Fluent English Complete Course

... PREPOSITIONS 214 APPENDIX D REAL ENGLISH IDIOMS 215 INDEX 221 INTRODUCTION Fluent English is a high intermediate-/advanced-level course in English as a second or foreign language. ... intermediate students of English — consonant clusters, linking, reduced English, challenging sounds, etc. • English at Work. The second section of each lesson features English in realistic con...

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... 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 Exercise ... the PERSONAL PRONOUNS that are used with verbs in English. Here...

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... university /ðə jun`vsti/ the hour /ð `ɑuwə/ Exercise 8 Complete these sentences using a/an or the. Don’t worry if you don’t completely understand the sentences – concentrate on the types ... because he is talking about an action that happens regularly. The present simple is easy to form in English: with I, you, we and they we use the BASE - FORM of the verb (the form of the verb wit...

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... don’t speak Italian. My sister doesn’t speak Italian either. Exercise 2 Look at the answers and complete the questions. The first one is done for you. 1 Where does Fred work? (Fred) He works in ... early in the morning. Exercise 3 Here are some things Stephen and his friends do and don’t do. Complete the sentences using the information from the box. 1 [+] Stephen speaks Russian 2 [–] Olive...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... to tell someone to do something: Open the door Close the window Lock the door But in colloquial English this way of giving commands is rather short and can sound rude. If we want to give someone ... get lost again – she means become lost. Get is a verb with many different meanings in colloquial English – have a look in a dictionary and see how many are listed. Here are just a few of the m...

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... between the do and did auxiliaries. Exercise 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 ____ ... Language point 23 below. Language point 23 – counting and quantity There are two types of noun in English: • nouns such as cup, egg, garden, book, mouse which are COUNTABLE (C) • nouns such...

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... use sorry, of course, to apologise to someone. If we want to refer back to the situation or incident we’re apologising for, we say sorry about that. Most dictionaries for learners of English will ... saw got in Language point 24 – but got is also used with have to show possession in colloquial English. In Dialogue 3 the barman says: We haven’t got any lager 54 Idiom • When something is so...

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... chess? (order the food) Would you like to order the food ? (practise your English) Would you like to practise your English? (do some aerobics) Would you like to do some aerobics ? (have lunch ... ING - FORM of the verb) 66 Idiom • Hang on a moment means ‘Wait a moment’ Idioms • packed out means ‘completely full of people’ • I can’t be bothered (doing) means ‘I’m not really interested in...

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