Microsoft Word Glossary March 2011 doc

 
A reporting verb is a verb such as tell, advise, suggest used in reported speech to report what someone has 
said, e.g. Jane advised John to study harder. 
► See dynamic verbs, finite verb, non-finite verb, semi modal, separable phrasal verb, state (stative) verb, 
verbs of perception. 
 
 
Verb pattern 
The form of the words following the verb, e.g. He advised me to get there early. (advise + object pronoun + to + base 
form). 
 
► Verb phrase 
The part of a sentence containing a main verb and any other verbs that qualify it, e.g. He must have heard me; 
Those fantastic things couldn’t have been made by machine. 
 
► Verbs of perception 
Verbs related to the senses or emotions, e.g. hear, see, smell, taste, feel. These verbs follow distinctive 
grammatical patterns. 
 
 

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Version 
A particular form of something in which some details are different from an earlier or later form of it, e.g. a written text 
may have different versions. 
 
Video clip: see clip. 
 
Visual aid 
A picture, a diagram or anything else the learners can look at which can help teachers illustrate form or meaning. See 
aids, realia. 
 
Visual learner: see learning style. 
 
Visualisation 
noun,
 visualise 
verb
 
To form a mental picture of something. Visualisation can help learners to remember new words or can be used for 
creative story-telling. A classroom activity where learners close their eyes and create mental images.