The first in the family of best-selling vocabulary reference and practice books from elementary to advanced level. Vocabulary is clearly presented and contextualized on left-hand pages with practice activities on facing right-hand pages. This book is primarily designed as a self-study reference and practice text but it can also be used for classroom work. It is beautifully illustrated in full colour and contains 60 units. Vocabulary is presented in context and there are plenty of follow-up exercises. This edition is without answers.
Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; LEARNER TRAINING: 1 Talking about language (noun, verb etc. and the language of the rubrics in this book); 2 Learning vocabulary; EVERYDAY VERBS: 3 Have / had / had; 4 Go / went / gone; 5 Do / did / done; 6 Make / made / made; 7 Come / came / come; 8 Take / took / taken; 9 Bring / brought / brought; 10 Get / got / got; 11 Phrasal verbs; 12 Every day; 13 Talking; 14 Moving; WORDS AND GRAMMAR: 15 Conjunctions and connecting words; 16 Time words: days, months and seasons; 17 Time words; 18 Places; 19 Manner; 20 Irregular verbs; 21 Common uncountable words; 22 Common adjectives: good and bad things; 23 Common adjectives: people; 24 Words and prepositions; 25 Prefixes; 25 Prefixes; 26 Suffixes; 27 words you may confuse; PEOPLE: 28 Birth, marriage and death; 29 The family; 30 Parts of the body; 31 Clothes; 32 Describing people; 33 Health and illness; 34 Feelings; 35 Greetings and other useful phrases; THE WORLD: 36 Countries, languages and people; 37 Weather; 38 In the town; 39 In the countryside; 40 Animals and pets; 41 Travelling; 42 notices; AT HOME: 43 Food and drink; 44 In the kitchen; 45 In the bedroom and bathroom; 46 In the living room; SCHOOL AND WORKPLACE: 47 Jobs; 48 At school and university; 49 Communications; LEISURE: 50 Holiday; 51 Shops and shopping; 52 In a hotel; 53 Eating out; 54 Sports; 55 Cinema; 56 Leisure at home; SOCIAL ISSUES: 57 Crime; 58 The media; 59 Everyday problems; 60 Global problems; Index.