Are you struggling with English as a first additional language? Then Study & Master English is for you. This Study Guide has been especially designed to help you master the language component of the National Curriculum, featuring: * Detailed explanation of tricky language usage * Lots of exercises, so you can practice before the exams * Advice on how to do comprehension, essays and summaries * Example formats for letters, CVs, reports and reviews * All the answers, so you can check your own work The Study & Master English Study Guide is an invaluable tool to help you pass your English exam with flying colours!

 

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: Learning Outcome 4. Language: Introduction - language knowledge and skills; Exercise 1. Breaking a sentence into its parts of speech; Exercise 2. Types of nouns; Exercise 3. Diminutive nouns and nouns with gender; Exercise 4. Plural nouns; Exercise 5. Ordering adjectives; Exercise 6. Adjectives of degree; Exercise 7. Similes and metaphors; Exercise 8. Abbreviations and acronyms; Activity A; Exercise 9. Determiners; Exercise 10. Pronouns and the first, second and third person; Exercise 11. Personal pronouns; Exercise 12. Possessive determiners; Exercise 13. Possessive pronouns; Exercise 14. Demonstrative determiners; Exercise 15. Demonstrative pronouns; Exercise 16. Prepositions; Exercise 17. Choosing between the prepositions 'in', 'at' and 'on'; Exercise 18. Adding an apostrophe between and (sometimes) after an 's' to plural nouns to show possession; Activity B; Exercise 19. Verbs and the first, second and third person; Exercise 20. The present tense and the past tense of verbs; Exercise 21. The simple and progressive aspects of regular verbs in the present tense; Exercise 22. The simple and progressive aspects of irregular verbs in the present tense; Exercise 23. The simple and progressive aspects of regular verbs in the past tense; Exercise 24. The simple and progressive aspects of irregular verbs in the past tense; Activity C; Exercise 25. Antonyms; Exercise 26. Synonyms; Exercise 27. Using one word for a phrase; Exercise 28. Proverbs; Exercise 29. Idioms; Exercise 30. Homonyms; Exercise 31. Homophones; Exercise 32. Polysemes; Activity D; Exercise 33. Regular verbs in the present tense and the perfect aspect; Exercise 34. Irregular verbs in the present tense and the perfect aspect; Exercise 35. Regular verbs in the past tense and the perfect aspect; Exercise 36. Irregular verbs in the past tense and the perfect aspect; Activity E; Exercise 37. Varieties of English; Exercise 38. How languages borrow words from one another; Exercise 39. Roots, prefixes and suffixes; Exercise 40. Hyphens; Activity F; Exercise 41. Using a dictionary; Exercise 42. Using a thesaurus; Exercise 43. Connotation of words; Exercise 44. Translating; Activity G; Exercise 45. Adverbs of degree; Exercise 46. Adverbs of intensity; Exercise 47. An adverb of negation; Exercise 48. Register; Exercise 49. Style, purpose and audience; Activity H; Exercise 50. Regular verbs in the present tense and the perfect-progressive aspect; Exercise 51. Irregular verbs in the present tense and the perfect-progressive aspect; Exercise 52. Regular verbs in the past tense and the prefect-progressive aspect; Exercise 53. Irregular verbs in the past tense and the perfect-progressive aspect; Activity I; Exercise 54. Values and attitudes; Exercise 55. Bias; Exercise 56. Emotive language; Exercise 57. Persuasive language; Exercise 58. Stereotypes; Activity J; Exercise 59. Analysing the information contained in verbs; Exercise 60. Finite verbs and real sentences; Exercise 61. Statements and commands; Exercise 62. Organising sentences into paragraphs; Exercise 63. Breaking up a sentence into its functional phrases; Exercise 64. Subjects; Exercise 65. Deciding whether a subject is singular or plural; Exercise 66. Direct objects; Exercise 67. Transitive verbs; Exercise 68. Reflexive pronouns; Exercise 69. Complements and adverbial phrases; Exercise 70. Indirect objects; Activity K; Exercise 71. Using infinitives; Exercise 72. Using infinitives with finite verbs showing mental states; Exercise 73. Using participles as adjectives; Exercise 74. Showing physical ability using the auxiliary verb 'can'; Exercise 75. Showing social permission using the auxiliary verb 'may'; Exercise 76. Showing possibility using the auxiliary verb 'may'; Exercise 77. Showing physical necessity or social obligation using the auxiliary verb 'must'; Exercise 78. Declaring an explanation using the auxil