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Stress in compound nouns
3 PRONUNCIATION
COACH A compound noun is a noun
03-12 Listen. Notice the stress. Then listen and repeat. made up of two words, like bus
stop. We usually stress the first
bus stop shopping center drugstore supermarket word in a compound noun. We
03-13 Listen. Circle the compound nouns. Then listen stress both words in an adjective
and repeat the compound nouns. + noun phrase, like small house.
1. a coffee shop 3. a big room 5. a gas station
2. a great restaurant 4. a living room 6. a new house
PAIRS Check (✓) the places near your school. Then talk about them.
coffee shop bus stop drugstore gas station supermarket
There’s a bus stop and a gas station near my school.

4 CONVERSATION

03-14 Listen or watch. Circle the correct answer.
1. Tina is happy to be .
a. house-sitting b. working c. in the neighborhood
2. Tina likes .
a. libraries b. big houses c. parks
3. There are no in the neighborhood.
a. supermarkets b. restaurants c. parks
4. The bus stop is the house.
a. next to b. across from c. down the street from

03-15 Read the Conversation Skill. Listen or watch. Complete the conversation.

Tina: So, I hear you’re house-sitting in a big house? CONVERSATION SKILL
Dan: Yes, it’s a great house and it’s in a Change the topic
neighborhood. Say So to change the way the
Tina: Yeah? What’s it like? conversation is going.
Listen or watch the
Dan: There’s a big park the house.
conversation in 4A. Raise
Tina: Sounds great. your hand when you hear
Dan: And there’s a coffee shop someone change the topic.
the park.

03-16 Listen and repeat. Then practice with a partner.
shopping center
PAIRS Make new conversations. Use these words or your own ideas. restaurant

5 TRY IT YOURSELF

MAKE IT PERSONAL Talk about your neighborhood.
There’s a restaurant near my apartment. There’s a pharmacy down the street.
WALK AROUND Talk to five classmates. Tell them about your neighborhood.

I cAn descRIBe mY neIgHBoRHood.

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