Word Stress in Compound Nouns

Again, this video focuses on N.American English, but the rules are also the same in British English.



Once you've watched the video, make a list of 10 more compound nouns. Mark the stressed syllables in your compound nouns. Record yourself saying the compound nouns on your list, and listen to check that you stress the correct syllables.

Now have a go at this quick quiz.

Word Stress - an introduction

The following video provides a general introduction to word stress in English. The teacher in the video emphasises that he is using North American English. There are some differences in word stress between American and British variants of English, but all of the rules he gives are the same in both variants.



You may also find this article about word stress for English teachers interesting.