English refresher course
English grammar refresher course
... the
verb and the direct object (to whom or
for whom)
Ex: She gave Tina a big hug.
Basics of English
Objective:
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To learn how to use grammar properly (4)
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To learn how to read and write
Fluent English Complete Course
... THE BREEZE 199
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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
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A complete English language course part 1
... Gareth.
Colloquial English: a complete English language course /
Gareth King.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. English language – Textbooks for foreign speakers.
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A Complete English
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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...
A complete English language course part 3
... 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
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HAMIRA
: ... on a course
1
somewhere.
But there’s his brother, Mike. He’s...
A complete English language course part 4
... 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 –...
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... 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
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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
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FORM
(for example, speak changes to spoke, not ‘speaked’), an...
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... 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...
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... ____
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 __...