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What is the difference between active and passive vocabulary?
Please give examples for your arguments.

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hi,

What is the difference between active and passive vocabulary?
Please give examples for your arguments.

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active vocabulary: all the words one normally uses in speech and writing + those words that one could use effectively in one's speech and writing

passive vocabulary: all the words that one doesn't and can't use effectively, but that one understands when someone else uses them

I don't know what type of examples you are looking for.

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hi,
What is the difference between active and passive vocabulary?
Please give examples for your arguments.
m

Here is a little handout

OWL at Purdue University: Printable Handouts:Active and Passive Voice

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Here is a little handout

OWL at Purdue University: Printable Handouts:Active and Passive Voice

Have you had your coffee yet? He asked about active/passive vocabulary, not active/passive voice.

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Have you had your coffee yet? He asked about active/passive vocabulary, not active/passive voice.

Ah, no coffee. but some humble pie.

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You're welcome. What do you think?

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Ah, no coffee. but some humble pie.

Whipped cream?

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