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English vocabulary for beginning ESL learners / Jean Yates.

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Now enhanced with audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw Hill Language Lab app, this bestselling guide to learning ESL is more helpful than ever. Based on tried-and-true method, Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners helps you develop your vocabulary and comprehension skills with practice in word building, analyzing new words, and using them in conversation. Chapters are built around themes, such as nouns to name people and verbs for household activities, to help build a comprehensive foundation. More than 200 practice exercises from old and new vocabulary help you practice as you learn. Subjects included in this guide include names for people, places, and things; adjectives that describe people; verbs for household activities; how to ask questions; verbs used for shopping; how to give directions, social networking vocabulary; and more.

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ISBN: 9781264264223
ISBN: 1264264224
Physical Description: viii, 248 pages ; 28 cm
Edition: Premium fourth edition.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

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General Note:	"Comprehensive study program"--Cover.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I. Nouns -- Part II. Adjectives -- Part III. Verbs -- Part IV. Adverbs -- Part V. English in the twenty-first century: technology -- Part VI. Numbers.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

vii

To the Teacher

viii

To the Student

viii

Part I Nouns

(62)

Unit 1 People and Places

(9)

Words for People

(4)

Words for Places

(5)

Unit 2 Singular, Plural, and Noncount Nouns

(21)

Using Singular Nouns

(3)

Using Plural Nouns

(7)

Using Noncount Nouns

(6)

Using Articles with Singular, Plural, and Noncount Nouns

(3)

Using Demonstrative Pronouns with Singular, Plural, and Noncount Nouns

(2)

Unit 3 Proper Nouns

(2)

Unit 4 Possessive Nouns and Pronouns

(3)

Possessive Nouns

(1)

Possessive Pronouns

(2)

Unit 5 Review of Singular, Plural, and Noncount Nouns

(4)

Unit 6 Verbs Used as Nouns

(2)

Unit 7 More Specific Nouns

(19)

Words for People

(6)

Words for the Arts

(1)

Words for Places

(3)

Words for Things

(4)

Words for Events

(5)

Part II Adjectives

(44)

Unit 8 Making Descriptions

(18)

Adjectives That Describe People

(8)

Adjectives That Describe a Person's Condition

(3)

Adjectives That Describe Objects

(4)

Adjectives That Describe Places

(1)

Adjectives That Describe the Weather

(2)

Unit 9 Comparisons and Superlatives

(13)

Making an Adjective Stronger or Weaker

(2)

Making Comparisons with Adjectives

(8)

Expressing Superlatives

(3)

Unit 10 Verbs and Nouns Used as Adjectives

(8)

Verbs Used as Adjectives

(3)

Nouns Used as Adjectives

(5)

Unit 11 Adjective Order

104

(3)

Part III Verbs

107

(46)

Unit 12 The Verb Be

109

(4)

The Present Tense of Be

109

(1)

Asking Questions with Be

110

(1)

Making Be Negative

111

(1)

The Past Tense of Be

111

(2)

Unit 13 Non-To Be Verbs

113

(40)

Regular Present Tense Forms of Verbs Other than Be

113

(2)

Regular Past Tense Forms

115

(2)

Verbs That Describe Usual Activities

117

(2)

Irregular Past Tense Forms

119

(1)

Verbs Used for Household Activities

120

(3)

Verbs Used in a Classroom

123

(1)

Making Verbs Negative

124

(2)

Activities That Are Often Performed in an Office

126

(1)

Asking Questions

127

(3)

Verbs Used for Shopping

130

(4)

Verbs Used in a Bank

134

(2)

Using the Present Progressive Tense

136

(2)

Verbs Used for Outdoor Activities

138

(3)

Verbs Used for Activities in Public Places

141

(2)

Using the Present Perfect Tense

143

(3)

Verbs Used for Leisure Activities

146

(2)

Verbs Used for Cooking

148

(3)

Giving Directions

151

(2)

Part IV Adverbs

153

(24)

Unit 14 Adverbs of Place, Time, and Frequency

155

(8)

Adverbs of Place

155

(4)

Adverbs of Time

159

(2)

Adverbs of Frequency

161

(2)

Unit 15 Adverbs of Manner

163

(8)

Forming Adverbs from Adjectives

163

(4)

Comparing Adverbs

167

(4)

Unit 16 Adverbs That Modify

171

(6)

Adverbs That Modify Verbs

171

(2)

Adverbs That Modify Adjectives and Other Adverbs

173

(4)

Part V English in the Twenty-First Century: Technology

177

(22)

Unit 17 General Vocabulary for Technology

179

(5)

Nouns

179

(3)

Adjectives

182

(1)

Verbs

183

(1)

Unit 18 Contacting Other People: The Technology of Communications

184

(6)

The Telephone

184

(3)

The Fax Machine

187

(1)

The Internet for Communicating

188

(2)

Unit 19 Getting Information: The Media

190

(3)

Newspapers and Magazines

190

(1)

Television for Getting Information

190

(1)

The Internet for Getting Information

191

(2)

Unit 20 Entertainment

193

(2)

Television/TV for Entertainment

193

(1)

Audio Devices

193

(1)

Reading Devices/Electronic Books/E-Readers

194

(1)

Cameras

194

(1)

Unit 21 Technology in Other Places

195

(4)

For Traveling

195

(1)

For Banking

195

(1)

For Shopping

196

(1)

Everywhere Else

196

(3)

Part VI Numbers

199

(29)

Unit 22 The Numbers from Zero to 1 Million

201

(3)

Words for Numbers

201

(3)

Unit 23 Telling the Time and the Date

204

(6)

The Time

204

(3)

The Time of an Event

207

(1)

The Date

207

(3)

Unit 24 Identification Numbers, Telephone Numbers, and Addresses

210

(4)

Forms of Identification

210

(1)

Telephone Numbers

211

(1)

Street Addresses

211

(1)

Internet Addresses

212

(2)

Unit 25 Using Whole Numbers

214

(3)

Numbers in Formulas

214

(1)

Adding

214

(1)

Subtracting

215

(1)

Multiplying

215

(1)

Dividing

216

(1)

Unit 26 Using Partial Numbers

217

(3)

Fractions

217

(1)

Decimals

218

(1)

Percent

219

(1)

Unit 27 Measuring

220

(5)

Measuring Weight

220

(1)

Measuring Liquid and Dry Ingredients

220

(1)

Measuring Distance, Height, Width, Depth, and Area

221

(1)

Measuring Speed

222

(1)

Measuring Temperature

223

(2)

Unit 28 Counting Money

225

(3)

Currency

225

(3)

Answer Key

228

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