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Twenty quick steps to better English for teachers and other busy people

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This book is intended to support people who need to improve their basic command of written and spoken English, but who don’t have much time to spend working on it. The book focuses on the most common problems Swedish speakers have in English and offers a quick fix and also a simple explanation, without going too far into grammar terms. This makes it especially useful for teachers who need to be able to teach English, but feel unsure about their use of the language. There is a companion websit...

This book is intended to support people who need to improve their basic command of written and spoken English, but who don’t have much time to spend working on it. The book focuses on the most common problems Swedish speakers have in English and offers a quick fix and also a simple explanation, without going too far into grammar terms. This makes it especially useful for teachers who need to be able to teach English, but feel unsure about their use of the language. There is a companion website with an electronic version of the text and sound examples for the pronunciation chapters, as well as a self-diagnosis test you can use to see what you need to work on.

      • 9
        Introduction
      • 11
        CHAPTER 1 Subject-verb agreement
        • 12
          How does it work
        • 12
          Making the finite verb agree with the subject
        • 14
          Complications
        • 16
          Putting it simply
        • 16
          Try again
        • 17
          Test yourself
      • 21
        CHAPTER 2 Adverbs and adjectives
        • 21
          Adjectives
        • 21
          Describing nouns in noun phrases
        • 22
          Saying what something is or appears to be
        • 23
          Comparing with adjectives
        • 23
          Comparing more than two nouns
        • 24
          There’s no comparison
        • 24
          Adverbs
        • 25
          Adverbs that come from adjectives
        • 25
          Adverbs that look like adjectives
        • 26
          Comparing adverbs
        • 26
          Awkward cases
        • 27
          Putting it simply
        • 27
          Try again
        • 28
          Test yourself
      • 31
        CHAPTER 3 Prepositions
        • 31
          Using prepositions
        • 33
          How to tell which preposition to use
        • 34
          Expressing clauses after prepositions
        • 35
          Putting it simply
        • 35
          Try again
        • 37
          Test yourself
      • 39
        CHAPTER 4 Do and make
        • 40
          Other uses of do
        • 41
          Putting it simply
        • 42
          Try again
        • 43
          Test yourself
      • 45
        CHAPTER 5 Word order
        • 46
          Putting something in front of the subject
        • 47
          Placing adverbs
        • 47
          Complex noun phrases
        • 48
          Special cases
        • 48
          Questions
        • 49
          Putting it simply
        • 49
          Try again
        • 52
          Test yourself
      • 53
        CHAPTER 6 It is or there is
        • 53
          Uses of there is constructions
        • 54
          Uses of it is constructions
        • 54
          Weather
        • 54
          Times and dates
        • 55
          Giving opinions
        • 55
          Identifying yourself and other people or things
        • 55
          Distance
        • 55
          Putting it simply
        • 56
          Try again
        • 57
          Test yourself
      • 59
        CHAPTER 7 Countable and uncountable
        • 60
          Some words can be either countable or uncountable
        • 61
          Some words are uncountable in English but countable in other languages
        • 61
          General reference
        • 62
          Putting it simply
        • 62
          Try again
        • 63
          Test yourself
      • 65
        CHAPTER 8 If-constructions
        • 66
          Main clause with will, if-clause in present
        • 66
          Main clause with would, if-clause in the past
        • 67
          Main clause with would have, if-clause in the past perfect
        • 68
          Putting it simply
        • 68
          Try again
        • 69
          Test yourself
      • 71
        CHAPTER 9 Run on sentences and fragments
        • 72
          Run on sentences
        • 73
          Fragments
        • 74
          Putting it simply
        • 74
          Try again
        • 76
          Test yourself
      • 79
        CHAPTER 10 Apostrophes and expressions of belonging
        • 79
          Belonging
        • 80
          When the apostrophe is not used
        • 80
          Other uses of apostrophes
        • 81
          Putting it simply
        • 82
          Try again
        • 83
          Test yourself
      • 85
        CHAPTER 11 False friends and homophones
        • 85
          False friends
        • 87
          Homophones
        • 87
          ||To||, ||too|| and ||two
        • 87
          ||Their||, ||there||, ||they’re
        • 87
          ||Your||, ||you’re
        • 87
          ||Which||, ||witch
        • 88
          ||Weather||, ||whether
        • 88
          ||Affect||, ||effect
        • 88
          ||Allowed||, ||aloud
        • 88
          ||Buy||, ||by||, ||bye
        • 88
          ||Complement||, ||compliment
        • 89
          ||Principal||, ||principle
        • 89
          ||Sew||, ||so||, ||sow
        • 89
          ||Who’s||, ||whose
        • 89
          ||Its||, ||it’s
        • 90
          Try again
        • 91
          Test yourself
      • 93
        CHAPTER 12 Eyes and ice
        • 93
          Differences in the consonant
        • 94
          Differences in the vowels
        • 95
          Putting it simply
        • 95
          Practise saying these words
      • 97
        CHAPTER 13 Vowels: man, men, main
        • 97
          About vowels
        • 97
          Lip rounding
        • 97
          Jaw position
        • 98
          Tongue position
        • 98
          Man, men, main
        • 98
          ||Men|| and ||main
        • 99
          ||Man|| and ||men
        • 99
          Putting it simply
        • 100
          Practise saying these vowels in sentences
      • 101
        CHAPTER 14 Vowels: sheep and ship
        • 101
          Long and short vowels
        • 101
          Sheep and ship
        • 102
          Comparing the vowels of ||sheep|| and ||ship|| with Swedish vowels
        • 103
          Putting it simply
        • 103
          Practise saying these vowels in sentences
      • 105
        CHAPTER 15 Sheep and cheap
        • 105
          Hisses and hushes
        • 105
          ||She
        • 106
          Matches and edges
        • 106
          Rashes and itches
        • 107
          Putting it simply
        • 107
          Practise saying these sounds in sentences
      • 109
        CHAPTER 16 Things like this and that
        • 109
          A universal problem
        • 110
          Putting it simply
        • 111
          Practise saying these sounds in sentences
      • 113
        CHAPTER 17 Very well
        • 113
          Keeping things straight
        • 113
          Describing /v/ and /w
        • 114
          Putting it simply
        • 114
          Practise saying these sounds in sentences
      • 115
        CHAPTER 18 Yes, Judge Judy
        • 115
          Yes and Jess
        • 115
          Describing /j/ and /d
        • 116
          Putting it simply
        • 116
          Practise saying these sounds in sentences
      • 117
        CHAPTER 19 Emphasis and contrast
        • 117
          Emphasis
        • 118
          Contrast
        • 119
          Putting it simply
        • 119
          Practise saying these sounds in sentences
      • 121
        CHAPTER 20 Vowels: hot, hut, heart
        • 121
          Hot, hut, heart
        • 121
          ||Heart|| and ||hut
        • 122
          ||Hut|| and ||hot
        • 122
          ||Heart|| and ||hot
        • 123
          Putting it simply
      • 123
        Practise saying these vowels in sentences

Information

Författare:
Una Cunningham
Språk:
Svenska
ISBN:
9789144079486
Utgivningsår:
2013
Artikelnummer:
36051-01
Upplaga:
Första
Sidantal:
123

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Una Cunningham

Una Cunningham, är professor i språkdidaktik med inriktning mot engelska vid Stockholms universitet. Hon är legitimerad lärare i engelska och spans...

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