulb
Blue pants blue jeans
A cold fish a goldfish
A gray hound a greyhound
An old key an inn key
A white house the White House
A nice watch a wrist watch
A sticky web a spider web
A clean cup a coffee cup
A sharp knife a steak knife
A baby alligator a baby bottle
A shiny tack thumbtacks
A wire brush a hairbrush
A new ball a football
A toy gun a machine gun
A silk bow a Band-Aid
A bright star a firecracker
Mary Jones a mailbox
Bob Smith a spray can
Foreign affairs a wineglass
Down payment a footprint
New York a strawberry
Social Security a fig leaf
City Hall an ice cream