Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

Regular verb: see verb. 
 
Reinforce: see consolidate. 
 
Relative clause: see clause. 
 
Relative pronoun: see pronoun. 
 
Relevance 
noun, 
relevant 
adjective 
The degree to which something is related to or useful in a situation. 
 
►  Repair 
strategy 
An utterance which corrects or modifies what has just been said.  
 
Repetition
noun,
 repeat 
verb
 
To say something again, often for practice. This is often done in drills.
 
 
Report back
verb
 
When a learner tells the whole class what was discussed in groupwork or pairwork. 
 
Reported speech, statement, question 
When someone’s words are reported by another person, e.g. She said she was sorry. See direct speech, question 
and indirect question.  
 
Reporting verb: see verb. 
 
Request, make a (polite) request 
To ask someone politely to do something, e.g. Please could you open the window? 
 
Resources: see aids, reference materials, learning resources. 
 

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Response 
noun,
 respond 
verb

A reply or reaction to communication such as a laugh, a smile, saying something. Teachers and learners may 

respond to each other in writing, speech or in the form of a facial expression.