English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises is for intermediate and advanced students who want extra practice in grammar, without help from a teacher.

The grammar points covered in the book are not in order of difficult’, so you can go straight to the parts where you need the most practice. Where there arc several exercises on one grammar point, however, the easier ones come first. It’s a good idea to do each exercise, check your answers and then go on to the next one.

A collocation is a pair or group of words that are often used together. These combinations sound natural to native speakers, hut students of English have to make a special effort to learn them because they are often difficult to guess. Some combinations lust sound ‘wrong’ to native speakers of English. For example, the adjective fast collocates with cars, hut nor with a glance…

This dictionary is a portable, easy-to-use quick reference tool for a large number of words and phrases, rather than a substitute for the detailed guidance of a grammar or course book. It includes commonly heard terms, with an indication of their relevant frequency, and many more terms from the worlds of work and communication and of modem society generally.

This dictionary contains the essential words and phrases needed for everyday communication by learners of English and information on how these words and phrases are commonly used. It builds on the Easier English Basic Dictionary and is especially useful for intermediate learners of all ages who are expanding their vocabulary and knowledge of English.

When several words seem to have almost the same meaning, how do you choose the right word so that you express exactly what you want to? This book groups words with similar meanings (known as ‘synonyms’) together and gives each a definition and example so that the similarities and differences are made clear.

Anyone who wants to write clear and accurate English, using the correct word in a particular context, will find this book helpful, and a useful companion to the Easier English Basic Dictionary.

This dictionary contains the most frequently used words in English and provides the basic vocabulary needed for everyday communication by anyone starting to learn the language. It is especially useful for elementary and pre-intermediate students of all ages and would be suitable for those working towards an elementary level English examination such as KET or PET.

Thousands of new expressions have entered the language since the turn of the century and dozens, perhaps hundreds, more are added to the common vocabulary every week. The lexicographer has to try to identify novelties as they arise and to track the changes in the way existing words are being used. This dictionary has been regularly updated since its first publication in 1990 - but this, the first edition in the new millennium, has seen a wholesale revision of all entries and the addition of about 2,000 new terms.

This situationally-graded book is intended for intermediate and advanced students wishing to learn and practise the type of informal conversational English in current, everyday use. Forty- four situations are presented, each in the form of four short dialogues. The aim of the student should be to memorise as many as possible of the expressions and phrases contained in the dialogues, since they are used by English people time and time again in the given situations.

В детстве Сэнди Шорт не выносила, когда терялись вещи. Ей ничего не стоило потратить несколько дней на поиски невесть куда запропастившегося носка — к недоумению родителей, в конце концов настоявших, чтобы дочь начала посещать школьного психолога. Став взрослой, она поступает на работу в полицию, а потом открывает собственное агентство по розыску пропавших без вести людей. Расследование очередного дела приводит Сэнди в Лимерик, где ее следы теряются. Машина, брошенная на обочине вместе с важными документами и мобильным телефоном, выглядит более чем странно. Неужели Сэнди суждено повторить судьбу тех, кого она ищет?