Consistent: agreement and steady behaviour
Accounts can agree with evidence, and habits can stay steady over time: both can be described with consistent.
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Mutual: shared by both sides
Respect between neighbours and support between teams can go both ways; explore how to describe shared feelings and arrangements.
Read and practiseComplex: connected parts
A network of interlocking elements can be complex even when its purpose is easy to understand.
Read and practiseControversial topics and public disagreement
A disputed policy or decision can divide public opinion; explore how this adjective describes such disagreement.
Read and practiseAdequate: enough for a purpose
Sufficient space, training or light meets a particular need; learn to express that standard with this adjective.
Read and practisealways: frequency and position
Use always for repeated habits, place it with a main verb or be, and distinguish not always from never.
Read and practiseoften: talking about frequency
Describe things that happen frequently with often, place it in a sentence and compare it with always and never.
Read and practiseSometimes: occasional habits
Use sometimes to describe occasional habits, place it naturally in sentences and distinguish it from sometime.
Read and practiseTogether: shared actions
Use together to describe people doing something with each other or objects placed in one group.
Read and practiseAgain: one more time
Use again to request repetition, describe a repeated event and arrange another meeting.
Read and practiseHere: this place and movement toward it
Use here to describe the current place or movement toward it, and contrast it with there.
Read and practiseNow: the present moment
Use now to describe the current situation, ask to act immediately and contrast present with past.
Read and practiseThere: a place away from the speaker
Point to another place, describe where someone works, and talk about moving toward a place away from you.
Read and practiseToday: the current day
A class, a journey or a meal can happen on the current day; say when it happens with one short word.
Read and practiseTomorrow: the next day
Plans, meetings and opening times can all refer to the day after today with one familiar time word.
Read and practisealready: something has happened
Use already for a change that has happened by now, compare it with not yet and place it in a sentence.
Read and practisesoon: before long
Use soon to discuss an expected event, ask how soon something can happen and say soon after another event.
Read and practisenever: frequency, negatives and position
Use never for no occasions, place it with main verbs and be, and distinguish it from not always.
Read and practiseQuickly: describing how an action happens
Use quickly to describe the speed of an action and distinguish the adverb from the adjective quick.
Read and practiseEarly: time before the expected moment
Use early for an action or event before the expected time, and compare timings with earlier.
Read and practiseLate and lately: time and recent periods
Use late for an action after the expected time and distinguish it from lately, meaning recently.
Read and practiseAlmost: close but not quite
Use almost to describe something close to completion, an amount near a limit or an event that nearly happened.
Read and practiseInstead: choosing an alternative
Use instead to name a replacement and instead of before a noun or -ing action.
Read and practiseCarefully: acting with attention
Use carefully to describe an action done with attention, and distinguish it from the adjective careful.
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