Contents Preface to Third Edition ..................................................................... (vii) Preface to Second Edition ................................................................... (ix) Preface to First Edition ....................................................................... (xi)
Unit I - GRAMMAR Chapter 1 Parts of Speech ............................................................. 3 1.1 Noun ............................................................................................... 5 1.1.1 Kinds of Noun ................................................................. 5 1.1.2 Singular And Plural Numbers ...................................... 8 1.1.3 Gender ............................................................................. 13 1.1.4 Case .................................................................................. 15 1.1.5 Collective Expressions ............................................... 19 1.2 Pronoun ........................................................................................ 20 1.2.1 Kinds of Pronoun ......................................................... 20 1.3 Adjective ...................................................................................... 30 1.3.1 Kinds of Adjectives ...................................................... 31 1.3.2 Articles ............................................................................ 34 1.3.3 Degrees of Comparison .............................................. 40 1.3.4 Comparisons With Adjectives .................................... 43 1.4 Prepositions ................................................................................ 52 1.4.1 Prepositional Phrases .................................................. 65
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1.5 Interjections ................................................................................ 68 1.6 Conjunctions ............................................................................... 68 1.7 Auxiliary Verbs ........................................................................... 71 1.7.1
Functions of Auxiliary Verbs .................................. 73
1.8 Verb ............................................................................................... 84 1.8.1 Mood ................................................................................ 85 1.8.2 Tense ................................................................................ 88 1.8.3 Sentence Structures ................................................... 101 1.8.4 Kinds of Sentences : .................................................. 105 1.8.5 Reported Speech ......................................................... 108 1.9 Adverb ........................................................................................ 115 1.9.1 Kinds of Adverbs ........................................................ 115
Chapter 2 Punctuation ................................................................ 119
Unit II - COMPOSITION Chapter 1 Features of a Good Sentence ................................ 129 1.1 Sentence ..................................................................................... 129
Chapter 2 Paragraph ................................................................... 135 2.1 Development of Detail ........................................................... 136
Chapter 3 Essay ............................................................................ 141 Chapter 4 Synposis ..................................................................... 149
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Chapter 5 Report Writing ........................................................... 153 5.1 Nature of Feasibility Report ................................................. 154 5.2 Model Feasibility Report ........................................................ 155 5.3 Model Progress Report .......................................................... 157 5.4 Model Evaluation Report ....................................................... 158 5.5 Short Reports ........................................................................... 159 5.6 A Model Report on an Accident .......................................... 161
Chapter 6 Letter Writing ............................................................. 165 6.1 Guides for correct Personal Letter form .......................... 166 6.2 Guides for correct Business Letter form .......................... 167 6.3 Model 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3
Letters ........................................................................... 168 Personal Letter ............................................................ 168 Business Letter ............................................................ 169 Letter of Complaint .................................................... 170
Chapter 7 Note-Taking ................................................................ 171 Chapter 8 Concord ....................................................................... 177 Chapter 9 Common Errors ......................................................... 181 Chapter 10 Listeninig Skills......................................................... 189 Chapter 11 Fast Reading Skills .................................................. 191 Chapter 12 Reading Comprehension ........................................ 193
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Unit III - VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1 Spelling and Pronounciation ................................. 201 Chapter 2 Prefixes and Suffixes .............................................. 205 2.1 Vocabulary Development ....................................................... 205
Chapter 3 Synonyms and Antonyms ....................................... 215 Chapter 4 Foreign Words and Phrases .................................. 229 Chapter 5 Words and Expressions to Avoid ......................... 233 Chapter 6
Analogy........................................................................ 243 Chapter 7
Pairs of Words ........................................................... 247
UNIT IV - SPEAKING SKILLS Chapter 1
Phonetics .................................................................... 257 1.1 Phonetic Symbols .................................................................... 257 1.2 Accent or Stress ...................................................................... 259 1.2.1 Secondary Stress ........................................................ 265 1.3 Intonation .................................................................................. 266
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Chapter 2
Oral Communication Skills ..................................... 271 2.1 Public Speech Making ............................................................ 271 2.2 Situational Dialogue ................................................................ 274 2.3 Interview Skills ........................................................................ 289 2.4 Group Discussion .................................................................... 293 2.5 Chairing Meetings ................................................................... 296
UNIT V - COMMUNICATION SKILLS C hapter 1
Communication ......................................................... 303 Chapter 2 Modern Office Technology ..................................... 307 2.1 E-Mailing .................................................................................... 308 2.2 Fax ............................................................................................... 310 2.3 Videoconferencing ................................................................... 311
Chapter 3 Idiomatic Expressions ............................................. 313 Chapter 4 Job-Seeking Techniques ........................................ 319 C hapter 5
Building a Team......................................................... 325 C hapter 6
Team Leadership....................................................... 329
Answers to Exercises .................................................. 333
