+ room) are two word compounds. Major More important, bigger or more Sugar is a major cause of serious than others. tooth decay. Influence The power to have an effect on When children fight in the people or things. play ground it has an influence on their behaviour in the classroom. Fluent When a person is fluent, they can The family from Germany speak a language easily, well and have been in the UK for quickly. some time and they are fluent in English. Pronunciation Making a mistake in saying a word He can say lots of different error so that it sound correct. words but sometimes his pronunciation is not correct. May cause A clash is when people have The children couldn’t agree clashes different ideas or opinions and on what they wanted to do disagree or argue about it. so it may cause a clash between them. Genetic Belonging or relating to genes (= The boy had red hair and parts of the DNA in cells) received by so did his mother so it each animal or plant from its must have been genetic – parents. he got his red hair from his mother. Counters An object used to mark a place or The girl likes to play with marks numbers. toys that use numbers or counters. Yawn To open the mouth wide and take a He found the story very lot of air into the lungs and slowly boring and he was send it out, usually when tired or yawning all the way bored through it. Wavy Having a series of curves not in a The girl had long wavy hair – straight line. but her brother’s hair was straight. Fascinating Extremely interesting. The story was fascinating. Adult When an adult becomes involved in It was only adult intervention a difficult situation in order to intervention that stopped improve it or stop it from getting the fight getting worse. worse. Focus To look closely at something. The teacher focused all her attention on the children. Circumstances A fact or event that makes a The was not feeling situation the way it is. well but she came to school and did well under the circumstances.
+ room) are two word compounds. Major More important, bigger or more serious than others. Sugar is a major cause of tooth decay. Influence The power to have an effect on people or things. When children fight in the play ground it has an influence on their behaviour in the classroom. Fluent When a person is fluent, they can speak a language easily, well and quickly. The family from Germany have been in the UK for some time and they are fluent in English. Pronunciation error Making a mistake in saying a word so that it sound correct. He can say lots of different words but sometimes his pronunciation is not correct. May cause clashes A clash is when people have different ideas or opinions and disagree or argue about it. The children couldn’t agree on what they wanted to do so it may cause a clash between them. Genetic Belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from its parents. The boy had red hair and so did his mother so it must have been genetic – he got his red hair from his mother. Counters An object used to mark a place or marks numbers. The girl likes to play with toys that use numbers or counters. Yawn To open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bored He found the story very boring and he was yawning all the way through it. Wavy Having a series of curves – not in a straight line. The girl had long wavy hair but her brother’s hair was straight. Fascinating Extremely interesting. The story was fascinating. Adult intervention When an adult becomes involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or stop it from getting worse. It was only adult intervention that stopped the fight getting worse. Focus To look closely at something. The teacher focused all her attention on the children. Circumstances A fact or event that makes a situation the way it is. The was not feeling well but she came to school and did well under the circumstances.
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