english language course book free download
A complete English language course part 1
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... language course /
Gareth King.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. English language – Textbooks for foreign speakers.
2. English language – Spoken English – Problems,
exercises, etc. I. Title. II. Series.
PE1128.K43 ... catalogue record for this book is available from the
British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
King, Gareth.
Colloquial English: a complete English language course /
Gareth ... 194
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A Complete English
Language Course
Gareth King
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A complete English language course part 2
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English spelling
You will see that sometimes phonetic symbols have been used to
help you with pronunciation in this book. This is because English
spelling (like French ... learn English all over the world, and they all manage
pretty well with the spelling, because the more contact you have
with the language, the easier it is. If you approach this aspect of
English ... series, Colloquial English necessarily departs in some respects
from its fellows.
For a start, it is written in the target language, and an assump-
tion of prior knowledge of the language must therefore...
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A complete English language course part 3
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... individuals).
Language point 8 – ‘Let’s . . .’
When Rosemary says Let’s go . . . , shall we?, she’s making a sugges-
tion to Stuart. This is a very common way of doing this in English
– you start ... number of idiomatic meanings in colloquial
English. In Dialogue 7, Su asks Is Tim off today?, and in Dialogue 11,
Rosemary says that Steve is off on a course – in this kind of-phrase, off
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... on a course
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somewhere.
But there’s his brother, Mike. He’s in computers.
S
TUART
: Really? Like me!
R
OSEMARY
: Let’s go and introduce ourselves, shall we?
S
TUART
: Good idea.
1 off on a course...
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A complete English language course part 4
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... ‘rise’, ‘get out of bed in the morning’
2 work out = ‘do exercises’
Language point 12 – present simple
There are two present tenses in English: the
PRESENT SIMPLE
and the
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
. Mark ... Vicki!
R
OSEMARY
: Bye, Vicki!
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Language point 10 – saying goodbye
You may have noticed that none of the speakers in Dialogue 13
actually said Goodbye – in colloquial English this phrase is usually
shortened ... also have said Me too!, Same here!
or So am I! Here are some more examples:
Posh and Becks are English – Like me!
Terry’s a long-distance lorry driver – Me too!
My brother’s an accountant – Same...
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A complete English language course part 5
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... glasses drink coffee
Jenny play the piano wear glasses
Language point 14 – forms of the verb
There are five main forms of the verb in English – let’s look at them
quickly, using an ordinary
REGULAR ... and James.
J
ULIE
: How handsome they are!
C
HRIS
: Thank you!
Language point 13 – weak forms
A number of very common short words in English have two pronun-
ciations: a
FULL PRONUNCIATION
when ... talk – this is the same as the base-form, but
with to in front
However, a lot of common verbs in English are
IRREGULAR
in the
ED
-
FORM
(for example, speak changes to spoke, not ‘speaked’), and
there...
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A complete English language course part 6
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... lot.
P
ASSER
-
BY
: Quite all right.
Language point 19 – genitive
In Dialogue 3 the passer-by says:
the end of the road not ‘the road’s end
’
But we say
John’s book not ‘the book of John
’
So we have two ... dive!
10 birthday party ___ j Don’t make too much noise!
Language point 18 – asking people
to do things
Instead of giving commands (Language point 17), we usually ask
people to do things for ... say
John’s book not ‘the book of John
’
So we have two
GENITIVE
constructions in English:
POSSESSIVE
: John’s book (X’s Y)
OF
-
PHRASE
: the end of the road (the Y of X)
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Idiom
We use the phrase...
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A complete English language course part 7
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... and countable nouns,
see Language point 23 below.
Language point 23 – counting and
quantity
There are two types of noun in English:
ã nouns such as cup, egg, garden, book, mouse which are
COUNTABLE
(C)
ã ... gardens, books, mice
ã are used in the singular with a/an: a cup, an egg, a garden
ã can be used with numbers: three mice, seven books
ã are used with many: how many cups?, too many books
Uncountable ... cheese ____
10 biscuits ____
11 rice ____
12 bottles of water ____
13 a chicken ____
14 an English book ____
15 toothpaste ____
16 light bulbs ____
17 toothbrush ____
18 playing cards ____
19...
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A complete English language course part 8
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Most dictionaries for learners of English will tell you when a noun
can be both UC and C. Some books and dictionaries call UC nouns
MASS NOUNS
.
Language point 27 – ‘don’t think’
In Dialogue ... _____________________
9 Henry doesn’t read books. _____________________
10 The students aren’t listening. _____________________
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Language point 26 – ‘two coffees’
We saw in Language point 23 that words ... is
this?
A
SSISTANT
: A bad one.
Language point 25 – ‘have’
We saw got in Language point 24 – but got is also used with have
to show possession in colloquial English. In Dialogue 3 the barman
says:
We...
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A complete English language course part 9
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chess?
(order the food) Would you like to order the food
?
(practise your English) Would you like to practise your
English?
(do some aerobics) Would you like to do some aerobics
?
(have lunch ... How about (play/playing) a game of snooker?
8 Why don’t we (phone/phoning) Jane to see if she’s free?
9 Shall we (stay/staying) in tonight?
10 How about (go/going) for a swim?
Exercise 2
Fill ... ___________________________ ?
(shall)
3 organise a party ___________________________ ?
(let’s)
4 practise our English ___________________________ ?
(why)
5 wash the car ___________________________ ?
(shall)
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Tài liệu A complete English language course part 10 doc
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... Language point 35 – phone language
Speaking on the phone in English is easy once you have learnt a
few important phrases:
ã Use ... question ‘Do you like fast food?’ at the
end of Language point 33 – can you draw two lines to divide the
answers into positive, neutral and negative?
Language point 34 – choosing between
two things, ... really like to give it a try, wouldn’t you?
S
USAN
: OK, let’s go there. Shall we phone first to book a
table?
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... meeting.
C
YNTHIA
: Thanks.
Language point 37 – ‘as soon as’
In Dialogue 3 the secretary says she’ll make sure Bob Watford calls:
as soon as he gets
out of the meeting
In English we use the
PRESENT ... his
secretary.
C
YNTHIA
: Hello, it’s Cynthia Palmer here. Can I speak to Bob
Watford please?
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(In American English people use this for both people, and say Who
is this?)
If the phone is answered by someone ... shut the door (until/when) you leave?
4 Phone us (as soon as/until) you arrive.
5 Give me back the book (before/when) you finish it.
6 Let’s wait here (till/before) Suzie arrives.
7 Pay me back the...
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Tài liệu A complete English language course part 12 ppt
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... about this and other holidays.
Language point 41 – present for future
James asks Henry:
What are you doing
over the Bank Holiday?
He uses the
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(Language point 21) to talk about
something ... It’s important to
keep your mum happy!
Language point 42 – empty ‘it’
When we are talking about the time and date we use it as an empty
subject (because in English complete sentences usually need ... Asking for things in English is easy.
______________________________ .
5 Setting fire to your nose is stupid.
___________________________ .
6 Learning Vietnamese is very hard for English people.
_________________________________________...
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Tài liệu A complete English language course part 13 pptx
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... for twelve o’clock.
Language point 44 – more about
phrasal verbs
As we saw in Language point 20 in Unit 3,
PHRASAL VERBS
are an
important and common feature of colloquial English. And we have
to ... it back,
I expect they’ll give you your money back.
K
ELLY
: I hope so!
Language point 45 – state verbs
Most verbs in English are
ACTION VERBS
– they describe an action
that lasts a short period ... the cinema this evening.
3 Brian (isn’t liking/doesn’t like) vegetables.
4 (Is this book belonging/Does this book belong) to you?
5 My diary (contains/is containing) important information.
6 Adrian...
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Tài liệu A complete English language course part 14 pdf
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... umbrella!
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Language point 48 – ‘what if . . .?’
In Language point 41 we saw how the
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
is
often used in English to mean the
FUTURE
. Sometimes ... lightning
umbrella – something for protecting you from the rain
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Language point 47 – ‘can’, ‘could’ and
‘should’
In Language point 18 we saw the
AUXILIARY
could /kυd/ used with
the
BASE
-
FORM
to ... main meaning of can is be able to:
Can
you swim? =Are
you able to swim?
I can
speak English. = I am able to speak English.
Dave can
ride a bike. = Dave is able to ride a bike.
Note that:
1 can doesn’t...
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Tài liệu A complete English language course part 15 pptx
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... want to buy?
’
but What other books do you want to buy?
not ‘What else books do you want to buy?’
And it is wrong to use else with nouns:
The other books
not ‘The books else
’
Shall we have another ... contin-
uous:
I like
curry not ‘I’m liking curry’
This book belongs
to me not ‘This book s belonging to me’
See and feel are on the list of state verbs in Language point 45, but
in Dialogue 4 of this unit ... pretty useless, aren’t they?
J
USTINE
: True.
Language point 49 – more about state
verbs
In Language point 45 in the last unit we saw that state verbs in
English describe a situation that exists...
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