A complete English language course part 6

... bus.’ Language point 20 – phrasal verbs A PHRASAL VERB is a VERB + ADVERB which together have a special meaning. For example, carry on in Dialogue 4 means continue – it has nothing to do with carry. ... important thing about phrasal verbs is that they often (though not always) have a meaning that is different from the separate meanings of the verb and adverb. For example, turn up means arrive ... turn give let ﬁnd make and the ADVERBS that go with them to make phrasal verbs are usually adverbs of place or motion: about away in over across back off through along by on under around down out...

A complete English language course part 1

... Colloquial English The Colloquial Series Series Adviser: Gareth King The following languages are available in the Colloquial series: *Afrikaans *Albanian *Amharic Arabic (Levantine) *Arabic of ... Arabic of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia Basque *Breton Bulgarian *Cambodian *Cantonese *Chinese *Croatian and Serbian *Czech *Danish *Dutch *English *Estonian *Finnish *French *German *Greek Gujarati ... Gujarati *Hebrew *Hindi *Hungarian *Icelandic *Indonesian Italian *Japanese *Korean *Latvian *Lithuanian *Malay *Mongolian *Norwegian Panjabi *Persian *Polish *Portuguese *Portuguese of Brazil...

A complete English language course part 2

... there are a number of compre- hensive and reliable works readily available on the TEFL market, and at a reasonable price. I have made sparing use of the IPA phonetic alphabet (and in a broad rather ... shy away from grammar, and a glance at the index will show how central a component of the course it is. In explaining the grammar in the body of the book, while aiming to keep technical language ... people learn English all over the world, and they all manage pretty well with the spelling, because the more contact you have with the language, the easier it is. If you approach this aspect of English...

A complete English language course part 3

... OK Adrian? A DRIAN : OK. G ERRY : Do you like vanilla ice cream? A DRIAN : Yes. G ERRY : What about strawberry? A DRIAN : Yes. G ERRY : What about chocolate? A DRIAN : Yes. G ERRY : What about ... what about . . . ? In Dialogue 9, Ben asks Justine Where’s Helen?. Then he wants to ask the same about other people – he says What about Gerry and Adrian? and What about Justine?. We use What about ... . . . K ATH : I know his name – that’s Adrian, isn’t it? S HAMIRA : Yes – he’s our boss. Language point 6 – possessive adjectives Between them, Shamira and Kath cleverly manage to use all the...

A complete English language course part 4

... going to sail to New Zealand in my yacht – Really? Norman’s bought another horse – Really? Chocolate is an aphrodysiac – Really? More than a billion people speak Chinese – Really? Stuart adds Like ... Rosemary. A NN : Rosemary, this is Marian – she’s from Brighton. R OSEMARY : Hello, Marian – what do you do for a job? M ARIAN : I’m a teacher. R OSEMARY : So am I! Where do you teach? M ARIAN ... here. What about you? R OSEMARY : I teach in a primary school. Language point 9 – a /‘an’ and ‘the’ In Dialogue 9, Rosemary says I teach in a primary school – she uses the INDEFINITE ARTICLE...

A complete English language course part 5

... words in English have two pronun- ciations: a FULL PRONUNCIATION when they are given special emphasis, and a more common WEAK PRONUNCIATION otherwise. Here are some that we have had already – if ... Stephen speak Russian play the piano James drink coffee speak Russian Oliver wear glasses drink coffee Jenny play the piano wear glasses Dialogue 5 Chris and Julie are looking through Chris’s family ... to: • ask and say where things are • ask the way to places in town • talk about things that are happening now • give and understand instructions • tell people not to do something Dialogue 1 Jac...

A complete English language course part 7

... is always countable! Another word for tin is can, which is used in the UKparticularly for drinks. For an explanation of uncountable and countable nouns, see Language point 23 below. Language ... that sells meatgreengrocer’s – shop that sells vegetablesrestaurants – places where you can sit down and eat a mealpub – place where you can sit and drink alcoholic drinks and eat foodrailway ... milkBoth uncountable and PLURALcountable nouns:• can be used with some, any and a lot of:Have you got any bread?Have you got any eggs?Give me some apples and some cat foodThere are a lot of children...

A complete English language course part 8

... mineral waters.DAVE: No. I didn’t have a mineral water. My friend had one,but I had another coffee.WAITER: Ah . . . sorry about that. You were right, and I waswrong. 56 Language point 26 ... coffees’We saw in Language point 23 that words such as coffee areUNCOUNTABLE(UC), and that this means that they:• can’t have plurals• can’t be used with numbersBut in Dialogue 4 the waiter says:Did ... talk about possession – changethem as indicated. The ﬁrst two are done for you.1 Dave’s got a new car. [?] Has Dave got a new car?2 You haven’t got a phone. [?] Have you got a phone?3 Has...

A complete English language course part 9

... we can end upat the Indian for a late dinner?MIKE: Great idea. They can try out Indian food, and we canget a taxi back home.SANDRA: I’ll go and ask them what they think.Dialogue 4 Andy ... Sarah and John are having a similar discussion, butthey’re hungry!SARAH: Shall we eat in or go out for a meal?JOHN: I don’t know – I can’t decide.We make like negative by using don’t and ... the park?5 Shall we (catch/catching) a bus into town? 6 How about (meet/meeting) James and Terry for a drink?7 How about (play/playing) a game of snooker?8 Why don’t we (phone/phoning) Jane...

Tài liệu A complete English language course part 10 doc

... restaurant and eating theretakeaway – a meal bought at a restaurant and taken home to eat; alsomeans the shopoption – choicechips – potatoes cut up and cooked in oilorder ahead – use the ... mean either eating out (whichwe’ll talk about in the next unit) or a takeaway – and in Britainthere are usually plenty of choices either way.The cheaper option is a takeaway – going to a shop ... itmight be rather confusing as there are always a lot of differentdishes available, and they all have exotic names! Also, some Indiandishes are very hot (spicy), so be sure to ask about this as well!You’ll...

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