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Used to 
A structure that shows something happened in the past but does not happen now, e.g. I used to live in London, but 
now I live in Paris. 
 
Utterance 
A complete unit of speech in spoken language. An utterance can be shorter than a sentence, e.g. A: When’s he 
coming? B: Tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow’ is an utterance here. 
 
Varieties of English 
English is spoken as a first or second language in many countries around the world, but the English spoken may be 
slightly or significantly different in each country or in different parts of one country, e.g. different vocabulary or 
grammar may be used. An example of this is the English spoken in the USA and that spoken in the UK. 
 
Variety 
noun,
 vary 
verb 
To introduce different things such as different types of activities or tasks, language skills, interaction patterns, pacing 
or timing into a lesson. Teachers try to include variety in their lesson, so that learners stay interested.

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Velar 
The adjective from velum (the soft palate).Velar sounds are made by moving the tongue towards the velum. Examples 
of these sounds in English are: /k/, /g/  
 
Venn diagram 
A drawing of circles that cross over each other showing the similarities and differences between two or three objects, 
people, concepts, places. They are also used to show a whole set of items and a sub-set of those items, e.g.