student writes Iwalks, then it is wrong because there is no subject-verb agreement. Subordinate clause: see clause. 从句 Superlative adjective: see adjective. 形容此最高级 Tense 时态
A form of the verb that shows whether something happens in the past, present or future, e.g. Past perfect simple and continuous, progressive 过去完成时及进行时 After I had phoned Mary, I went out. (past perfect simple)
I had been studying for three hours, so I felt quite tired. (past perfect continuous, progressive) Past simple and past continuous, progressive 一般过去时及进行时
I was talking (past continuous, progressive) to my friend when the taxi came. (past simple) Present continuous, progressive for future 进行时表将来 What are you doing at the weekend?
Present perfect simple and continuous, progressive 现在完成时及进行时 I have known him for a long time (present perfect simple).
I have been studying for three years (present perfect continuous, progressive). Present simple and continuous, progressive 一般现在时及进行时
I work at a school (present simple) and I am working in London now (present continuous, progressive). Third conditional: see conditional forms. Third person 第三人称
A verb or a pronoun which shows that somebody or something is being spoken about, e.g. He, she, it, they.
Time expression 时间表达式
A word or phrase that indicates a time period, such as after, by, e.g. I will meet you after the lesson. Uncountable noun: see noun. Used to 过去常常做某事
A structure that shows something happened in the past but does not happen now, e.g. I used to live in London, but now I live in Paris. Verb 动词
The word which follows the subject of a sentence, and is sometimes described as the ‘action’ word, e.g. I like cheese; He speaks Italian.
An auxiliary verb is a verb used with other verbs to make questions, negatives and tenses, e.g. be, do, have. 助动词
The base form of the verb is the infinitive form of a verb without ‘to’, e.g. go. 动词的基本形式 The infinitive form is the base form of a verb with ‘to’. It is used after another verb, after an adjective or noun or as the subject or object of a sentence, e.g. 'I want to study’, ‘It’s difficult to understand’. 动词不定式
An irregular verb does not follow the same rule as regular verbs. Each irregular verb has its own way of forming the past simple and past participle, e.g. go ", went (past simple) ", gone (past participle). 不规则动词
A modal verb is a verb used with other verbs to show ideas such as ability or obligation or possibility.
They include can, must, will, should, e.g. I can speak French, but I should study even harder. 情态动词
A regular verb changes its forms by adding -ed in the past simple and past participle, e.g. walk ", walked 规则动词 (past simple).
Verb pattern 动词搭配
The form of the words following the verb, e.g. he advised me to get there early. (advise + object pronoun + to + base form)
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LEXIS 词汇
Affix 词缀
A meaningful group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word. Affixation is the process of adding a prefix or suffix to word.
A prefix is a meaningful group of letters added to the beginning of a word, e.g. appear – disappear.前缀 A suffix is a meaningful group of letters added to the end of a word to make a new word which can be a different part of speech, e.g. care – careful. 后缀 Antonym 反义词
The opposite of another word, e.g. hot is the antonym of cold. Collocation 搭配
Words which are used together regularly, e.g. The teacher made a presentation NOT The teacher performed a presentation. Compounds 合成词
Nouns, verbs, adjectives or prepositions that are made up of two or more words, e.g. assistant office manager, bring back, long-legged, due to. False friend 容易误认的词汇
A word in the target language which looks or sounds as if it has the same meaning as a similar word in the learners’ first language but does not. Homophone 同音词
A word which sounds the same as another word, but has a different meaning or spelling, e.g. I knew he had won; I bought a new book. Idiom 习语
A group of words that are used together, in which the meaning of the whole word group is different from the meaning of each individual word, e.g. She felt under the weather means that she felt ill. Lexical set 词群
A group of words or phrases that are about the same topic, e.g. weather – storm, to rain, wind, cloudy etc. Lexis
Individual words or sets of words, e.g. homework, study, whiteboard, get dressed, be on time. Multi-word verb: see phrasal verb. Part(s) of speech
A description of the function of a word or a phrase in a sentence, e.g. noun, verb, adjective. Phrasal verb, multi-word verb 短语动词及由多个词构成的动词短语
A verb which is made up of more than one word (e.g. a verb + adverb particle or preposition) which has a different meaning from each individual word, e.g. look after – A mother looks after her children. Prefix: see affix. 前缀 Suffix: see affix. 后缀 Synonym
A word which has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word, e.g. nice is a synonym of pleasant.
PHONOLOGY 语音
Spoken language in which the words join to form a connected stream of sounds. Consonant 辅音
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Contraction 缩写
A shorter form of a word or words, e.g. you have = you’ve; it is = it’s. Diphthong 双元音
A vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another, e.g. /
a", / as in my.
Feature (e.g. of connected speech) 特征
A feature of something is an interesting or important part or characteristic of it. Intonation 语调
The way the level of a speaker’s voice changes, often to show how they feel about something, e.g. if they are angry or pleased. Intonation can be rising or falling or both. Linking 连读
The way different sounds can link into each other in connected speech, e.g. it’s a good day – /
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Main stress: see stress. 主重音 Minimal pair
Two words which are different from each other only by one meaningful sound, and by their meaning, e.g. hear, fear.
Phoneme 音位
The smallest sound unit which can make a difference to meaning e.g. /p/ in pan, /b/ in ban. Phonemes
have their own symbols (phonemic symbols), each of which represents one sound. Words can be presented in phonemic script 音位标记
(usually International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA), e.g. /d",kt",/ – doctor. Phonemic transcription is used in dictionaries to aid pronunciation. Rhyme 押韵
1. Words that sound the same, e.g. hat, cat.
2. A song or poem with words that sound the same at the end of each line I believe I can fly.
I believe I can touch the sky. Rhythm 韵律
A regular pattern of stress and syllable length. Schwa: see stress. 中元音 Sentence stress: see stress. 句子重音 Stress
Sentence stress is where different words in a sentence are stressed. In English these are usually the information-carrying words. In the sentence It was a lovely evening, and the temperature was perfect, the main stress, when spoken, is probably on the word perfect. Stress can therefore be used to show meaning,to emphasise a particular point or feeling. Strong/weak forms 重读及弱读
If the word is unstressed, the weak form of vowels may be used, e.g. I can (/ k",n /) speak Italian, French, English and Spanish. The sound /",/ is called the schwa.
If a word is important, then the strong form is used, and the pronunciation changes, e.g. I can (/kaen/) speak a little Spanish in an emergency.
Word stress is the pronunciation of a syllable with more force than the surrounding syllables which are said to be unstressed, e.g. umbrella.
Sometimes, a word may have two stresses, in which case one syllable takes the main stress. In the word independent, for example ‘pen’ takes the main stress. Strong forms: see stress. Syllable 音节
A part of a word that usually contains a single vowel sound, e.g. pen = one syllable; teacher = two syllables – teach/er; umbrella = three syllables – um/bre/lla.
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Unvoiced sound: see voiced/unvoiced sound. Voiced sound/unvoiced sound 浊音及非浊音
A voiced sound is a way of pronouncing sounds with vibration (voiced) or without vibration (unvoiced) in the throat. In English, vowels are usually voiced. Many sounds differ only because they are either voiced, e.g. /b/ or unvoiced, e.g. /p/.