Let's take a look at the phrasal verb step on. Here it can be seen as having two meanings:
'I'm not cheap, I'm thrifty.'
Connotations are a feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word. They give us the emotional connection with words.
Words can be split into 'negative','positive' and 'neutral' connotations.
Let's take a look at some words that appear to be similar, but have connotational differences.
'What type of noun is woman?'
You probably know that a noun is a type of 'thing'. For example 'table' and 'car' are both types of nouns. Here we take a look at all the different types of nouns there are and how to spot them:
Phrasal Verbs can often be split when they use an object. For example we can say:
'I'm going to take off my shirt.'
'I'm going to take my shirt off'.
'Part 3'
Read the third part of our story and decide which words are missing (some words are linked to the Cambridge Online Dictionary):
'She was happy to hear that there would be no lay offs at her company.'
A euphemism is a word or phrase that we use instead of a more direct, unpleasant word. Euphemisms are used when we talk about difficult subject matters like death, for example.
Listen to the first three verses of this song and choose which word is being sung.
Here we take a look at some set expressions we use in spoken English to start and end conversations.
You probably know and use the question 'How are you?'
You can also use these in casual spoken English:
'What's happening?'
'Are you bull-headed?' What does that mean?
'He carefully held his granddaughter.'
Adverbs are used to give us more information and are used to modify verbs, clauses and other adverbs.
The difficulty with identifying adverbs is that they can appear in different places in a sentence.
