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The key answer of exercise 11

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - It's a mystery! for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Some compound adjectives have the main stress on the first part and some on the second part. Listen to the questions from exercise 10 again and underline which part of each compound adjective has the main stress.
  2. Choose the correct option to complete the rules below.

Answer

a)

  • stress on first part → tongue-tied, gift-wrapped, colour-coded
  • stress on second part → red-handed, middle-aged, far-fetched

b)

  1. first
  2. second