Read and circle the compound with different stress. Computer screen back door alarm clock bank manager
Toothache night club crossroads half-price
Motorbike waiting room second glass traffic lights
Mobile phone credit card swimming pool check-in-check
Travel agent city center tourist visa supermarket
Make 5 compounds from the given parts. First part ear wine hand birthday boy
Second part friend bar present bag rings
Now use the compounds to complete the dialogue
Oh no, I can’t find my _________________!
Have you looked in your ________________?
Of course!
May be you left them in that _________ last night?
Oh no, maybe I did!
Are they important?
Yes – they were a _____________ from my _______________!
Listen to the poem. Underline the compounds. Circle the stressed part of each compound. C hecklist Have I …
… set the alarm clock?
… and put it on the bedside table?
… put my plane ticket in my trousers pocket?
… packed my toothbrush?
… put my suitcase by the bedroom door?
Switched the CD player off?
… phoned the taxi driver to say “Be here at six”?
Have I …
Have I …
… where’s my checklist?!
Sometimes a compound word looks the same as a normal adjective and noun or a normal noun and verb. But the pronunciation is different. Compare:
We keep these plants in a greenhouse during the winter months.
Mr Olsen lives in a small, green house next to the river.
