Each worksheet in this section focuses on one particular word and analyses some of its many meanings and uses.

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This section deals with some of the most important and versatile words in the English language. These words form some of the core vocabulary of any speaker, but they may have so many uses and meanings that the learner would need to learn these new meanings and uses while progressing through the levels. The aim of this section is to explore these words as fully as possible to practise them as much as possible. So far there are four words in this section: act, get, nerve and time. Other words will be added in the password protected sections, including give, go, make/do, move and take.

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Body words

Body Words - Eye	Extended meanings of the word eye.
Body Words - Hand	Extended meanings of the word hand.

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Good

The Good Page

Uses of the word good with prepositions.

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Act

Act	act, action, active, actual, enact, etc

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Get

Get + object	Verb substitutes for get
Get - Change of state 1	get doing, get done
Get - Change of state 2	get doing, get done
Get - Change of state 3	get big, get bigger
Get - Change of state 4	get big, get bigger
Get - Produce a result 1	get (someone) to do something

Also available under subscription: Get - Produce a result 2, Get - Produce a result 3, Get - Produce a result 4, Get + preposition/adverb 1, Get + preposition/adverb 2, Get + preposition/adverb 3, Get + preposition/adverb 4, Phrases with Get 1, Phrases with Get 2, Phrases with Get 3

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Make and do

Make and do 1

Uses of the verbs make and do

Also available under subscription: Make and do 2 (uses with adverbs)

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Nerve

Nerve

nerve, nerveless, nervous, unnerved

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Time

Time - determiners	sometimes, sometime, every time
Time - words and expressions 1	time's up, time's tight, overtime

Also available under subscription: Time - words and expressions 2, Time - prepositional phrases 1, Time - prepositional phrases 2

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Hot and cold

Hot words

Compound words with hot

Also available under subscription: Hot and cold

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