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... Portuguese and Spanish 11 11 10 11 12 11 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 4 211 Colloquial English A Complete English Language Course Gareth King First ... 36 37 38 39 40 41 4 211 I dedicate this book to the memory of my dear friend Buzz Burrell 19 56–2003 who loved the English language always 11 11 10 11...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... adverb which has a special meaning: blow up, turn off, take off xv 1111 10 11 121 1 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 41 421 1 possessive adjective ... regular verb – a verb that forms its past simple tense by adding -ed relative clause – a clause that adds information about the main clause in a complex sentence: The man we...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 17:15

... 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 4211 SHAMIRA: KATH: SHAMIRA: KATH: SHAMIRA: KATH: SHAMIRA: Do you know the people in our office? I know their faces, but I don’t know all ... ADRIAN: GERRY: ADRIAN: GERRY: ADRIAN: GERRY: ADRIAN: GERRY: ADRIAN: GERRY: ADRIAN: Just answer yes or no, OK Adrian? OK Do you like vanilla ice cream? Yes What about strawberry? Yes What...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 16:15

... conjunction with another verb, as in the last example above) Dialogue 12 Now Ann introduces Marian to Rosemary ANN: ROSEMARY: MARIAN: ROSEMARY: MARIAN: ROSEMARY: Rosemary, this is Marian – she’s from ... Marian – what you for a job? I’m a teacher So am I! Where you teach? In the college here What about you? I teach in a primary school Language point – a /‘an’ and ‘the’ In Dialogue 9,...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 16:15

... identify a place an owner a time a person a choice a thing a reason a way/method Language point 16 – mine and yours In Dialogue 7, Fred says That’s mine, meaning That’s my latte Look at these ... they are given special emphasis, and a more common WEAK PRONUNCIATION otherwise Here are some that we have had already – if you have the cassettes/ CDs, listen again to the Dialogue...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... simply have to learn that turn up is a single idea that means arrive Another characteristic of phrasal verbs is that many of them have more than one meaning For example, set off can mean ‘start (a ... 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 4211 Language point 20 – phrasal verbs A PHRASAL VERB is a VERB + ADVERB which together have a special meaning For example, carry on in Dialogue means continue –...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... ‘Unfortunately you’re right’ or ‘Unfortunately what you say is correct’ Language point 24 – ‘did’ auxiliary We have already seen as an (Language point 12): but Do you speak Italian? I don’t speak Italian ... the same way, we can talk about the past: Did you get any milk? I didn’t get any teabags BASE- (past simple question) (past simple negative) But in ordinary statements (in just the sam...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 20:15

... say sorry about that Language point 26 – ‘two coffees’ We saw in Language point 23 that words such as coffee are UNCOUNTABLE (UC), and that this means that they: • can’t have plurals • can’t be ... 38 39 40 41 4211 Dialogue Su is at the supermarket checkout, where the checkout assistant asks her if she has a card C/ASSISTANT: SU : C/ASSISTANT: SU : C/ASSISTANT: SU : C/ASSISTANT: SU : C...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 20:15

... cinema café? Perfect See you later Bye 66 Idiom • Hang on a moment means ‘Wait a moment’ Dialogue Later, Andy, Bob and Nina arrive at the cinema There’s a huge queue! BOB: ANDY: BOB: ANDY: NINA: ... They can try out Indian food, and we can get a taxi back home I’ll go and ask them what they think Dialogue Andy phones Bob, whose wife Nina is Danish, with a suggestion ANDY: BOB: ANDY...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 20:15

... restaurant and eating there takeaway – a meal bought at a restaurant and taken home to eat; also means the shop option – choice chips – potatoes cut up and cooked in oil order ahead – use the ... number Ah – I’m sorry Quite all right 83 1111 Idiom • by that name means ‘with that name’ Language point 35 – phone language Speaking on the phone in English is easy once you have learnt...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 05:15

... In Dialogue you will see that the newsagent asks Damian Are you prepared to work on Sundays? – meaning ‘every Sunday’ If he had said Are you prepared to work on Sunday? this would have meant only ... 37 38 39 40 41 4 211 James suggests that he and Fiona watch TV James offers to the washing-up James suggests that Fiona should switch channels James suggests that he and Fiona ask some friends ....

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 05:15

... horse again tomorrow Otto’s phoning Austria this evening, and _ again tomorrow evening Terry and June are washing the car today, and _ it again on Sunday I’m planting potatoes today, and ... thinking carefully about it If you make a suggestion to someone, and they say to you I’ll think it over, it means that you will have to wait and come back to them later for an answer 7 What date is ......

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 05:15

... state verbs Most verbs in English are ACTION VERBS – they describe an action that lasts a short period of time and has a beginning and an end Here are some examples of action verbs: say eat read ... same way, present tense questions and negatives are 11 1211 different for actions and states: 13 14 action Is Harry looking for a newspaper? 15 state Does Harry want a newspaper? 16 ac...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 05:15

... won’t answer) _ ? Dialogue Jane is expecting to meet Debbie and Sarah for coffee, but only Sarah arrives JANE: SARAH: JANE: SARAH: JANE: SARAH: JANE: SARAH: There you are, Sarah – ... you a lift? But the main meaning of can is be able to: Can you swim? I can speak English Dave can ride a bike = = = Are you able to swim? I am able to speak English Dave is able to ride a bike ... surp...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 05:15

... 24 are two games that have a special place in their hearts Football is 25 regarded as the national game, at least in England and Scotland, 26 and is played at all levels, both professionally and ... meaning between them Shamira calls the situation annoying, while Kath talks about Shamira being annoyed So: cause of situation: person affected by situation: -ing -ed Let’s look at some more pai...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 05:15