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What is Word Stress? In many languages such as in English, all the syllables in multisyllabic words are not equally stressed (spoken with some kind of a force o
Read MoreWhat is Word Stress? In many languages such as in English, all the syllables in multisyllabic words are not equally stressed (spoken with some kind of a force o
Read MoreWord stress and syllables are the next important things to learn about English pronunciation and accent. Syllables A syllable is a word, or part of a word, whic
Read MoreIn questions, these words ask which thing or person is being referred to. They are placed before the noun. Example Which dress are you going to wear tonight? Wh
Read MoreIn a statement, these words define or explain which thing or person is referred to: Example He went back to the house. (Which house?) The house which stood on t
Read MoreThere are often prepositions in relative clauses, and the relative pronoun is the object of the preposition. This means that the preposition can sometimes be om
Read MoreA vocabulary is a list of words. A person's vocabulary is all the words that he or she knows. A five year old would probably know about 5000 words. An adult who
Read MoreThe gerund is used after certain verbs. Example miss : I miss living in England. The most important of these verbs are shown below. Those marked * can also be f
Read MoreWe use 'used to' for something that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens. Example I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago. Be
Read MoreNotice that the verb tense which follows 'I wish' is 'more in the past' than the tense corresponding to its meaning. Example I'm too fat. I wish I was thin. I n
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