repeating
part of speech
verb (repeat, repeats, repeated, repeating); adjective (repeating)
meaning for a pupil
1) Repeating means doing or saying something again and again. tree →
2) A repeating pattern is one that goes over and over in the same order. tree →
3) A repeating decimal has digits that go on again forever, like 0.333… tree →
sense in the lessons
a pattern that comes again in the same order; find what comes at a far place by the length of the pattern; in maths: repeating patterns of shapes, colours or numbers; in music: a repeating chorus; in science: the seasons and day and night repeat in a cycle; in learning: repeating helps you remember
examples
- The pattern red, blue, green keeps repeating. What is the 10th colour? tree →
- The repeating part has 4 beads. tree →
- Write the repeating rule: 2, 5, 2, 5 … tree →
- She is repeating the song 3 times. tree →
- Repeating your spellings helps you learn them. tree →
- The wallpaper has a repeating pattern of birds. tree →
- 1 ÷ 3 = 0.333…, a repeating decimal. tree →
- Day and night keep repeating. tree →
- Stop repeating everything I say! tree →
note
Points to a cycle: the nth item = the item at the remainder of n ÷ pattern length (10 ÷ 3 remainder 1 → red). Trap: a remainder of 0 means the last item of the pattern, not the first. Noun: repetition.
In the corpora
- If a friend is being gossiped about, be kind to her and tell a trusted adult rather than repeating the cruel words.
- Focused practice means practising with full attention on one goal; watching the clock while repeating easy parts changes very little.
- Mandarin doesn't: you answer by repeating the verb of the question, so the «yes» changes every time.
- Repeating «closer… closer… closer» slows time down and builds suspense as the danger comes nearer.
- Repeating a key word, or a synonym for it, helps link paragraphs about the same topic.
Trees and pragmatics
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