Carrying & Leading

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Duc - Lead

Words containing 'duc' generally mean leading.

Conduct

In the musical sense, to conduct means to lead a group of musicians in the music they're playing.
- Example: He conducted the piece beautifully.
- Alternative: He led [the orchestra through] the piece beautifully.

Educate

To educate means to lead people to greater knowledge.
- Example: She educated me on the civil rights movement in America.
- Alternative: She taught me about the civil rights movement in America.

Port - Carry

Words containing 'port' generally mean carrying.

Portable

Things that are portable can be carried.
- Example: I really need a portable fan in this heat.
- Alternative: I really need a handheld fan in this heat.

Porter

A porter is someone whose job it is to carry luggage.
- Example: My suitcase was so heavy that even the porter struggled to carry it.

Export

To export is to send or carry things from one place to another. It's often used in the context of taking things from your country to another country.
- Example: The strawberries were exported to other European countries.
- Alternative: The strawberries were sent to other European countries.

Import

To import is to send or carry things into somewhere from somewhere else. It's often used in the context of bringing things from one country to your own country.
- Example: The car was imported from Germany.
- Alternative: The car was sent over from Germany.

Report

To report is to describe something. Someone who is reporting is 'carrying' back information about something.
A report is a document detailing this kind of information. It's a written account of the information 'carried' back.
- Example: Ingrid reported the event with total accuracy.
- Alternative: Ingrid recounted the event with total accuracy.

1Spelling

1.1Spelling

1.1.1Hard 'U' & 'I' Sounds

1.1.2Words Ending in '-sure', & '-mure'

1.1.3Words Ending in '-sion'

1.1.4'Ei', 'Eigh' & 'Ey' Spellings

1.1.5Spelling Words with 'Ch'

1.1.6Spelling Words with 'Sc'

1.1.7Silent Letters

1.1.8i Before e Rule

1.1.9Hard & Soft 'c' Sounds

1.1.10End of Topic Test - Spelling

1.2Prefixes

1.2.1'Anti-' & 'Auto-'

1.2.2Not & 'Inter-'

1.2.3'Mis-', 'Dis-' & 'Re-'

1.2.4'Sub-' & 'Super-'

1.3Suffixes

1.3.1Vowel Suffixes

1.3.2Short Vowel Suffixes

1.3.3Suffixes: '-ous'

1.3.4Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'

1.3.5Rules for Suffixes: '-ous' 2

1.3.6Suffixes: '-ly'

1.3.7Suffixes: '-ation'

1.3.8Suffixes: '-ation' 2

1.3.9Spelling: '-tion' Endings

1.3.10Spelling: '-sion' Endings

1.3.11Spelling: '-ssion' Endings

1.3.12Spelling: '-cian' Endings

1.3.13End of Topic Test - Prefixes & Suffixes

1.4Making Words Plural

1.4.1Plurals

1.5Homophones

1.6Word Meanings

1.6.1Homonyms

2Punctuation

3Grammar

3.1Word Classes

3.1.1Nouns

3.1.2Pronouns

3.1.3Verbs

3.1.4Adjectives & Adverbs

3.1.5Qualifiers & Quantifiers

3.1.6Determiners

3.1.7Prepositions

3.1.8Synonyms & Antonyms

3.1.9End of Topic Test - Word Classes

3.2Conjunctions

3.2.1Coordinating Conjunctions

3.2.2Subordinating Conjunctions

3.3Writing Coherently

3.3.1Building Cohesion in Writing

3.3.2Avoiding Ambiguity in Writing

3.4Verbs

3.4.1Subject-verb Agreement

3.5Modal Verbs

3.5.1Modal Verbs

3.5.2Can & Could

3.5.3May & Might

3.5.4Should & Shall

3.5.5Will & Would

3.5.6Must & Have To

3.6Phrasal Verbs

3.6.1Phrasal Verbs

3.7Subjunctive Verbs

3.7.1Subjunctive Verbs

3.7.2End of Topic Test - Verbs

3.8Sentences

3.8.1Subject of a Sentence

3.8.2Object of a Sentence

3.8.3Main & Subordinate Clauses

3.8.4Simple Sentences & Compound Sentences

3.8.5Complex Sentences

3.8.6Relative Clauses

3.8.7Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns

3.8.8Participle Clauses

3.8.9Run-on Sentences

3.8.10Sentence Functions

3.8.11End of Topic Test - Sentences

3.9Tenses

3.9.1Present Tense

3.9.2Past Tense

3.9.3Past Tense Using Have

3.9.4Future Tense

3.9.5Present vs Past vs Future

3.9.6Continuity of Tenses

3.9.7End of Topic Test - Tenses

3.10Adverbials

3.10.1Adverbial

3.10.2Saying Where & When

3.10.3Saying How Often

3.10.4Saying How & Why

3.10.5Using Commas for Fronted Adverbials

3.11Language Techniques

3.11.1Figurative & Emotive Language

3.11.2Active & Passive Voice

3.11.3Idiomatic Expressions

4Decoding Words

4.1Common Word Roots

4.1.1End of Topic Test - Common Root Words

4.1.2Saving

4.1.3Certainty & Clarity

4.1.4New & Alone

4.1.5Believing & Thinking

4.1.6End of Topic Test - Common Root Words 2

4.1.7Carrying & Leading

4.1.8Shape & Place

4.1.9Doing & Making

4.1.10Climbing & Going

4.2Common Prefixes

4.2.1For & Against

4.2.2End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes 2

4.2.3All & Same

4.2.4Away & Far

4.2.5Colour & Shape

4.2.6End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes

4.2.7Back & Down

4.2.8Numbers

4.2.9Across & Through

4.2.10Life & Earth

4.2.11Empty & Broken

4.2.12Great & Greater

4.2.13Hearing & Speaking

4.2.14Apart & Together

4.2.15Over & Under

4.2.16In

4.2.17Less & Smaller

4.2.18Before & After

4.3Common Suffixes

4.3.1Characterised By

4.3.2End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes

4.3.3Disease

4.3.4Lover & Lacking

4.3.5Belief & Study

4.3.6People

4.3.7State & Quality

4.3.8End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes 2

4.3.9Sound & Colour

4.3.10Capable & Relating

5Reading & Writing

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