SYLLABLE-TIMED

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COMPOUND WORDS & STRESS
COMPOUND NOUNS
PROPER NOUNS
PHRASAL VERBS
ADJECTIVE + NOUN
Stress on the ‘first part’.
Stress on the ‘second part’.
Stress on the ‘second part’.
Stress on the ‘second part’.
COMPOUND NOUNS
PROPER NOUNS
PHRASAL VERBS
ADJECTIVE + NOUN
bedroom
juice bar
showman
Great Britain
New Zealand
United Kingdom
turn on
look for
put up with
white lie
good morning
good night
/ˈbɛdrum/
/ˈdʒus bɑr/
/ˈʃoʊmən/
/ˌgreɪp ˈbrɪtn/
/ˌnu ˈzilənd/
/yuˌnaɪt ɪd ˈkɪŋdəm/
/ˌtɚn ˈɔn/
/ˌlʊk ˈfɔr/
/ˌpʊt ˈʌp wɪθ/
/ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ/
/ˌgʊb ˈmɔrnɪŋ/
/ˌgʊd ˈnaɪt/
STRESSED & UNSTRESSED SOUNDS
UNSTRESSED SOUNDS
ALWAYS
USUALLY
/ə/
/ɪ/
WEAK FORMS
to: /tə/ (before consonants) = to play = /tə pleɪ/
/tʊ/ (before vowels) = to eat = /tʊ it/