TKT Flashcards
MEMORISE THE MEANING OF TECNICAL TERMS (77 cards)
words tha identify class of people, places or things or to name particular one of these
NOUNS
words that express actions, state or occurance
VERBS
words that modify nouns
ADJECTIVES
words that modify adjectives, verbs or other adverb
ADVERBS
words that make clear which noun is referred to (articles, demonstrative pronouns, possessive pronouns, qauntifiers)
DETERMINER
word or gorup os words used befor nouns, pronouns or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object
PREPOSITION
subtitutions for nouns
PRONOUNS
join words, sentences or parts of a sentence 9reason, addition, contratst, time, condition, purpose, result)
CONJUNCTIONS
describes the thing or idea behind the vocabulary Item
DENOTATION
situation which is used the vocab item
CONTEXT
addition of prefizes, suffizes or compounds which can give opposite meaning to a base word
FORM
words that often occur together
COLLOCATIONS
expressions which can’t be changed
FIXED EXPRESSIONS
their meaning is usually different from the combinations of the individual words they contain
IDIOM
language that occurs in (semi-)fixed units and that we usually learn as one piece
CHUNKS
words with the same pronunciation but a different meaning or spelling
HOMOPHONE
words with same spelling and pronuntiation as another word, but a different meaning
HOMONYMS
the levelof formality of language used in a particular situation
REGISTER
language that we use to express a funtion. It can express different functions based on the context
EXPONENT
use of correct register in different situation and formality
APPROPRIACY
when a person read/listen a text in order to find specific and predeterminaded information
SCANNING OR LISTENING/READING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION
when a person read/listen to a text in order to gather as much detail as we can about every part
LISTENING/READING FOR DETAIL
when a peron read or listen a text in order to get a general idea about what is being talked about
SKIMMING OR READING/ LISTENING FOR GIST
when we read or listen a text in order to work out what the writer or speaker opinion and feeling
INFERRING