2018-04-23 Pronunciation: compound nouns

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Handout p. 39 exercise 1A - Which word or expression do you hear?
1 IV
2 decade
3 desert (n)
4 one percent
5 two tours
6 corrector
7 homesick
8 written
9 his story
10 fifty
- What is the difference between the expressions?
In the first column, the stress is on the first syllable (of “person”, not “one person”)
In the second column, there is stress on a later syllable.
	- in “his story” and “corrector” it’s on the second syllable
	- in “IV”, “two tours”, and “home sick”, both parts get equal stress
(You’ll need to take the students to tours. - “to” is unstressed and “tours” is stressed.)
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You’ll need to take the students and tutors to two tours.
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Tell your partner one of the words from the exercise, and they identify which one you said.
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We had dessert in the desert next to the greenhouse of the green house.
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When we stress a syllable (or a word), what happens to the pronunciation?
- The stressed syllable is louder.
- The stressed syllable is longer.
- The stressed syllable is higher.
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A greenhouse is a house for greens (plants).
A green house is a house that is green. (The color or environmentally friendly.)
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Compound Nouns:
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Two nouns together that mean one thing form a compound noun.
compound: I am an English teacher. = I am a teacher of the English language.
	In compound nouns, the first noun has the highest stress.
adj. + noun: I am not an English teacher. = I am not a teacher from England.
	With adjective+noun pairs, both words have (more or less) equal stress.
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exercise 3A - repeat these compound nouns
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exercise 4A - Ask your partner the questions, and answer with the correct compound nouns.
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What do you call a box for your mail? - A mailbox.
What do you call a key for that box? - A mailbox key.
What do you call a box for that key? - A mailbox key box.
What do you call a key for that box? - A mailbox key box key.
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olive oil, sunflower oil, mineral oil, peanut oil = oil made from those things
baby oil, motor oil = oil for those things
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student art award
- This may be an award for student art (an award given to students), or a student award for art (an award given by students).