Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Introduction. English spelling. IPA symbols. Grammatical terms used in this book 1. Pleased to meet you! 2. Where are you from? 3. Could you tell me where the bank is? 4. Have you got any bread? 5. What shall we do today? 6. Hello, could I speak to Vicki? 7. What date is it today? 8. Can I make an appointment? 9. I’ve lost my passport! 10. Which do you prefer? 11. I’ll see you at half past five! 12. You can’t be serious! 13. The people we met were fantastic! 14. What would you do? 15. I said you’d phone back later. Key to exercises. Reference Grammar. Irregular verbs—alphabetical list. Irregular verbs by type. Grammar index

About the Author

Gareth King, who is currently working in Further Education, has a background in Linguistics and is an experienced teacher odf foreign languages and English as a Foreign Language. He is author of Routledge's Colloquial Welsh, Basic Welshand Intermediate Welsh Grammar Workbook titles and is the Series Advisor for the Colloquials. He has previously authored material for OUP's Oxford Junior English titles (pub 1999), aimed at EFL learners in secondary schools.

Reviews

"The book’s layout, as well as its presentation of the material, is both well thought out and systematic." - Josef Fioretta, Hofstra University