aloud

«aloud» in Mova's school dictionary: in a voice that other people can hear, not silently: read… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (aloud)

meaning for a pupil

1) Aloud means in a voice that other people can hear, not silently: read aloud. tree →

2) «Think aloud» means say your thoughts as you think them. tree →

sense in the lessons

At school, children read aloud to the class, to a partner or to a parent at home; reading aloud helps with fluency and expression. In maths, teachers ask pupils to «think aloud» to explain how they solved a problem. In stories, a character «laughed aloud» or «wondered aloud». Phrases: read aloud, say it aloud, laugh aloud, think aloud, wonder aloud.

examples

• Please read the poem aloud to the class. tree →
• Mum reads aloud to us every night. tree →
• I counted aloud to ten. tree →
• She thought aloud while solving the puzzle. tree →
• Don't say the answer aloud — write it down. tree →
• He laughed aloud at the joke. tree →
• She was praying the Lord's prayer aloud. tree →

note

Adverb: «read aloud» means the same as «read out loud». Homophone trap: «aloud» sounds like «allowed» (permitted) — «Talking aloud is not allowed in the library.»

In the corpora

• Reading the words aloud is not the same as understanding them.
• Read it aloud and the quick beat sounds like wheels rushing on rails.
• I played.» A trick: read it aloud, and where your voice stops for breath, a full stop probably goes.
• Reading your work aloud is the quickest way to hear an accidental tense slip.
• Reading your work aloud helps you hear missing words, clumsy sentences and tense slips.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aloud» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.