{"id":88,"date":"2024-04-19T17:41:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.justwrite.in\/englishcommunication\/chapter\/word-stress-compound-words-and-adj-noun-combinations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:41:55","slug":"word-stress-compound-words-and-adj-noun-combinations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.justwrite.in\/englishcommunication\/chapter\/word-stress-compound-words-and-adj-noun-combinations\/","title":{"raw":"Word Stress: Compound Words and Adj. + Noun Combinations","rendered":"Word Stress: Compound Words and Adj. + Noun Combinations"},"content":{"raw":"\n

What is word stress?<\/h2>\nExample: Portland Oregon\n\n \n\nPORTland ORegon\n\nOo Ooo   <-- The capital O means stressed syllables. The small o means unstressed syllables.\n\nnot: portLAND oREgon\n

Stress is:<\/h3>\n
    \n \t
  1. Longer<\/strong><\/li>\n \t
  2. Louder<\/strong><\/li>\n \t
  3. Higher <\/strong>(in pitch, like music)<\/li>\n \t
  4. Clearer <\/strong>(the vowel is easy to hear and full; it is NOT a schwa \/\u0259\/, usually)<\/li>\n \t
  5. Bigger<\/strong> (easy to see!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nPractice by listening, repeating, and checking with a tutor or teacher:\n

    Compound Nouns<\/h2>\nThe stress usually is on the first word or part:\n
      \n \t
    1. classmate<\/li>\n \t
    2. homework<\/li>\n \t
    3. football<\/li>\n \t
    4. bathroom<\/li>\n \t
    5. website<\/li>\n \t
    6. keyboard<\/li>\n \t
    7. writing teacher<\/li>\n \t
    8. English class<\/li>\n \t
    9. reading test<\/li>\n \t
    10. due date<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Normal Adjectives + Nouns<\/h2>\nThe stress will usually fall on the noun. The adjective may have some stress, but it will have less than the noun -- usually!\n\nIf you change the stress patterns, you may be changing the meaning or the feeling of what you're saying.\n\nCan you practice these common phrases with stress on the nouns?\n
        \n \t
      1. a long walk<\/li>\n \t
      2. a good grade<\/li>\n \t
      3. a short speech<\/li>\n \t
      4. a clear voice<\/li>\n \t
      5. a hard quiz<\/li>\n \t
      6. some organized notes<\/li>\n \t
      7. a confident speaker<\/li>\n \t
      8. an interesting person<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Extra: Stress on numbers!<\/h2>\nNumbers also almost always receive stress:\n
          \n \t
        1. example 1<\/li>\n \t
        2. speech number 2<\/li>\n \t
        3. exercise 3<\/li>\n \t
        4. My group had 4 classmates<\/li>\n \t
        5. I'm in level 5<\/li>\n \t
        6. But I'm getting ready for communication 6<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Listen and Repeat<\/h2>\n