Word class noun
One of the grammatical groups into which words are divided depending on their use, such as noun, verb and adjective. Similar to
part of speech. See part of speech.
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Word family noun
A group of words that come from the same root or base word, e.g. economy, economist, economic. See root word, base word.
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Word level phrase
When we study language, we study words, sentences or whole texts. When we study words in a text we are studying language at
word level, studying sentences in a text is studying language at sentence level, and when we study whole texts we are studying
language at text level. Studying a text at word level means looking at the language features of words in the text. For example,
looking at the part of speech, the spelling, the register etc. of words in a text. See sentence level, text level.
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Word snake noun
A reading or writing activity involving words written in the shape of a snake. Each new word begins with the first letter of the
previous word, e.g. dog→ giraffe→ elephant→ tiger. This activity is often done with younger learners.
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