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    Useful words in English

    Here are some words that you'll come across in
    English lessons.
    Using the chart as a guide, try to memorize all of them.
    Look back at exercises mem1 and mem2 before you start.
     
    WORD SYLLABLES DIFFICULT BITS
    advertise ad-ver-tise
    advertisement ad-ver-tise-ment 
    alliteration al-lit-er-a-tion remember double l
    apostrophe a-pos-tro-phe -tro-   -phe-
    atmosphere at-mos-phere -ph-
    chorus cho-rus ch-
    clause clause
    cliche cli-che (pronounced cleeshay)
    comparison com-par-i-son
    conjunction con-junc-tion don't forget 2nd -c- 
    consonant con-so-nant -so-, -nant- :  unclear vowel sounds
    dialogue di-a-logue don't forget silent -ue 
    expression ex-pres-sion double -ss-
    figurative fig-u-rat-ive -u-, -a-, unclear vowel sounds
    genre gen-re pronounced as the French would say it
    grammar gram-mar double -mm-
    More English Lesson words on english 2

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