Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.2 - Relax! for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Listen to the words in the box in Exercise 1A. Underline the stressed syllables. Which word is usually stressed in compound nouns? (nouns made of two words)?

Answer

  • concert hall
  • countryside
  • sports field
  • nightclub
  • street market
  • shopping mall
  • nature trail
  • waterfront

The first word is usually stressed in compound nouns.