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3 tor a h situation (a_d) underIine the b st expr ssion. Th oth r alternatives may
be wrong in grammar, or too informal/impolite for the situation, or too
formal/poIit for th situation.
a) It,s r-ou birthday on Saturday. Invit a fri nd to your party.
1 I'1l hav apart on Saturday. You will om .
2 I,m having a part on Saturday. Do you Want to om ?
I hav a party on Saturday. Ar you oming?
bl \bu ar on th bus. Ask a strang r to op n th window.
1 ould you op n th windo pl as ?
2 op n th window.
3 us m , but do you think you ould possibly op n th window?
) You arriv lat for lass and apologiz to your t a h r.
1 I,m lat , I apologiz .
2 So r I,m lat .
3 Pl as a pt my most sin er apologi s.
d) You ar a witn ss to a minor a id nt. xplain what you saw to a poli man.
1 his ar om S down th road and hits a tr , bangl
2 ar had om down th road and had hit a tI .
A ar am down th road and hit a tr .
Other ways of l earni ng
4 Whi h ways of learning English do you us ? What ould you start doing now?
a) R ading for pl asur .
b) ranslating.
) aking lists of words, or probl m points, in a not book.
d) Using a di tionary.
) List ning to songs.
f) K ping a diary.
g) R vi wing your writt n work.
h) Looking at nglish-languag int rn t sit s.
i) Wat hing t l vision, wat hing films or list ning to th radio.
i)
Using a s lf-study grammar/vo abulary book.
Whi h Engl i sh?
nglish is a world languag , and th nglish spok n in th USA or Australia
diff rs from th nglish spok n in Britain. Th r ar also diff r n s b tw n
sp ak rs from S otland, Ir land and ngland, and b tw en diff r nt parts of th
sam ountry. This book us s what is g n rally all d Standard British nglish.
R f r n s ar also mad to som diff r n s in Am ri an nglish.