Exercise 1-35: Contrast of Compound Nouns
In the following list of words, underline the element that should be stressed. Pause the CD. Afterwards, check the Answer Key, beginning on page 193. Repeat after me.
1. The White House 21. Convenience store 41. a doorknob
2. a white house 22. convenient store 42. a glass door
3. a darkroom 23. to pick up 43. a locked door
4. a dark room 24. a pickup truck 44. ice cream
5. Fifth Avenue 25. six years old 45. I scream.
6. Main Street 26. a six-year-old 46. elementary
7. a main street 27. six and a half 47. a lemon tree
8. a hot dog 28. a sugar bowl 48. Watergate
9. a hot dog 29. a wooden bowl 49. the back gate
10. a baby blanket 30. a large bowl 50. the final year
11. a baby's blanket 31. a mixing bowl 51. a yearbook
12. a baby bird 32. a top hat 52. United States
13. a blackbird 33. a nice hat 53. New York
14. a black bird 34. a straw hat 54. Long Beach
15. a greenhouse 35. a chairperson 55. Central Park
16. a green house 36. Ph.D. 56. a raw deal
17. a green thumb 37. IBM 57. a deal breaker
18. a parking ticket 38. MIT 58. the bottom line
19. a one-way ticket 39. USA 59. a bottom feeder
20. an unpaid ticket 40. ASAP 60. a new low
In the following list of words, underline the element that should be stressed. Pause the CD. Afterwards, check the Answer Key, beginning on page 193. Repeat after me.
1. The White House 21. Convenience store 41. a doorknob
2. a white house 22. convenient store 42. a glass door
3. a darkroom 23. to pick up 43. a locked door
4. a dark room 24. a pickup truck 44. ice cream
5. Fifth Avenue 25. six years old 45. I scream.
6. Main Street 26. a six-year-old 46. elementary
7. a main street 27. six and a half 47. a lemon tree
8. a hot dog 28. a sugar bowl 48. Watergate
9. a hot dog 29. a wooden bowl 49. the back gate
10. a baby blanket 30. a large bowl 50. the final year
11. a baby's blanket 31. a mixing bowl 51. a yearbook
12. a baby bird 32. a top hat 52. United States
13. a blackbird 33. a nice hat 53. New York
14. a black bird 34. a straw hat 54. Long Beach
15. a greenhouse 35. a chairperson 55. Central Park
16. a green house 36. Ph.D. 56. a raw deal
17. a green thumb 37. IBM 57. a deal breaker
18. a parking ticket 38. MIT 58. the bottom line
19. a one-way ticket 39. USA 59. a bottom feeder
20. an unpaid ticket 40. ASAP 60. a new low