O level English Vocabulary

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trundle
verb

(to cause something) to move slowly on wheels:

She trundled the wheelbarrow down the path.

Hundreds of trucks full of fruit and vegetables trundle across the border each day.

pervasive
adjective /pəˈveɪ.sɪv//pɚ-/ formal

present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place

The influence of Freud is pervasive in her books.

a pervasive smell of diesel

Reforms are being undermined by the all-pervasive corruption in the country.

Use of Correct English Words

English Guider: Use of Correct English Words

Study O level English Language, Syllabus 1123
with Sarosh Idrees Khan

Which word do you use?
A) House
B) Home

House
(Structure and Literal)
• Describes a particular type of building where you live
• You don’t feel any sort of connection with the building.
• No emotional aspect

Home
(Emotional and Figurative)

• Describe a place where you live and feel that you belong to.
• It has much more personal meaning.
• Strong emotional aspect
• It carries the notion of comfort, security, happiness etc.

A house will turn into a home once there are people in it that will create their own special environment for themselves.

What are the differences between
British English and American English?

Differences between British English and American words (vocabulary) Lisa and Sofia Efthymiou, an American mum and daughter, have listed below a few of the differences between British and American words.

British English/American English Vocabulary Differences

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/20-british-words-that-mean-something-totally-different-in-the-us

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/be-ae.htm

http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/british-and-american-terms

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/british-american.htm

20 BRITISH WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THE U.S. Here in the United States, we speak the same language as our ye old predecessors in Great Britain, but we don't always speak it the same way. So, we asked our oh-so British receptionist, Ryan Lovett, to give us a crash course in some of the more notable discrepancies. Here are 20 words (along with s...

Commonly Misspelled Words

http://www.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/82758/1000CommonlyMispelled.pdf

http://www.stagneskc.org/_downloads/500oftheMostFrequentlyMisspelledWords.pdf

http://flaglerschools.com/sites/default/files/misspelled_words_by_hs_students.pdf

http://www.learning.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwadminoxacuk/localsites/oxfordlearninginstitute/documents/pdg/managingyourself/9_spelling-1.pdf

http://www.kjodle.net/english/words/commonly_misspelled_words_hs.pdf

http://www.spellingpower.com/spbucd/rules/elementary.pdf

Commonly Misspelled Words

http://www.write.armstrong.edu/handouts/Homophones.pdf

SPELLING EASILY CONFUSED WORDS

http://www.isu.edu/success/writing/handouts/spelling.pdf

Commonly Confused Words in English

http://www.gingersoftware.com/english-online/spelling-book/confusing-words/