curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-common-phrasal-verbs-and-idioms/6852fcfe6e20aa46040c369a.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
That's a good point. BLANK we can simplify it by cutting down BLANK steps.
Perhaps
This suggests a possibility. The first letter is capitalized.
unnecessary
This describes something that can be removed because it is not needed.
Perhaps means "maybe" or "possibly". It is used when someone is not completely sure but wants to suggest something. For example:
Perhaps we can try a new tool for project tracking. – This means the speaker is suggesting the idea as a possibility.
The prefix un- is added to adjectives to create the opposite meaning. In unnecessary, the base word is necessary (meaning needed), and un- makes it mean "not needed". Another example:
It was an unfair decision. – Unfair is the opposite of fair, meaning not just or not equal.
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