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- 13:50, 9 October 2019 Stylistic error (hist) [656 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''stylistic error''' is error involving style. Typical stylistic errors include: * Verbosity (using too many words) * Using an inappropriate register * P...")
- 17:20, 8 October 2019 Very (hist) [1,534 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Very''' is an English adverb that acts as an intensifier.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/very</ref> Very is used exclusively attributively and never predic...")
- 16:56, 8 October 2019 Be used to (hist) [805 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Be used to''' is an English verb form that uses be with "used" (which in this case is the past participle of use) and to, and an object noun. A...")
- 14:19, 8 October 2019 Jewellery conversation questions (hist) [1,752 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{conversation}} These are some conversation questions about jewellery. * Do you wear jewellery? ** What jewellery do you always wear? ** What jewellery do you sometimes...")
- 11:20, 7 October 2019 Verb form (hist) [305 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''verb form''' (/vɜ:b fɔ:m/) is a grammatical form containing a verb that carries a particular meaning. Examples in English include: * going to * [[used to]...")
- 21:51, 4 October 2019 Unfinished time (hist) [774 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Unfinished time''', sometimes '''past unfinished time''' is a time period that has not yet finished. Examples include this week, your whole life, and usually today. Examp...")
- 21:36, 4 October 2019 Finished time (hist) [683 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Finished time''', sometimes '''past finished time''', is instance of past time that is finished. Examples of finished time periods include: yesterday, last week, last...")
- 20:10, 3 October 2019 Biscuits conversation questions (hist) [1,324 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{conversation}} These are some conversation questions about biscuits: * What's your favourite biscuit? * How often do you eat biscuits? * When was the last time you ate a b...") originally created as "Biscuit conversation questions"
- 18:47, 2 October 2019 Sensational spelling (hist) [235 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Sensational spelling''' is the deliberate spelling of a word in an incorrect or non-standard way for special effect<Ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensational_spelling</...")
- 09:32, 27 September 2019 Simile (hist) [1,685 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''simile''' (/sɪmɪli:/) is a figure of speech that directly makes compares two things using a adjective or an adverb<ref>https://en.wikipedia.o...")
- 08:40, 27 September 2019 Frequentative verb (hist) [337 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''frequentative verb''' or '''iterative verb''' or is a verb that expresses iteration, that is repeated actions.<ref>https://www.thoughtco.com/iterative-verb-term-1...") originally created as "Iterative verb"
- 09:58, 26 September 2019 World Book Day (hist) [332 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''World Book Day''' is a festival held every year. In most countries it is on 23rd April, but in the UK and Ireland it's held on the first Thursday in March. T...")
- 07:04, 26 September 2019 UN English Language Day (hist) [510 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''UN English Language Day''' is a minor festival day marked on 23 April.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_English_Language_Day</ref> It has been marked since 201...")
- 08:05, 25 September 2019 Abridged dictionary (hist) [309 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An '''abridged dictionary''' is a dictionary that contains a subset of definitions of words of a language- those considered most relevant to the context. Contrast w...")
- 06:08, 24 September 2019 Unabridged dictionary (hist) [396 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An ''unabridged dictionary''' is a type of dictionary that is an attempt to list every attestable definition of every word in a language or languages. An exam...")
- 13:40, 21 September 2019 Learner's dictionary (hist) [296 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''learners' dictionary''' is a dictionary aimed at foreign language learners. Such a dictionary may be a bilingual dictionary, or a monolingual dictionary...") originally created as "Learners' dictionary"
- 09:57, 20 September 2019 Word knowledge (hist) [479 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Word knowledge''' involves knowledge of information about a word. Although on face value, it might be clear that someone (e.g. a student) "knows what a word me...")
- 08:33, 20 September 2019 Grammatical voice (hist) [1,087 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Grammatical voice''' is the term used to describe the relationship between verbs and the noun phrases which function as their grammatical subjects. Grammarian...")
- 05:16, 20 September 2019 Christmas (hist) [401 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Christmas''' (/krɪsməs/) is a Western winter festival. {{stub}} We have some Christmas conversation questions Idioms: * "Turkeys voting for Christmas" - peopl...")
- 05:08, 20 September 2019 April Fools' Day (hist) [342 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''April Fool's Day''' is a Western festival, held every April 1st, where people play jokes on each other.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day</ref> Of cours...") originally created as "April Fool's Day"
- 04:34, 20 September 2019 Distributive (hist) [428 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''distributive''' (/ˌdɪsˈtrɪˌbrju:ˌtɪv/) is a determiner that is used to say how something is shared out or divided.<ref>https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/ea...")
- 04:12, 20 September 2019 Verb used transitively (hist) [722 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''verb used transitively''' is a verb that is used transitively, that is with a direct object. This may be a transitive verb (which must take a direct object)...")
- 03:54, 20 September 2019 Verb used intransitively (hist) [381 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''verb used intransitively''' is a verb that is used intransitively, that is without a direct object. This verb must be either an intransitive verb (which...")
- 01:20, 20 September 2019 Would like (hist) [1,026 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Would like''' is an English verb form, meaning "want", which combines the full modal verb "would" and the lexical verb "like". e.g. * "Would y...")
- 01:09, 20 September 2019 Idea (hist) [244 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An '''idea''' (/aɪdɪə/) is important in philosophy<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea</ref> French students have a tendency to mispronounce this as /aɪdi:/ as p...")
- 18:08, 19 September 2019 Adjective phrase (hist) [841 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An '''adjective phrase''' is a phrase with an adjective as its head. Adverbial modifiers may precede or follow the head, and typically express degree. For...")
- 16:31, 19 September 2019 Think (hist) [1,342 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Think''' (/θɪŋk/) is an English verb. == Meaning == It's used for expressing opinions. == Form == It is an irregular verb. The preterite and p...")
- 16:10, 19 September 2019 Past perfect progressive (hist) [400 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''past perfect progressive''' or '''past perfect continuous''' is an English aspective tense combining the past tense with the perfect aspect using auxi...")
- 15:15, 19 September 2019 Present perfect progressive (hist) [403 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''present perfect progressive''' or '''present perfect continuous''' is an aspective tense that uses the present tense tense with both the perfect aspec...")
- 14:24, 19 September 2019 Past progressive (hist) [269 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''past progressive''', also known as the '''past continuous''' is an aspective tense of the past tense tense with the progressive aspect, using auxi...")
- 17:44, 18 September 2019 Past time (hist) [407 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with ":''Disambiguation: Not to be confused with pastime. '''Past time''' is time that has occurred in the past, prior to the present time and the future time. In [...")
- 06:11, 18 September 2019 Methinks (hist) [1,357 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Methinks''' (/mɪˈθɪŋks/) is an English irregular verb. It is always used in the first person singular, but never with the pronoun I (pronoun).<ref>https:...")
- 05:09, 18 September 2019 Use (hist) [1,071 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Use''' (/ju:z/) is an English verb. It's a regular verb, taking 3rd person -s "uses" /ju:zɪz/, preterite and past participle "used" /ju:zd/ and pres...")
- 04:59, 18 September 2019 Semi-modal verb (hist) [410 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''semi-modal (auxiliary) verb''' is a verb that expresses modality, and acts as an auxiliary verb, but is not a full modal verb, and has some but not all of...")
- 04:41, 18 September 2019 Have got to (hist) [1,194 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Have got to''' is an English semi-modal verb. It uses the have and the perfect aspect with the past participle of get, followed by a to-infinitiv...")
- 04:25, 18 September 2019 Will (hist) [772 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Will''' (/wɪl/) is an English full modal verb that is used to express certainty. "The sun will rise tomorrow" == Meaning == There are some subtle difference...")
- 03:51, 18 September 2019 Transitivity (hist) [1,607 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Transitivity''' (/trænzətɪvəti/) is a property of verbs that relates to whether a verb can take direct objects and if it can, how many such direct objects a ver...")
- 15:51, 17 September 2019 Auxiliary be (hist) [568 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Auxiliary be''' is the English verb be used as an auxiliary verb. Auxiliary be is used with active voice in forms with the progressive aspect;...")
- 15:00, 17 September 2019 Adverb position (hist) [1,022 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Adverb position''' or '''adverb placement''' is the word order position of an adverb within a clause.<ref>https://www.thoughtco.com/adverb-placement-in-english-...")
- 14:26, 17 September 2019 Can (hist) [2,185 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Can''' (/kæn/) is an English full modal verb, used to express ability. == Meaning == As well as being used for ability, can can be used to express permissio...")
- 08:12, 17 September 2019 Adjective order (hist) [2,290 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Adjective order''' is the order in which multiple adjectives are used before a noun they describe.<ref>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adje...")
- 07:15, 17 September 2019 Demonym (hist) [1,457 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''demonym''' is a noun used to describe people from a particular place (typically a country). This is usually the same as the nationality adjective, e.g. we say "I...")
- 05:57, 17 September 2019 Defective adjective (hist) [630 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''defective adjective''' is an adjective that has defectivity because either it (1) lacks comparative and superlative forms, so is a absolute adjective,...")
- 04:35, 17 September 2019 -ly (hist) [1,553 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''-ly''' is an English morpheme. It generally indicates that the word of which it is part is an adverb, formed from an adjective by the add -ly to make an...")
- 04:23, 17 September 2019 Belgium (hist) [523 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Belgium''' (/belʤəm/) is a small country in Western Europe. The country is linguistically split between majority French-speaking regions in the south and majority ...")
- 04:04, 17 September 2019 Circumflex (hist) [522 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''circumflex''' is a diacritic (or accent) mark consisting of ^ that is generally placed over vowel letters, usually in Frenchs to denote phonological deletion...")
- 03:38, 17 September 2019 Wish (hist) [1,041 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Wish''' (/wɪʃ/) is an English word which can be used as both a noun and a verb and which means "desire, hope, or long(ing) for something or for something...")
- 16:26, 16 September 2019 Conversation questions conversation questions (hist) [1,213 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{conversation}} Here are some conversation questions about conversation questions. You might choose not to take this page too seriously: * What's your favourite co...")
- 16:16, 16 September 2019 Participial phrase (hist) [339 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''participial phrase''' is a phrase that consists of a participle (either a present participle or a past participle) that acts as a adjectival to modify...")
- 15:20, 16 September 2019 Adjectival (hist) [799 bytes] Duncan (talk | contribs) (Created page with ":''Disambiguation: '''adjectival''' is also an adjective that means relating to an adjective''. An '''adjectival''' (/æʤektaɪvəl/) or '''adjectival phrase''' (/æʤe...")
