• Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style, 2nd Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
• Author: Laurie E. Rozakis
• Pages: 432 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 2 edition (August 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592571158
• ISBN-13: 978-1592571154

The jokey, conversational style of the Complete Idiot's Guide series is better suited to some of its many subjects than to others, but for the Guide to Grammar and Style, it works. This book might not be appropriate for professional proofreaders in search of the definitive use of the en dash, but it is a solid, amusing volume for those who daydreamed through grade school and would like to brush up on the fundamentals. Puns, silly humor, and hyperbole abound, but so do the entertaining quotations from beloved masters of the English language that author Laurie E. Rozakis has managed to dig up.

• Title: TOEFL CBT (Cliffs Test Prep)
• Author: Michael A. Pyle
• Pages: 448 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; Pap/Com edition (November 6, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764586092
• ISBN-13: 978-0764586095

The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps. CliffsTestPrep TOEFL CBT can help you improve your scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Computer-Based Test (CBT). Written by an expert in the field of teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), the guide provides you with strategies, techniques, and materials that have proven successful over many years.

Nonnative speakers of English will find this instructional workbook a helpful source for improving and expanding their English language vocabulary in preparation for the IELTS examination (International English Language Test for Students). Over 60 activities are provided, including word games, puzzles, and quizzes that are specifically designed to target problems areas common to nonnative speakers.

This workbook has been written for students who are planning to sit either the general training or the academic modules of the IELTS exam. It covers some of the main vocabulary points that you will need for, or come across in, the listening, reading, writing and speaking sections of the exam.
We hope that you find the modules in this book useful and that the vocabulary you acquire will help you to achieve the grade you want in the IELTS.

Remember your good old English textbook which started with an introduction of the characters who would be in the dialogs throughout the units? That's how this book is laid out. Idioms are contextualized and there are various consolidation exercises between units to reinforce them. The accompanying CD is very clear and the voices convey the moods of the characters - although I must say that the man who does Bob's voice sounds incredibly boring at times as his voice doesn't seem to show much pitch variation. Some of the idioms are already known to most high-intermediate students, but there are many others to learn, so it can certainly satisfy those students who resent not having enough "real-life" vocabulary in class. It may also be useful for the student working on his own, once the explanations are very clear. In a nutshell: It's worth buying if you're looking for a simple - yet effective - way to explore the most common idioms of American English.

The Program is small in size allowing easy downloading over the Internet and requires only basic Windows experience to use. The file can be downloaded here as ESL.EXE (309K) or in compressed format as ESL.ZIP (125K).

List of about 1200 high frequency words for GRE.

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You get: Big Grammar Book (101 Worksheets for English Lessons with Answers and Notes for Use); Big Activity Book (95 Worksheets for English Lessons with Answers and Notes for Use); Big Resource Book (101 Worksheets for English Lessons with Answers and Notes for Use); Check It Again (Book One) (60 Worksheets with Answers and A-Z of English Grammar Words); Better English Lessons - Volume 1 (201 Printable Worksheets for English Lessons); a further 374 original ELT worksheets at Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Levels; Additional English Language Learning Resources (Including Drama Scripts, Poems and the Big Grammar Book ESOL Core Curriculum Mapping Tool); our exclusive and innovative Picture Dictionary; English Banana.com Schools (How to Run Your Own English Course: 36 Essential Documents for Planning & Running Your Course). This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

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Requirements: DOS, Windows 3.x/95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

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