voiceskills

There's nothing worse than WANTING to use a particular English word... and KNOWING that you know the word; you've studied the word... but you just can't think of it at the moment. It's really frustrating! Why does this happen? Why is it so hard to bring words to mind when you need to use them? The answer is related to... Active vs. passive vocabulary Your passive vocabulary includes words that you can recognize and understand if you see them, or if someone else says them to you. Your active vocabulary is the words that you can understand AND use yourself. And to be noted that this has nothing to do with "active voice" and "passive voice" in grammar. It is a completely different concept. Most people have a bigger passive vocabulary than active vocabulary. This means you can understand better than you can speak. You know a lot of English words, but you feel like you don't have enough vocabulary to express yourself fully. S...