So You Think You Know English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook So You Think You Know English write by Clare West. This book was released on 2011-02-24. So You Think You Know English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For students at upper-intermediate to advanced level who want to improve their knowledge and understanding of English idioms and other expressions in contemporary use. So You Think You Know English is for students at upper-intermediate to advanced level who want to improve their knowledge and understanding of English idioms and other expressions in contemporary use. The book contains fifteen units, each including up to six lively exercises for exploring and practising idioms and colloquial expressions. Five units cover contemporary idioms in general use, and ten units are linked to a particular theme, such as water, sports, people, food or business. You will learn how to use particular expressions and discover their origins. There is a key to check your answers to the exercises.
So You Think You Know English?
So You Think You Know English? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook So You Think You Know English? write by Peter Francis Webster. This book was released on 2013-05-05. So You Think You Know English? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a brief explanation of the grammar and semantics of English. It attempts to show how speakers and writers can use English to describe what they know, see and feel about the world in general as well as showing how we use English to interact with and manage each other. Grammatical terms are defined based on traditional grammar influenced by some of the concepts of functional grammar. In particular the transitivity of the verb is treated both in terms of how the subject and object relate to the verb as well as to the role of the participants in material processes. This includes a study of the passive voice and the true nature of reflexive verbs. The means by which the present tenses of the verb can express either present or future time and how the past tense can express either the past or hypothetical situations is examined. Numerous illustrations, colour photographs and graphical device are used throughout to help explain mood, tense and how modal verbs enable interpersonal communication. The attributes and physical properties of everyday objects are shown in terms of the use of the article, pronouns and adjectives as well as how meronymy, synonymy, and antonymy enable us to express our perception of things in relation to other objects. We look at how questions are formed and the nature of their answers including the circumstances and manner in which people and things interact. Later chapters deal with cohesion in texts and by means of a detailed study of a newspaper article we look at lexical and cohesive devices in the sentences and clauses of its paragraphs. This book will be helpful to anyone who is studying English for interest or to enhance their awareness of grammar and semantics. Trainee teachers of English will also find this book helpful.
So You Think You Know English
So You Think You Know English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook So You Think You Know English write by Gordon Osmond. This book was released on 2009-08. So You Think You Know English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Whether you're... a language maven who thinks there's nothing left to learn about English, a writer or speaker searching for ways to tighten and brighten your presentations, an English teacher looking for some fresh ideas and some never-before-published exercises and games, an English student who wants to add a bit of fun to the learning process, a game player who would like to introduce a new one, Blingo, at which you will surely excel, an adventurer who would like to acquire a new skill described by Gertrude Stein as the most exciting experience of her life, then... So You Think You Know English is for you. The book combines humor with practical suggestions about dealing with English in such diverse environments as the classroom, the office, the podium, and even restaurants.
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Last Lecture write by Randy Pausch. This book was released on 2010. The Last Lecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Do You Speak American?
Do You Speak American? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Do You Speak American? write by Robert Macneil. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Do You Speak American? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish
