Lower-Intermediate
An alphabetical guide to the most common problems of grammar and vocabulary.
Basic English Usage Oxford
Lower-Intermediate
An alphabetical guide to the most common problems of grammar and vocabulary.
cambridge English Pronunciation in Use
English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate |PDF |MP3 |Audio CDs material
HancockIntermediate
The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work.
Sixty easy-to-use units cover all aspects of pronunciation, including individual sounds, word stress, connected speech and intonation. Each unit is supported by audio material in range of accents, available on audio CD or cassette. An additional reference section offers a glossary of specialized terms, help with the pronunciation of numbers and geographical names and fun exercises on phonemic symbols and minimal pairs.
The CD-ROM provides a wide variety of additional interactive activities to reinforce the pronunciation covered in the book, as well as tests, progress checks, games and animated diagrams of the mouth showing learners how to produce individual sounds. Students can also record themselves and compare their pronunciation with one of the many models provided.
Key Features
60 easy-to-use units: key pronunciation points are presented on left-hand pages with a range of exercises on facing right-hand pages.
Audio material offers a clear model for learners to listen, repeat and practise their own pronunciation.
Self-diagnostic tests help learners identify and focus on their own pronunciation problems.
Additional reference section includes a learner-friendly answer key, fun exercises to practise phonemic symbols, a guide for speakers of specific languages, exercises on minimal pairs and a glossary of specialized terms.
Professional English in Use Finance
English Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate
English Phrasal Verbs practice book contains 70 attractive two-page units featuring approximately 1,000 phrasal verbs. English Phrasal Verbs in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for students from good intermediate level onwards. Over 1000 of the most useful and frequent phrasal verbs are clearly explained and practised in typical contexts. The material is designed for self-study, as well as classroom use, and has a student-friendly answer key.
Study English - IELTS Preparation DVD
Study English - IELTS Preparation DVD Rip
Author: Shymkiw, A & Larbalestier, D
Publisher: Insearch
Format: P/Bk
ISBN-10: 0908537271
ISBN-13: 9780908537273
Publication Date: 2005
Description: Pre-Intermediate to Advanced.
Study English - IELTS Preparation is a series of 26 units of work based on video interviews with native speakers of English. Speakers are mostly specialists on topics with relevance to IELTS. The video footage is drawn from science, education and current affairs programmes aired on ABC television (ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
A key feature of this series is its authentic English usage - unscripted language in specific contexts. English learners work closely with both the spoken and written forms, and experience the subtleties and uses of each form simultaneously. The presenter, while talking through the language features addressed in each episode, involves the participant in the video classroom through listening cues, explanations, tasks and activities.
Each unit is based on a bite-sized 10-minute episode, and uses spoken language to demonstrate aspects of English usage such as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. All key skill areas are addressed, including Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. The episodes are independent of each other and can be worked through in any order.
The episodes draw from a wide range of themes: environment, technology, tourism, medicine, architecture, business and commerce, finance, law, and the sciences - archaeology, psychology, biology and chemistry.
A variety of activities are introduced in the video segments. These activities focus on developing both the spoken and written forms of the language, improving grammatical accuracy and listening skills, expressing ideas, building vocabulary and other aspects of academic English.
Each unit features Tips, Study Notes and Activities. These materials consolidate language features addressed in the television episodes. Practice activities include multiply choice, gap fill, matching and other tasks.
Using English at Work (PDF + mp3) multimedia
Using English at Work2008 | Intermediate and up
Do you ever get nervous speaking English with your co-workers because you’re not sure what the “right” word or expression is? After listening to Using English at Work, you will be better able to speak and write business English. Get it right with this complete course in daily English for businesspeople like you!
You’ll learn commonly used words and phrases that will help you succeed in English. The course includes 10 detailed lessons that describe each part of a typical workday. Learn vocabulary related to arriving at work, checking mail and email, attending office meetings, going to business lunches, handling computer problems, scheduling a meeting, meeting with your boss, and socializing with coworkers.
The 10 lessons are:
Lesson 1 – Arriving at Work
Lesson 2 – Checking Mail, Email, and Voicemail
Lesson 3 – Attending the Morning Meeting
Lesson 4 – Working at My Desk
Lesson 5 – Taking a Break/Eating Lunch
Lesson 6 – Having Computer Problems
Lesson 7 – Scheduling a Meeting
Lesson 8 – Meeting with the Boss
Lesson 9 – Leaving Work
Lesson 10 – Socializing with Coworkers
First Certificate Skills - Use of English (with key)
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2/FCE)
Thorough preparation for the FCE Use of English Paper, providing in-depth coverage and extensive exam practice.
Easier English Student Dictionary
The fully revised and updated edition of this bestselling general English dictionary is especially useful for those working towards FCE (First Certificate Examination), and IELTS (International English Language Testing System) examinations. The new edition includes 28,000 expressions used in international English. The selection is based on word-frequency counts and analyses of the CAT (Certificate in Advanced English) exam syllabuses. Entries include examples from everyday speech, irregular forms, derived words, differences between English and American usage, and help with confusable words (e.g. insure and ensure). Encyclopedic comments highlight historical and cultural terms (Guy Fawkes, Pancake Day) and technical terms such as the periodic table, the metric system and greenhouse gases.
• 35,000 entries provide clear, up-to-date terms and expressions used in British, American and International English
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Easier English Intermediate Dictionary
The meanings of the main common senses of each word are given clearly and
simply, using a limited and easily understood vocabulary. Meanings are grouped
together by their part of speech. Examples are given for words that are likely to be
used in practice, to provide patterns for the user’s own production of English
sentences. The prepositions that are regularly used with a word are also shown for
common words, in square brackets. Some less frequently encountered words,
which may only need to be recognised and understood, are given definitions only.
Noted at the end of some entries are words with a different part of speech whose
meanings can be easily understood from the rest of the entry.
Extra help is offered in Notes at the end of some entries. These include warnings
about words which can be confused with each other and unusual inflected forms.
The major differences between US and British spelling are noted
Fundamentals Of English Grammar
Fundamentals of English Grammar is a developmental skills text for mid-level students of English as a second or foreign language.
Relative Clauses
We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.
How to Form Relative Clauses Level: lower intermediateImagine, a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say:
A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl?
That sounds rather complicated, doesn't it? It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing – you want to know who the girl is.
Do you know the girl …
As your friend cannot know which girl you are talking about, you need to put in the additional information – the girl is talking to Tom. Use „the girl“ only in the first part of the sentence, in the second part replace it with the relative pronoun (for people, use the relative pronoun „who“). So the final sentence is:
Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?
Relative Pronouns Level: lower intermediate| relative pronoun | use | example |
|---|---|---|
| who | subject or object pronoun for people | I told you about the woman who lives next door. |
| which | subject or object pronoun for animals and things | Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof? |
| which | referring to a whole sentence | He couldn’t read which surprised me. |
| whose | possession for people animals and things | Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse? |
| whom | object pronoun for people, especially in non-defining relative clauses (in defining relative clauses we colloquially prefer who) | I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference. |
| that | subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which are also possible) | I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen. |
Subject Pronoun or Object Pronoun? Level: lower intermediate
Subject and object pronouns cannot be distinguished by their forms - who, which, that are used for subject and object pronouns. You can, however, distinguish them as follows:
If the relative pronoun is followed by a verb, the relative pronoun is a subject pronoun. Subject pronouns must always be used.
the apple which is lying on the table
If the relative pronoun is not followed by a verb (but by a noun or pronoun), the relative pronoun is an object pronoun. Object pronouns can be dropped in defining relative clauses, which are then called Contact Clauses.
the apple (which) George lay on the table
Relative Adverbs Level: intermediateA relative adverb can be used instead of a relative pronoun plus preposition. This often makes the sentence easier to understand.
This is the shop in which I bought my bike.
→ This is the shop where I bought my bike.
| relative adverb | meaning | use | example |
|---|---|---|---|
| when | in/on which | refers to a time expression | the day when we met him |
| where | in/at which | refers to a place | the place where we met him |
| why | for which | refers to a reason | the reason why we met him |
Defining Relative Clauses Level: lower intermediate
Defining relative clauses (also called identifying relative clauses or restrictive relative clauses) give detailed information defining a general term or expression. Defining relative clauses are not put in commas.
Imagine, Tom is in a room with five girls. One girl is talking to Tom and you ask somebody whether he knows this girl. Here the relative clause defines which of the five girls you mean.
Do you know the girl who is talking to Tom?
Defining relative clauses are often used in definitions.
A seaman is someone who works on a ship.
Object pronouns in defining relative clauses can be dropped. (Sentences with a relative clause without the relative pronoun are called Contact Clauses.)
The boy (who/whom) we met yesterday is very nice.
Non-defining relative clauses Level: upper interediat
(also called non-identifying relative clauses or non-restrictive relative clauses) give additional information on something, but do not define it. Non-defining relative clauses are put in .
Imagine, Tom is in a room with only one girl. The two are talking to each other and you ask somebody whether he knows this girl. Here the relative clause is non-defining because in this situation it is obvious which girl you mean.
Do you know the girl, who is talking to Tom?
Note: In non-defining relative clauses, who/which may not be replaced with that.
Object pronouns in non-defining relative clauses must be used.
Jim, who/whom we met yesterday, is very nice.
How to Shorten Relative Clauses? Level: intermediateRelative clauses with who, which, that as subject pronoun can be replaced with a participle. This makes the sentence shorter and easier to understand.
I told you about the woman who lives next door. – I told you about the woman living next door.
Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof? – Do you see the cat lying on the roof?
New Headway Pre-Intermediate
New Headway is the best-selling series that combines the best of traditional methods with current teaching techniques. New Headway is renowned and valued for a reliable methodology that works at every level. No course offers more in terms of levels, components, and support. This Pre-Intermediate edition is 90% new, with refreshed content and new features.
Writing American Style: An ESL/EFL Handbook
This manual recognizes that preparing essays, research papers, and other academic written assignments is particularly difficult for even the best students if English is their second language.
Focus on Grammar 5 Advanced
Focus on English Grammar 4
Clear, contextualized, and interactive, this five-level CD-ROM program provides a communicative review of English grammar that covers all language skills through a comprehensive, motivating, and fun practice of the grammar points and skills introduced in Focus on Grammar textbook series.
Focus on Grammar 3
Clear, contextualized, and interactive, this five-level CD-ROM program provides a communicative review of English grammar that covers all language skills through a comprehensive, motivating, and fun practice of the grammar points and skills introduced in Focus on Grammar textbook series.
Focus on English Grammar 2
Clear, contextualized, and interactive, this five-level CD-ROM program provides a communicative review of English grammar that covers all language skills through a comprehensive, motivating, and fun practice of the grammar points and skills introduced in Focus on Grammar textbook series.
Focus on Grammar 1
Clear, contextualized, and interactive, this five-level CD-ROM program provides a communicative review of English grammar that covers all language skills through a comprehensive, motivating, and fun practice of the grammar points and skills introduced in Focus on Grammar textbook series.
Cambridge IELTS Objective Advanced
Cambridge IELTS Objective AdvancedAuthor: Capel/Sharp/Black
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Level: Intermediate to Upper-intermediate, Advanced
Objective IELTS is a 2-level IELTS preparation course providing comprehensive training for both the Academic and General Training modules. The course is uniquely informed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus, using analysis of real IELTS candidate papers.
The 2 levels of Objective IELTS can be used on their own or consecutively, so that lower-level students requiring a high band score can start preparing early. Each level offers 60-80 hours of study, which can be extended using the Workbook and CD-ROM.
Total English Upper Intermediate
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