Here are some groups of words that commonly occur in Explanations, with examples. Here is some information about the way the information is shown.
Here are some groups of words that commonly occur in Explanations, with examples from different disciplines. Click on Instructions for more information about the format.
The tasks that follow will help you work with some of these word groups.
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Describing location, structure, procedure |
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| as well as the | Examples |
| in the form of | Examples |
| (at) the end of (the) | Examples |
| can be seen (in) | Examples |
| (in) the absence of | Examples |
| (in) the development of | Examples |
| (on) the surface of (the) | Examples |
| at the same time | Examples |
| (is) made up of | Examples |
| the rest of (the) | Examples |
| in the case of | Examples |
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Explaining cause, effect and significance |
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| (this) is due to (the) | Examples |
| as a result of | Examples |
| an important role in (e.g. to play/take/have an important role in -ing ...) |
Examples |
| be able to (e.g. modal + (not) + ... be able to) |
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| this means that | Examples |
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Reporting what is known or believed |
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| one of the most (e.g. one of the most important/common/complex/significant) |
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| is thought/considered ... to be | Examples |
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Comments
Hello,
I don't understand how to doing this task. May someone can explainning this task to me ?
Hello Winda Asyuni,
In each task you need to complete the sentences with the right phrases. Click on a phrase and then click on the space where it should go. Click the 'Finish' button when you have finished.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Thanks a lot, Peter. Actually, I asked about how to use the sketch engine. I didn't understand to use it.
Hello Winda Asyuni,
It looks as if the Sketch Engine has changed. The links on this page used to take you to a kind of chart which showed you lots of examples of how the words were used in context in different texts. In the past, you didn't have to have an account with the Sketch Engine for this to work, but that appears to have changed. I'm afraid it's going to take us some time to find out how to make these links work as we'd like them to.
In the meantime, you might want to try doing internet searches for these phrases in inverted commas to see some examples of how they are used. For example, if you want to learn more about 'in the form of', do an internet search using "in the form of" (including the quotation marks/inverted commas) and you can see some examples that way, though they won't necessarily be from academic texts.
Sorry about all this!
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Okay, nevermind Kirk . Thank you so much for the clarification..
This task is very easy, and known them is very useful, thanks a lot
I found this task so helpful and easy one
That is so difficult I didn't understand nothing from the task Mr.Peter I was using the dictionary all the time and I find it difficult too :(
sorry, I am a new user, I just want to download learnenglish grammer to my cellphone, but I didn't find android vension in your website, haven't you had android vension yet? thank you
Hello
If you go to the Apps download page you'll see a link for Google Play, where you can get the android version of the app.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps
I hope that helps you.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
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