year
1
x
I've been playing the piano since I was seven years.
./
I've been playing the piano since I was seven .
./
I've been playing the piano since I was seven years old .
./
I've been playing the piano since I was seven years of age .
When stating someone's age, use just a number on its own OR a num-
ber + years old/years of age (NOT years): 'I'm almost eighteen.' 'My
sister is fifteen years old.'
2
X
Robert was a little boy of ten years.
./
Robert was a little boy of ten .
a boy/girl/son etc + of + number (WITHOUT years): 'a child of six', 'a
man of fifty'
3
See AGE 2, 6, 7
4
See OLD 1,2
5
See Language Note at TIME
6
See RECENT
yearly
X
More houses are built yearly.

yours 1
youth
tions and negative sentences: 'Do you feel any better yet?' 'The post
office isn't open yet.'
When you want to say that an earlier state or situation has not changed,
use still: 'I've taken the medicine but I still feel terrible.' 'Does Hilary still
go to the same school?'
2
X I didn't finish my thesis yet.
./ I haven't finished my thesis yet.
Yet (= up to the moment of speaking) is usually used with the present or
present perfect tense (NOT the past tense): 'Has the taxi arrived yet?' 'Is
the taxi here yet?'
3
See note at BUT
X Dear Mary Yours faithfully ...
./ Dear Mary YourslWith 10veIWith best wishes ...
X Dear John, Yours sincerely ...
./ Dear John, YourslWith 10veIWith best wishes ...
Yours faithfully and Yours sincerely are used only in formal letters.
At the end of a letter to a friend or relative, use Yours, With love, With
best wishes, etc.
2
X Dear Sir, Yours,
./ Dear Sir, Yours faithfully,
When a formal letter begins with Dear Sir or Dear Madam, it usually
ends with Yours faithfully.
X There'lI be a lot of youths at the party and so you should be able
to enjoy yourself .
./ There'lI be a lot of young people at the party and so you

anytime
apologise (for noun)
appartment
appearence
approch
approximatly
begining
beleive
cancell
carreer
carrer
comittee
completly
curiousity
definitly
dependant (for adj)
descendent
desperatly
develope
diner (for meal)
dinning room
disapear
disapointed
discribe
downstair
ect
embarass/-ed/-ing
exite
exited
exiting

completely
curiosity
definitely
dependent
descendant
desperately
develop
dinner
dining room
disappear
disappointed
describe
downstairs
etc
embarrass/-ed/-ing
excite
excited
exciting
excitement
fundamental
foresee
fourth
fortunately
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fourty
freind
futur
garantee
goverment

realy
recieve
refered
responsability
responsable
resturant
seperate
shinning
sincerly
sometime
specialy
stoped
Correction
forty
friend
future
guarantee
government
grateful
inhabitant
influential
immediately
independent
independence
laughed
licence (n, BrE)
lightning
mathematics
means (method)
medicine

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strenght
succesful
surprise
teaher
technic
thelf
theirself/s
themself
thier/ther
ther
therefor
throught
tittle
transfered
truely
tryed
uncurable
undoubtly
unfortunatly
unpolite
untill
weeding
wellcome
wether
wether
wich

whether
which
wives
wolves
wonderful
writing
yourselves
Word division
Error
allready
allright
an other
any body
anymore
anytime
back ground
base ball
basket ball
boy friend
boy-friend
business man
business woman
can not
country side
eventhough
foot-ball
further more
girl friend
girl-friend
grand father

any more
any time
background
baseball
basketball
boyfriend
boyfriend
businessman
businesswoman
cannot, can't
countryside
even though
football
furthermore
girlfriend
girlfriend
grandfather
grandfather
grandmother
grandmother
grandparent
grandparent
headquarters
homeland
homesick
in fact
in spite of
moreover
nobody
raincoat

4 awaking
be - see BE
bear 2 bore 3 borne 4 bearing
beat 2 beat 3 beaten or beat 4 beating
become 2 became 3 become 4 becoming
befall 2 befell 3 befallen 4 befalling
begin 2 began 3 begun 4 beginning
behold 2/3 beheld 4 beholding
bend 2/3 bent 4 bending
bereave 3 bereaved or bereft 4 bereaving
beseech 2/3 besought or beseeched 4 beseeching
beset 2/3 beset 4 besetting
bet 2/3 bet or betted 4 betting
bid' 2/3 bid 4 bidding
bid' 2 bade or bid 3 bidden or bid 4 bidding
bide 2 bode or bided 3 bided 4 biding
bind 2/3 bound 4 binding
bite 2 bit 3 bitten 4 biting
bleed 2/3 bled 4 bleeding
bless 2/3 blessed or blest 4 blessing
blow 2 blew 3 blown 4 blowing
break 2 broke 3 broken 4 breaking
breed 2/3 bred 4 breeding
bring 2/3 brought 4 bringing
broadcast 2/3 broadcast
11
a/so broadcasted AmE
4 broadcasting
build 3 built 4 bUilding
burn 3 burnt or burned 4 burning

DO
draw 2 drew 3 drawn 4 drawing
dream 2/3 dreamed or dreamt 4 dreaming
drink 2 drank 3 drunk 4 drinking
drive 2 drove 3 driven 4 driving
dwell 2/3 dwelt or dwelled 4 dwelling
eat 2 ate 3 eaten 4 eating
fall 2 fell 3 fallen 4 falling
feed 2/3 fed 4 feeding
feel 2/3 felt 4 feeling
fight 2/3 fought 4 fighting
find 2/3 found 4 finding
flee 2/3 fled 4 fleeing
fling 2/3 flung 4 flinging
fly 2 flew 3 flown 4 flying
forbear 2 forbore 3 forborne 4 forbearing
forbid 2 forbade or forbad 3 forbidden or forbid
4 forbidding
forecast 2/3 forecast or forecasted 4 forecasting
foresee 2 foresaw 3 foreseen 4 foreseeing
foretell 2/3 foretold 4 foretelling
forget 2 forgot 3 forgotten 4 forgetting
forgive 2 forgave 3 forgiven 4 forgiving
foresake 2 forsook 3 forsaken 4 forsaking
foreswear
2
forswore
3
forsworn
4

lean 2/3 leant esp. BrE
11
leaned esp. AmE 4 leaning
leap 2/3 leapt esp. BrE
11
leaped esp. AmE 4 leaping
learn 2/3 learned or learnt 4 learning
leave 2/3 left 4 leaving
lend 2/3 lent 4 lending
let 2/3 let 4 letting
lie' 2 lay 3 lain 4 lying
lie' 2/3 lied 4 lying
light 2/3 lie or lighted 4 lighting
lose 2/3 lost 4 losing
make 2/3 made 4 making
mean 2/3 meant 4 meaning
meet 2/3 met 4 meeting
mislay 2/3 mislaid 4 mislaying
mislead 2/3 misled 4 misleading
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