English refresher course

Ngày tải lên: 30/08/2014, 15:52

... the verb and the direct object (to whom or for whom) Ex: She gave Tina a big hug. Basics of English Objective: • To learn how to use grammar properly (4) • To learn how to read and write

Ngày tải lên: 30/08/2014, 15:46

... THE BREEZE 199 20 A Say It Clearly!: English Intonation 199 20 B English At Work: Dialogue - A Block Party 199 20 C Build Your Vocabulary 200 20 D English Under the Hood: 1. Participial ... 14 B English At Work: Dialogue - He's Always Been a Good Student! 134 14 C Build Your Vocabulary 135 14 D English Under the Hood: 1. Verbs Followed by Infinitives 137 36 FLUE...

Ngày tải lên: 15/04/2013, 12:18

... Gareth. Colloquial English: a complete English language course / Gareth King. p. cm. Includes index. 1. English language – Textbooks for foreign speakers. 2. English language – Spoken English – Problems, ... 194 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1211 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 4211 Colloquial English A Complete English Lang...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... you. 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1211 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 4211 English spelling You will see that sometimes phonetic symbols have been used to help you with pronunciation in this book. This is because English spelling (like French ... learning English, but it is something that must be accepted from the start – you will hav...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... number of idiomatic meanings in colloquial English. In Dialogue 7, Su asks Is Tim off today?, and in Dialogue 11, Rosemary says that Steve is off on a course – in this kind of-phrase, off 1111 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1211 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 4211 13 S HAMIRA : ... on a course 1 somewhere. But there’s his brother, Mike. He’s...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 16:15

... which is a consonant sound, so a is correct here. Pronunciation Many very commonly used words in English have both STRONG and WEAK pronunciations. In normal speech we use the weak pronunci- ation ... also have said Me too!, Same here! or So am I! Here are some more examples: Posh and Becks are English – Like me! Terry’s a long-distance lorry driver – Me too! My brother’s an accountant –...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 16:15

... piano wear glasses Language point 14 – forms of the verb There are five main forms of the verb in English – let’s look at them quickly, using an ordinary REGULAR VERB , talk: BASE - FORM talk – ... talk – this is the same as the base-form, but with to in front However, a lot of common verbs in English are IRREGULAR in the ED - FORM (for example, speak changes to spoke, not ‘speaked’), an...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... means continue – it has nothing to do with carry. Phrasal verbs are very important in colloquial English – they are often used instead of more formal ‘standard’ words. Here are some more examples: find ... ‘disappoint’ fall out = ‘argue’ break down = ‘stop working’ (machine) It’s usually the very common verbs in English that form phrasal verbs – verbs such as: come go put set take turn giv...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... ____ 9 cheese ____ 10 biscuits ____ 11 rice ____ 12 bottles of water ____ 13 a chicken ____ 14 an English book ____ 15 toothpaste ____ 16 light bulbs ____ 17 toothbrush ____ 18 playing cards ____ 19 ... 3 Complete the sentences using either do or did. 1 ____ you see Gerry yesterday? 2 ____ you speak English? 3 ____ you know where the bank is? 4 ____ you get enough wine for the party? 5 __...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 20:15