Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation, Premium Fourth Edition

✍ Scribed by Jean Yates

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 194
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Speak English with confidence! Whether you're learning English at an intermediate level or looking to brush up on your conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: English Conversation offers a unique and effective way to learn to speak the language fluently and spontaneously. You'll get started on sentence building right away, through exercises that let you practice what you've learned through dialogues with real-life examples. Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, English Conversation, Premium Fourth Edition is organized around 12 units that present specific conversational functions and common, everyday scenarios—from introducing yourself and starting a conversation to making an appointment and arguing a point. The exclusive Language Lab app features streaming audio recordings of the dialogs in the book, helping you perfect your pronunciation, and every unit provides the opportunity not simply to converse, but to build and support correct grammar, syntax and word usage. • Proven approach to learning helps you get a handle on English conversation right away, and build on your skills as you go • Extensive practice exercises and exposure to practical and high-frequency vocabulary, as well as an answer key for reference and quick feedback • Includes a section of review exercises to test your understanding of all key themes covered by the book • Streaming audio recordings of all dialogues in the book, along with the answers to more than 100 exercises, are available via the app • NEW in this premium edition: Enhanced app features including text-to-speech

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
1 Introducing yourself and others
2 Expressing opinions, likes, and dislikes
3 Describing people, places, and things
4 Striking up a conversation
5 Making dates and appointments
6 Expressing wants and needs
7 Making requests and offers
8 Expressing doubts and uncertainty
9 Talking about future events
10 Making a case or arguing a point
11 Narrating a story
12 Retelling a conversation
13 Talking about controversial issues
14 Electronic conversation
Appendix A: Irregular past tense and past participle forms
Appendix B: Short tag questions and answers
Appendix C: Modal verb forms in the present, past, and future
Appendix D: Glossary
Answer key