Showing posts with label IELTS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IELTS. Show all posts

Monday, 25 August 2014

Cambridge Vocabulary for IELTS with answers




This book aims to extend and improve the accuracy of your vocabulary and help you prepare for the IELTS test. It introduces vocabulary through listening and reading texts that reflect the materials used in the IELTS test. Learning new words in context can help you to remember them and also helps you to understand their meaning. This book also give you opportunities to practice new words so that they can become part of your active vocabulary.


Cambridge Grammar for IELTS with answers

This book is for anyone preparing for IELTS. This book contains 25 units. Each unit is in four parts:
  •       Context listening
  •        Grammar
  •       Grammar exercises
  •       Test practice.

The Key contains:
  •        Answers for all the exercises
  •           Sample answer for exercises where you use your own ideas to help you check your work
  •           Test tips for each exercises type in the Test practice section
  •           Sample answer for all the writing tasks in the Test practice section.







Meaning and the English Verb

Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite verb phrase: in particular, tense, aspect, mood and modality.

Meaning and the English Verb describes these fields in detail for teachers and advanced students of English as a foreign or second language. This new third edition uses up-to-date examples to showdifferences and similarities between American and British english, reflecting a great deal of recentresearch in this area. It also takes account of the subtle changes which are taking place in the language today.


In print for over 30 years, Meaning and the English Verb has established itself as a recognised authorityon the meaning and use of verb constructions in English. This updated third edition will ensure that it remains an invaluable text for teachers and students of English worldwide.

Advancing Your Phrasal Verbs

This is a vocabulary resource book for teachers of teenage and adult learners at upper-intermediate and lower-advanced levels.
15 units with answers

Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Navigating English Grammar - A Guide to Analyzing Real Language


An engaging and fresh take on the rules and politics of English grammar, written in lively prose. It goes a step further than most books on grammar by providing an overview of the field, with a discussion of historical and current debates about grammar, and how we define, discuss, and approach it. Presents a novel, inquiry–based approach to understanding speakers′ unconscious knowledge of English grammar Makes lucid connections, when relevant, with current linguistic theory Integrates language change and variation into the study of grammar Examines historical sources of socially evaluative perceptions of grammar, as ′good′ or ′bad′, and notions of language authority Provides syntactic explanations for many modern punctuation rules Explores some of the current controversies about grammar teaching in school and the role of Standard English in testing and assessment






New Headway Upper – Intermediate Interactive Practice


New Headway Upper-Intermediate Interactive Practice CD-ROM (3rd edition)

    The award-winning series that combines the best of traditional methods with current teaching techniques.

    Key features

    * New Headway English Course now provides a seamless syllabus progression from beginner to upper-intermediate level.

    * It takes a clear and structured approach to grammar. Grammatical structures are introduced in context, with questions that encourage students to work out the rules for themselves. A comprehensive 'Grammar section' at the back of the Student's Books provides a useful reference before, during or after the lesson.

    * A well-defined vocabulary syllabus concentrates on three key areas: learning new words in lexical sets; acquiring good habits for learning vocabulary; and developing vocabulary 'systems' such as sound and spelling relationships.

    * Integrated skills work is an important feature of the course. In every unit the reading and listening activities contextualize and bring together much previously introduced language. The choice of interesting texts, together with manageable, motivating tasks ensure students develop fluency and accuracy in all four skills.

    * Supportive Teacher's Books at each level include an explanation of the methodology, step-by-step lesson guidance, additional activities, photocopiable tests, cultural notes, and detailed answer keys.

    * Teacher's Resource Books provide photocopiable games and activities to supplement the main course materials.

    * Workbooks at each level offer a range of exercises to revise and extend the grammar and vocabulary covered in the

     * Student's Book, plus extra related input where appropriate.


    * There is high-quality, integrated support and supplementary material at various levels, including: New Headway Pronunciation Course, Making Headway, Headway Videos, and New Headway English Course Interactive Practice CD-ROM.


Professor Grammar's Rule Book

Professor Grammar's Rule Book

50 Essential English Grammar Rules as Broadcast on BBC World Service
In this book, Professor Grammar presents 50 of the most useful grammar rules needed by students of English. Read the rules and then complete the exercises.

This book is based on the highly popular BBC series Professor Grammar.










Ready to Write


Presenting paragraph development in clear, teachable steps, Ready to Write prepares high-beginning and low-intermediate students for the fundamental composition skills needed for successful academic work. Through a clear progression of learning tasks, Ready to Write provides these benefits: Presents important organizational principles of good academic writing such as "topic sentences, supporting details, ordering of details, identifying and eliminating irrelevancies, " and "transition words." Helps students apply these organizational principles to major rhetorical forms, among them "comparing and contrasting, describing, reporting, giving information, analyzing, " and "letter writing." Contextualizes writing in real-world tasks such as "letters, reports, exams, articles for newsletters, " and "advertising copy."






Test Your Phrasal Verbs


Test Your Phrasal Verbs is part of the popular Test Your series devised by Peter Watcyn-Jones. It features 60 tests providing motivating practice in using phrasal verbs in English, This fully revised and updated edition is more user-tnendly than ever with new tips and information boxes, clear explanations and a full answer key.

* 60 tests to practise key phrasal verbs at intermediate to advanced level

* Wide variety of tests, including gap-fills, multiple choice, matching exercises, cartoons, and full answer key

* Tips to guide you on which phrasal verbs to use

* Full answer key


* ideal for self-study and classroom use



The Great Book of Best Quotes Of All Time

An organized collection of very best quotes of all time in very systematic way as an interactive PDF. Customized according to alphabetical order & Contains quotes of Great legends & some top most categories as books, music, A.I, movies, teamwork, Business etc. An organized collections of 200+ pages & 2000+ quotes. The great book of best quotes of all time. This is a Creative Commons Licensed book and is available for free. 













New Cambridge Advanced English


New Cambridge Advanced English places a strong emphasis on vocabulary, collocation and idiom. It includes CAE exam-style exercises but is suitable both for exam and non-exam candidates. This is a third edition, differing from the second edition by only one minor change in a reading passage. It can be used with the second edition Teacher's book and audio components.


















Thursday, 31 July 2014

Check Your Vocabulary for English for the IELTS Examination



This workbook provides material to revise and build the vocabulary needed to pass the IELTS examination. It contains activities to help students prepare for the general training or academic modules of the IELTS exam. It comes with instructions and combines both self-study and classroom exercises.

I found this book excellent for the essay and not only. It gives you ideas on various subjects, and there is a very good chance you will encounter a similar one in the writing test - at least this was my case.

It also helps you moving words from the passive vocabulary - words that you know and understand, but do not use - in the active one, being able to include them in your essay and possibly in your speaking test (read the examples and the essays you write with loud voice - this way you can improve your speaking skills too.



Perfect Grammar: How to Recognise, Correct and Avoid Grammatical Errors


Who else wants to make their writing sparkle? How often have you written something and not been sure if it is correct? Should you write 'its' 'it's' or 'it is'? Armed with this book, you will never make those errors again. This is an essential guide for students and teachers in post-16 education and for people in business. Communication is essential in any organisation and good grammar is the 'oil' that lubricates the flow of communication. 











Advanced Grammar and Vocabulary

Advanced Grammar & Vocabulary is a comprehensive Use of English manual for students preparing for the Cambridge CAE and Proficiency in English or any other EFL examination at a similar level. It combines clear and functional presentation of grammar and vocabulary issues with a huge variety of challenging and stimulating exercises. Its unique item-by-item approach makes it ideal supplementary classroom material, and its simplicity of design makes it an invaluable tool for self-study. Advanced grammar & vocabulary takes a holistic teaching approach, using listening, reading and detailed notes to help learners master all the skills needed at this level. 











The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book


Updated to reflect questions found on the most recent ESL tests, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English. Phrasal verbs are verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs. Familiarity with phrasal verbs and understanding their use as nouns (breakup, showoff, and many others), or adjectives (spaced-out, broken-down, stressed-out and many others) is essential to ESL students. This book’s hundreds of examples in context and hundreds of exercises will be extremely useful to ESL students who are preparing for TOEFL or who simply wish to improve their English.










Understanding and Using English Grammar


The classic text for students, knowledge of which are in the range from intermediate to advanced level. A clear presentation of the material, accompanied by contributing to his learning illustrations makes the book as special product. The third edition has a greater emphasis on the communicative aspect of the English language in the U.S.  ENGLISH ONLY WITH KEYS!





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Work on Your Idioms – Master the 300 Most Common Idioms


Work on your Idioms is a new practice book for learners who want to increase the number of idioms they know and be confident in using them. Each unit presents students with a selection of idioms and clear examples of when and how to use them. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will be able to remember and use what they have learnt in their written and spoken English. 














Academic Writing Practice for IELTS


Book Review:

This  is a self-study publication with two audio-cassettes for students preparing for the Academic Module of the  International English Language Testing System (IELTS), which  is administered by The British Council,  the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) and by  IELTS Australia. 
The book covers the four modules of the  IELTS exam:  listening,  reading, writing and speaking. Special features of the book are:  the reading exercises, the detailed Keys for these exercises,  the wide range of exercises to help you prepare for Writing Task1, and the detailed Key for the Reading Tests. 

The publication may also be used as a course book, or as a supplement to a course
book. 


So that you may repeat the exercises  in this book, we would advise you to avoid  marking the text. This new edition  incorporates the changes to the speaking module  introduced  in July 2001.





Ace the IELTS


Book Review:

Four chapters that cover all the skills: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking - everything that matters, everything that affects your score is explained in those chapters.

 
The format of the exam is described and explained - after you've read the first pages of the book you will know what sections there are, how long each section takes and what you need to do in each section.

Read this e-book in any order you like, the chapters are completely independent, so you can skip a chapter and come back to it later. If you're good at listening, but need to work on your writing, you can go straight to the Writing chapter and study it first.

You can read this 67-page e-book in one day - in case you are time-poor and have found this website just days before your exam. It WILL help you in any case, just know this: the more you practice according to the tips in this book, the better your score will be in IELTS.

Your e-book is a PDF file that you can read on any computer, laptop or mobile device (iPod, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, etc). Take it with you anywhere - no matter what computer you have at home, at work, in your college or university, the e-book will work.

Ace The IELTS Contains:

1.       It guides you step-by-step through the Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking tests
2.       It is written in simple everyday English anyone can understand
3.       It shows you how to manage your time
4.       It gives you clear and simple tips on how to do General Training IELTS tasks
5.       It has examples for every task you might ever see in IELTS
6.       It teaches you great techniques to do things FAST
7.       It tells you how to make the best impression on your examiner
8.       It will get you ready for IELTS in one month or less - that's a promise!
9.       It is up-to-date with 2013 IELTS standards

10.   It protects you from walking into IELTS traps (and there are many)



Achieve IELTS 2: English for International Education


Book Review:

Achieve IELTS 2 is designed for student's preparing to take the IELTS test at postgraduate level. It takes students from IELTS 5.5 to 7.5 and was developed and tested at UK and international universities and language schools by experienced IELTS teachers and examiners. Student's Book provides: clear, useful advice on approaching the test from an experienced examiner; 

Achieve IELTS 2 is designed for student's preparing to take the International English Language Testing System test at postgraduate level.

It takes students from IELTS 5.5 to 7.5 and was developed and tested at UK and international universities and language schools by experienced IELTS teachers and examiners.

Student's Book provides: clear, useful advice on approaching the test from an experienced examiner; contemporary topic-based units covering the core skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking; carefully graded development of test skills, building to a full practice test; a strong grammar syllabus which revises key structures needed by students at this level.

Class Audio CDs (3): CD1 (Tracks 1-27), CD2 (Tracks 1-27) CD3 (Tracks 1-30)

Teacher's Book includes: an overview of IELTS, an introduction to the aims and rationale of the course, advice on how to use the Student's book, activities, suggestions for additional activities, model answers and students' answers with examiner's comments for the writing test, an end-of-course evaluation, full answer key.


Louis Harrison, Caroline Cushen, Susan Hutchison, "Achieve IELTS Student's Book: English for International Education: Upper Intermediate - Advanced Bk. 2" 


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