Technical english vocabulary and grammar alison pohl, nick brieger

vk.com/englishlibrary - vk.com/englishlibrary , Contents Introduction Grammar uses Vocabulary ¡ Production Production Research and development 10 Research and development 12 Information technology 14 Information technology 16 Logistics 18 - Quality (') O g "t! » ::z -< "t! :::o O "!1 ¡;: m - Health and safety Engineering 24 Automotive 26 Chemical 28 Pharmaceutical1 30 Past tenses Past simple Past continuous Past perfect 32 UI 21 66 Present perfect 20 22 Pharmaceutical Present tenses Present simple Present continuous 68 - Future forms 70 Conditionals 72 Verb phrases 74 Active vs passive 76 Causation 78 Obligation and requirements 80 Cause and effect 82 Ability and inability 84 Scale of likelihood 86 Relative dauses 88 Subordinate dauses of 90 - Construction 34 Electrical 36 Electronics 38 result and purpose Electronics 40 Countable and uncountable nouns 92 Energy 42 Comparison of adjectives 94 Adjectives and adverbs 96 Prepositions of time 98 Preposi tions of place 100 Quantifiers 102 Contrasting ideas 104 Glossary of grammatical terms 106 Answer key 107 Checklist 117 Glossary of technical vocabulary 124 Civil engineering 44 Civil engineering 46 Mining 48 Petroleum 50 Petroleum 52 Plastics 54 Agroindustry 56 Pulp and paper 58 Telecoms 60 Telecoms 62 Textiles 64 ", ", l , vk.com/englishlibrary Introduction What is Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar and who is it for? Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar will help you increase your knowledge of technical English and develop your vocabulary and grammar By working through the materials you will become more accurate and more appropriate in a range of key technical contexts You can use it on your own (self-access) or in class (as part of a course) What is in Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar? There are 50 topic areas divided into vocabulary (30) and grammar (20): 11 1-9 Vocabulary: Professional activities 11 10-30 Vocabulary: Company profiles III 31-50 Grammar uses In addition to the topie areas there is: 11 an answer key 11 a grammar glossary explaining key grammatieal terms 11 a vocabulary glossary of 1500 vocabulary items, based around the technical themes covered in the topics 1-3 O A multilingual glossary is available on our website at www.summertown.co.uk Each topie consists of input on the left-hand page and exercises and tasks on the right-hand page The left-hand page presents language through: A sample sentences to show the language forms in use B an explanation and extension of the language forms C examples and descriptions of the uses of these forms The right-hand page presents exercises and tasks to: familiarize you with the language forms provide a controlled task to check that you can apply the language help you practise using the language in a practical context Using the material The book may be used either in class or for self-study.For classroom use, teachers should choose topic areas to supplement the language areas covered by the English course book being followed, either to consolidate the presentation of language forms or to provide additional exercises For self-study use students should choose topies according to their own interests or to problems they or their teachers have identified For both teachers and students, the contents at the front of the book and the detailed index at the end will help to locate appropriate units Having chosen a topic area, we recommend you work through the language presentation left-hand page: A re ad through the sample sentences and note the use of the language forms B study the language forms presented C study the use of these forms The glossary will help you to understand any words and phrases that you don't know , on the - vk.com/englishlibrary , Next you can move on to the practice exercises and tasks on the right-hand page Beforeyou start an exercise: III make sure you dearly understand the task III look at any examples that have been given 11 refer bade to the language forms and uses on the left-hand page, if necessary After you have finished an exercise: 11 check your answer with the key at the bade of the book III if your answers to an exercise are wrong, look again at the left-hand page If you are nat sure, then ask your teacher An introduction to the topic, with examples ot the vocabulary or grammar in context The words in bold are Unit number The tirst exercise aims to tamiliarize you with the language torms detined in the glossary The second exercise provides a controlled task to check that you can apply the language lIlJ::I:DI ~¡¡: /1 M,"h ili,w""",~w,ili 'h, ,.dm~ "",,",,,," 'o, "o""m", "'m'P""'''9 - """" M,,", 0''',"''00''''"" '