Title: English for Social Interaction: Everyday IdiomsSeries: English for Social Interaction
Author(s): Betty Kirkpatrick, M.A.
Publisher: Learners Publishing
Date: 2006
Pages: 130
Size: 7.58 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: Very Good, readable, full-color
Language: American English
The English for Social Interaction series is intended to help learners acquire spoken English skills so that they can engage in fluent communication. Everyday Idioms presents a series of 30 specially written passages which are based on the kind of realistic conversations which might take place in everyday life. The key expressions are explained, supported by example sentences and, where relevant, Language Help notes. Exercises with accompanying answers are also included for self-testing. [+/-]
Key features
• 30 realistic and lively passages dealing with everyday situations
• Each passage containing expressions frequently found in everyday conversation
• Clear explanations of useful expressions, lots of example sentences and Language Help notes
• Exercises for self-testing with answer key
Contents
1. The day out that never happened
2. Money worries
3. An unexpected holiday
4. Just a rumour
5. Why no noise?
6. Will it rain?
7. Time for a change
8. To tell or not to tell?
9. How to avoid decorating
10. No holiday from family bickering
etc.
About the author
Betty Kirkpatrick has a long and distinguished career as editor, publisher and writer of English reference books. She was the editor of Chambers Twentieth Dictionary (1983), the editor of Roget’s Thesaurus (1987 and 1988) and compiler of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (1994). Her Dictionary of Cliches (1996), published by Bloomsbury, is also available in a US edition and a Japanese edition. A language consultant to the Encarta Dictionary (1999), published by Bloomsbury, and to Collins School Dictionaries (2000), she used to write a weekly language column for the Herald newspaper, based in Glasgow.
Key features
• 30 realistic and lively passages dealing with everyday situations
• Each passage containing expressions frequently found in everyday conversation
• Clear explanations of useful expressions, lots of example sentences and Language Help notes
• Exercises for self-testing with answer key
Contents
1. The day out that never happened
2. Money worries
3. An unexpected holiday
4. Just a rumour
5. Why no noise?
6. Will it rain?
7. Time for a change
8. To tell or not to tell?
9. How to avoid decorating
10. No holiday from family bickering
etc.
About the author
Betty Kirkpatrick has a long and distinguished career as editor, publisher and writer of English reference books. She was the editor of Chambers Twentieth Dictionary (1983), the editor of Roget’s Thesaurus (1987 and 1988) and compiler of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (1994). Her Dictionary of Cliches (1996), published by Bloomsbury, is also available in a US edition and a Japanese edition. A language consultant to the Encarta Dictionary (1999), published by Bloomsbury, and to Collins School Dictionaries (2000), she used to write a weekly language column for the Herald newspaper, based in Glasgow.
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