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English vocabulary for beginning ESL learners, Jean Yates

eng

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non fiction

English vocabulary for beginning ESL learners

959876718

Jean Yates

Practice makes perfect

"With Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners you will soon be talking in English as if it were your first language. Inside you will find more than 1,500 commonly used words you hear at work, at school, and on the street, with topics that range from clothing to cooking, and from doctors to digital devices. This new edition also covers numbers, and the many ways that they are talked about in daily life. This reference/workbook explains nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs -- and how they will help you learn new vocabulary. Once you master the words in this book, you will find it easier than ever to add new ones to your expanding vocabulary. And with over 200 exercises to practice what you learn, you will become comfortable using English in everyday situations."--Amazon.ca

Nouns. People and places ; Singular, plural, and noncount nouns ; Proper nouns ; Possessive nouns and pronouns ; Review of singular, plural, and noncount nouns ; Verbs used as nouns ; More specific nouns -- Adjectives. Making descriptions ; Comparisons and superlatives ; Verbs and nouns used as adjectives ; Adjective order -- Verbs. The verb be ; Non-to be verbs -- Adverbs. Adverbs of place, time, and frequency ; Adverbs of manner ; Adverbs that modify -- English in the twenty-first century : technology. General vocabulary for technology ; Contacting other people : the technology of communications ; Getting information : the media ; Entertainment ; Technology in other places -- Numbers. The numbers from zero to 1 million ; Telling the time and the date ; Identification numbers, telephone numbers, and addresses ; Using whole numbers ; Using partial numbers ; Measuring ; Counting money