TEST YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

English Vocabulary in Use

by Michael McCarthy

Did you know that testing your English vocabulary could be enjoyable? You can use this book alone or in class and watch your rapid progress. Each test will build confidence and help you remember even 'problem' words. Test Your English Vocabulary in Use ? is a convenient revision aid ? builds confidence in using vocabulary ? contains 90 easy-to-use tests ? offers a wide variety of enjoyable test types ? has a clear marking system on each page so progress can be checked easily ? includes a comprehensive answer key with pronunciation of difficult words ? can be used for self-study and in class. Contents Test 1. Names of English language words Test 2 Suffixes Test 3. Prefixes Test 4. Roots Test 5. Abstract nouns Test 6. Compound adjectives Test 7. Compound nouns (1) Test 8. Compound nouns (2) Test 9. Words from other languages Test 10. Abbreviations and acronyms Test 11. New words in English Test 12. Words commonly mispronounced Test 13 Onomatopoeic words Test 14 Homonyms Test 15. Connecting and linking (1) Test 16. Connecting and linking (2) Test 17. Text-referring words Test 18. Discourse markers in speech Test 19. Discourse markers in writing Test 20. Uncountable words Test 21. Words that occur only in the plural Test 22. Countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings Test 23. Collective nouns Test 24 Making uncountable nouns countable Test 25. Containers and contents Test 26. Countries, nationalities and languages Test 27. Weather Test 28. Describing people (1) appearance Test 29. Describing people (2) character Test 30. Relations

Genres: Reference

152 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2001

About the author

MIchael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied
Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also
Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania
State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including
Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. Well known as an
expert on the teaching and learning of vocabulary, he is a co-author of the basic and upper-intermediate levels of Vocabulary in Use, and is also Academic Consultant to the Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. He is co-author of the 2 latest successful corpus-informed publications by Cambridge University Press: Touchstone and Cambridge Grammar of English.

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[JARA · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow great reference