Pronunciation of Compound Nouns

Research:
Open your ears for this week and write down at least five compound nouns and a definition for them. Do you hear the stress falling on the first part of the compound?

Further practice:

Click on the button below and use your cell phone to record these sentences using good stress. Remember to start your recording by saying your name.

The president lives in the white house.
You should erase the blackboard.
My neighbor Barry lives in the white house.
Do you have a pencil sharpener?
I lost my notebook.