2-word Verbs & Compound Nouns

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Why is word stress important?

• Changing the stress might change the meaning

• Speakers of English listen first for stress

• If you stress the wrong syllable, you will likely be misunderstood

• Changing the stress might change the part of speech (noun <-> verb)

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Nouns with 2 syllables are usually stressed on the ​

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syllable.

Verbs with 2 syllables are usually stressed on the ​

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syllable.

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first

second

Listen to these words:

to set up
to hold up
to look out
to try out
to check out

Verbs

a setup
a holdup
a lookout
a tryout
a checkout

Nouns

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The nouns are stressed on the ​

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syllable. The verbs are stressed on the ​

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word.

What do these nouns mean?

an arrangement
a robbery
a person who watches
a test, an audition
a place to pay a bill

Meanings

a setup
a holdup
a lookout
a tryout
a checkout

Nouns

What do these verbs mean?

to arrange
to rob something/someone
to be careful
to test something/someone
to pay a bill & leave

Meanings

to set up
to hold up
to look out
to try out
to check out

verbs

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a turnoff

a cutback

a startup

to turn off

to cut back

to start up

Are these words nouns or verbs?

Nouns

Verbs

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Which syllable is stressed in "a turnoff"?

• first

• second

Multiple Choice

Which syllable is stressed in "to cut back"?

• first

• second

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a setup

a holdup

a lookout

a tryout

a checkout

a turnoff

a cutback

a startup

to set up

to hold up

to look out

to try out

to check out

to turn off

to cut back

to start up

Which syllable is stressed?

first

second

If a verb has 2 words, it is usually stressed on the second word.

Consider "to set up," "to hold up," "to look out," "to try out," etc.

If a noun is made of 2 "words" (a compound noun), it is usually stressed on the first syllable.

Consider "setup," "holdup," "lookout," "tryout," etc.

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Verbs with 2 words are usually stressed on the ​

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word.

Nouns containing 2 "words" are usually stressed on the ​

Placeholder

"word." These are called ​

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.

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second

first

compound nouns

Compound Nouns

In English, we can combine two nouns to make a new word. The new word is called a compound noun.

It is pronounced as one word, with the stress on the first syllable.


house + boat = houseboat

baseball
bookmark
post office
key chain
coffee pot
hot dog

bathroom
raincoat
bookstore
airline
keyboard
notebook

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How do you pronounce these words?

bathroom

raincoat

bookstore

key chain

hot dog

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What other compound nouns do you know?