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| Verbs |
| come,go,bring, take |
deny,refuse,reject,decline |
'-ed' and '-ing' |
| 'Made of' or 'Made from' |
Wear,put on,dress,be dressed in |
Assure, ensure, insure |
| hire or rent |
rise or raise |
drive or ride |
| Hold or keep |
Hope or wish |
'last' and 'take' |
| 'lend' or 'borrow' |
let or leave |
'lie' or 'lay' |
| 'look', 'see' and 'watch' |
'make' or 'do' |
seem, appear and look |
| melt, thaw and antonyms |
'wait' and 'await' |
verbs with adverbial particles |
| 'used to' and 'be used to' |
Rise, arise and raise |
remind,remember... |
| Nouns |
| Accident or Incident |
wedding or marriage |
travel,trips,journeys |
| meeting,gathering,etc |
'lunch', 'dinner' and 'supper' |
'kinds', 'types', 'sorts' |
| Equipment,tool,etc |
faults,flaws,weaknesses,etc |
broadcaster,presenter,etc |
| sum or amount |
pain,ache,ill,sick,hurt |
relations,relatives,relationships |
| 'sport' or 'game' |
Situation,Position,Condition |
wound,hurt,harm,damage |
| Problems and troubles |
solicitor,lawyer,attorney |
teacher,trainer,instructor |
| Adjectives |
| Adjective order |
Position of adjectives |
afraid,scared,etc |
| appropriate,suitable,etc |
bored and boring |
Continual and continuous |
| Eminent or prominent |
'good' and 'well' |
horrible, horrific,etc |
| 'Incredible' and 'unbelievable' |
Large or Big |
Worth and worthwhile |
| Compulsive and compulsory |
'definite' and definitive' |
'dedicated' and 'devoted' |
| Economic and economical |
'effective' or 'efficient' |
'efficient' or 'effective' |
| 'lazy' and 'idle' |
'effective' or 'efficient' |
'efficient' or 'effective' |
| Adverbs |
| Use of 'so' and 'such' |
Use of quite |
hardly, hardly ever, hardly any |
| perhaps,maybe,may,might |
Especially and specially |
yet,still,already |
| Approximately,Roughly,etc |
always or ever |
actually,in fact,well |
| Prepositions |
| As or Like |
at, in and on |
'behind' and 'beyond' |
| 'to' and 'for' |
because,as,since,for |
'by' and 'from' |
| during,for,by,until |
in front of,before,etc |
'for' and 'during' |
| Pronouns and Determiners |
| either,neither,too |
Lots of, A lot of, A lot |
Learning and using synonyms |