English Vocabulary: Together and Apart From

Vocabulary is as important in English as grammar. They both go hand in hand. As you progress in English, you learn more grammar, but you also learn vocabulary. What’s the difference between ‘beside’, ‘besides’, ‘apart’ and ‘apart from’?

Today we are going to take a look at a few words and expressions.

The vocabulary we’re going to look at today is:

Apart from

Besides

Beside

Apart

Together

Some common words in English that we use to connect sentences are called Linkers or Connectors.

The most common linkers we use are: and, also, but etc.

Two other linkers are: Besides, and Apart from.

Both of these words have the same meaning as also, and they are known as Additional linkers as we use them to add ideas together.

Take this sentence: I like tea, and I also like coffee.

We are adding two pieces of information together using the words and, and also.

We could also say: Besides tea, I like coffee.

or

I like coffee apart from tea.

The only difference is that besides and apart from are more formal words.

Some other vocabulary is: Beside, Apart and Together.

Beside means next to.
For example: In class I sit beside Julia.

This means I sit next to Julia. She is my neighbour.

Another example is: I live beside my Aunt.

This means my house is next to my aunts house.

I live in the same house as my family.
Therefore, I can say: I live together with my family.
When things are in the one place we say they are together.

When people pray, they put their hands together.

The word apart is the opposite of together, it means seperate.

For example: My friend and I live apart. She lives in a different house.

The word beside is a preposition.

The word together is an adjective.

The word apart is an adverb.