Subordinate clause: see clause.
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Subordinating conjunction
A conjunction that links a main clause with a subordinate clause e.g. though, while, because.
Subsidiary aim: see aim.
Subskill
Each of the four language skills can be divided into smaller subskills that are all part of the main skill, e.g. identifying
text organisation (reading); identifying word stress (listening). See detail, gist, global understanding, scan, skim
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Substitution
Replacing words, phrases or clauses in discourse with another word or words to achieve cohesion e.g. in the
sentence ‘Bill is going to university next year, and Jim is too’, ‘too’ substitutes for ‘going to university next year’.
Substitution drill: see drill.
Substitution table
A grid giving a choice of grammatical forms:
I
You
go
Do you
He/she/it goes
Does
he/she/it
We
You
They
go
to work by car.
Do you/they
go by car?
Suffix
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word, e.g. good – goodness. See
affix and prefix.
Summary
noun,
summarise
verb
To take out the main points of a long text, and rewrite or retell them in a short, clear way.
Summative assessment: see assessment.
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