Articles by Lynn Harding

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English Word Families: Build, Change and Use Words

You may know the word success but hesitate between “a success project” and “a successful project.” Learning a word family helps you connect related forms and choose the one a sentence needs. The useful goal is to recognise the relationship, understand each form and...

How to Learn Vocabulary from Reading

You finish an English article, underline several unfamiliar words and then forget most of them. The problem may be what happens around the reading: the text is too difficult, you interrupt every sentence, or the words stay in a list you never use. A manageable reading...

How to Use More Precise Vocabulary in English

You know words such as good, bad and important, but they do not always explain what you mean. A colleague may understand that a report is “good” without knowing whether it is accurate, clearly organised or useful for a decision. More precise vocabulary helps you name...

How to Keep an English Vocabulary Notebook

An English vocabulary notebook should help you use words after you close the page. A list of translations can be a starting point, but it may not show which meaning you need or how the word fits into a sentence. Build short entries that connect an expression to a...