LanguageGuide: English Grammar: Introduction: Write, Read

Writing, Reading

book		story
fiction (adj.)		non-fiction (adj.)
poem		novel
short story		essay
letter		writer
author		poet

write - wrote
read - read

	She never writes letters.
	He is writing a love letter to his girlfriend.
	I just read a beautiful poem.
	We need to read this story for our English class.

writing utensils

	typewriter
	computer

	This author always writes his novels with a pencil and paper.
	He wrote the letter by hand.
	I wrote this story on a computer.

Could you translate this letter for me?

chapter		page
sentence		phrase
word		letter
capital letter		lower case letter

She has to read a three-hundred-page novel by Wednesday.

Pictorial Vocabulary Guide

dictionary		encyclopedia
vocabulary		definition
entry		meaning

mean - meant
look up

	What does this word mean?
	I don't know. Let's look it up in the dictionary.
	She didn't mean to do it.

How do you spell 'love'?

-	l - o - v - e

pronounce
mispronounce

	How do you pronounce it?
	Her pronunciation is perfect.

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