Nationalities.

When you are in a foreign country, the subject of nationalities naturally comes up a lot. It’d be nice if there were a simple rule that said all the words using nationalities are stressed on the first word. There isn’t, of course. Take this preliminary quiz to see if you need to do the exercise. For simplicity sake, we will stick with one nationality, American.

Exercise 133 Nationality Intonation Quiz

Pause the CD and stress one word you need to the following examples. Turn the CD back on and repeat after me.

1 the American guy

2 an American restaurant

3 American food

4 an American teacher

5 an English teacher