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synonym Two words are synonyms if they have the same meaning, or similar meanings. Contrast . talk – speak old – elderly tense In English, is the choice between and , which is special because it is signalled by and normally indicates differences of time. In contrast, languages like French, Spanish and Italian, have three or more distinct tense forms, including a future tense. (See also: .) The simple tenses (present and past) may be combined in English with the and . He studies. [present – present time] He studied yesterday. [past tense – past time] He studies tomorrow, or else! [present tense – future time] He may study tomorrow. [present tense + infinitive – future time] He plans to study tomorrow. [present tense + infinitive – future time] If he studied tomorrow, he’d see the difference! [past tense – imagined future] Contrast three distinct tense forms in Spanish: Estudia. [present tense] Estudió. [past tense] Estudiará. [future tense] transitive verb A transitive verb at least one object in a sentence to complete its meaning, in contrast to an , which does not. He loves Juliet. She understands English grammar. trigraph A type of where three letters represent one . High, pure, patch, hedge unstressed See . verb The surest way to identify verbs is by the ways they can be used: they can usually have a , either or (see also ). Verbs are sometimes called ‘doing words’ because many verbs name an action that someone does; while this can be a way of recognising verbs, it doesn’t distinguish verbs from (which can also name actions). Moreover many verbs name states or feelings rather than actions. Verbs can be classified in various ways: for example, as , or ; as or ; and as states or events. He in Birmingham. [present tense] The teacher wrote a song for the class. [past tense] He likes chocolate. [present tense; not an action] He knew my father. [past tense; not an action] Not verbs: The walk to Halina’s house will take an hour. [noun] All that surfing makes Morwenna so sleepy! [noun] vowel A vowel is a speech sound which is produced without any closure or obstruction of the vocal tract.
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