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Now do these, underling the syllable that is stressed, and defining the word that has the indicated intonation.

Dark room, Dark room.

A cold fish, A gold fish.

The paper box, The paper box. An old key, A door key.

A nice watch, A wrist watch.

A sticky web, A spider web. A clean cup, A coffee cup.

• A toy gun, A water gun.
• A bright star, A movie star. A new ball, A foot ball.
• A sharp knife, A steak knife.
• An old brush, A hair brush. A dry leaf, A fig leaf.

A pointy tack, A thumb tack.

A blackboard, A black board.

• A green house, A green house.
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Listen and Learn: The Intonation of Two-Word Expressions.