Learning English sries: - Understanding and Using English Grammar: Workbook : by Betty Schrampfer Azar

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I have been using this book to teach grammar classes for ESL students and my intermediate/advanced students' grammar skills have improved a lot. This book has a lot of excercises, which makes this book practical as a course material, as it provides students with plenty of homework where they learn to apply the concepts they learned in the book. I highly recommend this book for whoever teaches English grammar to foreign students.
It's easy and usful, so that I could improve my grammar in classromm and at home by myself. As a ESL student, I don't like the grammar book that full of technology because the book like that only drives me crazy and headache. It a very proper book for ESL students.

Target Score Teacher's Book: A Communicative Course for TOEIC® Test Preparation (Target Score)

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Target Score Second edition is a preparatory course for the new TOEIC® Test (Test of English for International Communication ®). Fully revised to meet the needs of the new TOEIC® Test, this Second edition also provides effective, classroom-friendly lessons for active, communicative English. Each of the twelve units focuses on one of the principal, recurrent themes of the TOEIC® Test, presenting contextualised language practice and covering the settings and situations that students find in TOEIC® Test questions. The Teacher's Book provides instructors with a complete hands-on guide to balancing the aims of language teaching with test preparation, as well as a range of photocopiable TOEIC® Test-inspired games and activities. It also contains a description of the new TOEIC® Test.

Target Score Student's Book, A Communicative Course for TOEIC® Test Preparation, with 3 Audio CDs, Test booklet and Answer key

Description
Target Score Second edition is a preparatory course for the new TOEIC® Test (Test of English for International Communication ®). Fully revised to meet the needs of the new TOEIC® Test, this Second edition also provides effective, classroom-friendly lessons for active, communicative English. The Student's Book comes packaged with 2 Audio CDs, plus a Test Booklet with Audio CD and Answer Key. Each of the twelve units of the Student's Book focuses on one of the principal, recurrent themes of the TOEIC® Test, presenting contextualised language practice and covering the settings and situations that students find in TOEIC® Test questions. Each unit focuses on and provides practice for one or two grammar elements which are then linked to a complete grammar reference at the end. There is also a glossary which cross-references TOEIC® Test-specific vocabulary highlighted in each unit. Learners undergo thorough exam familiarisation through revise and review tests structured as a mini-TOEIC® Tests after every three units. All seven parts of the TOEIC® Test are represented and complete answers and explanations are found in a detachable Answer Key in the back of the Student's Book.

Target TOEIC, Second Edition (w/6 Audio CDs), Upgrading TOEIC Test-taking Skills

How to Prepare for the TOEIC Test

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The Test of English for International Communication is taken by students for whom English is their second language. It is required by many businesses and institutions in the English-speaking world when those students apply for positions. This new edition of Barron’s test prep package has been updated to reflect the most recent TOEIC exams. The illustrated manual presents six full-length model tests and a reading comprehension review.

Back Cover Copy
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE
TOEIC TEST
TEST OF ENGLISH FOR
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
3RD EDITION

In-depth Preparation Includes
Six full-length model tests
All questions answered and explained
Exercises to improve your English comprehension, grammar, and usage
An overview of the TOEIC that explains the test structure so you know exactly what to expect when you take the actual test
Test-taking tips to help you achieve a good score

Model Tests Simulate
the Actual TOEIC Test
in length, structure, question types, and degree of difficulty

How to Solve the Toefl test Question : - Incomplete Sentences

Question Example:

01. Violence on American campuses has abated ______ .
A. after 1970
B. in 1970
C. for 1970
D. since 1970

The answer of question is D ( Since 1970). The explanation is as follows:

In answering the incomplete sentence question, we must be able to identify the clue. In question 01, the clue is the verb has abated . This verb is used in present perfect tense. This tense requires the adverb of time using for and since. For is used with a duration of time such as three weeks, two years, five days, two hours, while since is used with a particular time such as yesterday, three weeks ago, I was a child, 1970, last week.


since + a particular time
Examples: since yesterday, since two weeks ago, since 1980, since last week, since I was a child.

for + a duration of time
Examples: for two weeks, for three days, for three years, for one month

Look at the examples of sentences below:

01. I have known him since I was a child.

02. She has lived her for two years.

03. They have come since yesterday.

Yes/No question using "Do", and "Does"

Do and Does are used in yes/no question of the present tense. Do and Does are used in the sentence which contain verbs. When there is no verbs in the sentence, am, is, or are are used. The pattern of yes/no question using Do and Does is as follows:

Do/Does + S + V1 + ....

Remember!
Does is for the subjects he, she, singular subject
Do is for the subjects they, we, I, you, plural subject

Look at the examples below:
(+) -----He goes to school.
(?) Does he go to school?

(+) -----She cooks every morning.
(?) Does she cook every morning?

(+) -----Sally studies every night.
(?) Does Sally study every night?

(+) -----Robert swims twice a week.
(?) Does Robert swim twice a week?


(+) -----They work in a hotel.
(?) Do they work in a hotel?

(+) -----You come here everyday.
(?) Do you come here everyday?

(+) -----I come late.
(?) Do I come late?

(+) -----we need help.
(?) Do we need help?

(+) ----John and sally work in Florida.
(?) Do John and sally work in Florida?

The answer key of the exercises on Yes/No Question using "am", "is" or "are"

Translate the following Indonesian yes/no questions into English using am, is, or are .

1. Apakah Sally seorang perawat?
--> Is Sally a nurse?

2. Apakah saya tua?
--> Am I old?

3. Apakah John di kantornya tiap pagi?
--> Is John in his office every morning?

4. Apakah Ibumu sakit?
--> Is your mother sick?

5. Apakah mereka lapar sekarang?
--> Are they hungry now?

6. Apakah Dia (laki laki) temanmu?
--> Is he your friend?

7. Apakah buku ini mahal?
-- > Is this book expensive?

8. Apakah mereka di kamarmu sekarang?
--> Are they in your room now?

This is the answer key of the exercise here.

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Yes/No Question using "am", "is" or "are"

Yes/No question using am, is or are is used in a present tense sentence which does not contain verb. For Indonesian learners learning English, they must remember that yes/No question is the question which uses the word apakah, and the answer must be yes/No. Don't be confused with Wh- Question using What which is in Indonesian is apa or apakah . Some Indonesian learners make English Yes/No Question using the word What which is in Indonesian language is apakah/apa. Look at the examples below.

1. Is he a teacher?
--'Apa/Apakah dia seorang guru?'
(Is = Apa/Apakah, he = dia, a = seorang, teacher = guru)

2. Am I happy?
--'Apa/Apakah saya bahagia?
(Am = Apa/Apakah, I = saya, happy = bahagia)

3. Are you at home every night?
--Apa/Apakah kamu di rumah setiap malam?'
(Are = Apa/Apakah, You = kamu, at home = di rumah)

Based on the examples above, the Indonesian word apa/apakah used in yes/no question can be represented by the auxilary verbs is, am and are. While, some Indonesian learners have an assosiasion that apakah is what in English. That is why we sometimes findthat Iindonesian learners make English yes/no question using the word apakah like the examples below.

1. What are you happy? instead of Are you happy?
--( Apakah kamu bahagia?)

2. What is he sick? instead of Is he sick?
--(apakah dia sakit?)

Note: something that Indonesian learners must keep in mind is that the word apakah is not always represented by the word what in English. In English yes/no Questions, the word apakah can be represented by auxiliary verbs such as am, is, are, do, does, did, was, were, has, have, can, may etc.

Exercises:
Translate the following Indonesian yes/no questions into English using am, is, or are .

1. Apakah Sally seorang perawat?
2. Apakah saya tua?
3. Apakah John di kantornya tiap pagi?
4. Apakah Ibumu sakit?
5. Apakah mereka lapar sekarang?
6. Apakah Dia (laki laki) temanmu?
7. Apakah buku ini mahal?
8. Apakah mereka di kamarmu sekarang?

The answer key is available here.

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