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Grammar

• Grammar
• Brief Overview of Grammar

• Word Order

• Basic Word Order
• Word Order in Statements
• Word Order in Questions
• Word Order in Commands
• Word Order in Requests
• Word Order in Complex Sentences

• Verbs and Verbals

• Verbs Glossary of Terms
• The Verb BE
• The Verb HAVE

• English Tenses

• Key to English Tenses
• Key to Present Tenses
• Key to Past Tenses
• Key to Future Tenses
• Passive Voice
• Formulas of Tenses
• Tenses Summary
• Tenses Summary Charts
• Sequence of Tenses
• Sequence of Tenses in Reported Speech

• Exercises on Tenses

• Exercise 1: Simple Present or Present Continuous
• Exercise 2: Simple Present or Present Continuous
• Exercise 3: Simple Past or Past Continuous
• Exercise 4: Simple Past or Past Continuous
• Exercise 5: Present Perfect or Simple Past
• Exercise 6: Present Perfect or Simple Past
• Exercise 7: Simple Present or Simple Future
• Exercise 8: The Passive
• Exercise 9: Sequence of Tenses
• Exercise 10: All Tenses

• English Articles

• Articles Foreword
• Articles with Countable Nouns
• Articles with Uncountable Nouns
• Specific Use of THE
• Specific Use of a/an
• Articles in Set Expressions
• Articles with People's Names
• Articles with Geographic Names
• Articles with Miscellaneous Proper Names

• Exercises on Articles

• Exercise 1: Beginning
• Exercise 2: Beginning
• Exercise 3: Beginning
• Exercise 4: Intermediate
• Exercise 5: Intermediate
• Exercise 6: Intermediate
• Exercise 7: Intermediate
• Exercise 8: Proper Names
• Exercise 9: Proper Names
• Ex. 10: Set Expressions

• Modal Verbs

• Modal Verbs Introduction
• Overview of Modal Verbs
• Ability: can, could, be able to
• Advice: should, ought to, had better
• Necessity: must, have to, have got to, need
• Requests and Permission
• Prohibition: must not
• Possibility: may, might, could
• Strong Probability: must, should, ought to

• Exercises for Modal Verbs

• Exercise 1: Ability
• Exercise 2. Advice
• Exercise 3: Necessity
• Exercise 4: Requests
• Exercise 5: Possibility
• Ex. 6: Strong probability
• Ex. 7: All Modal Verbs
• Ex. 8: All Modal Verbs

Phonetics

• Phonetics

• English Vowels

• Vowels Foreword
• English Vowel Sounds
• Method 1
• Method 2
• Vowels Glossary of Terms
• Listening for Vowels (AmE)
• Listening for Vowel Contrast (AmE)

• English Consonants

• English Consonant Sounds
• Listening for Consonants (AmE)
• Listening for Consonant Contrast (AmE)

• English Stress

• Introduction and Glossary of Terms
• Word Stress
• Stress in Compound Words
• Sentence Stress and Rhythm
• Listening for Word Stress (AmE)
• Listening for Stress in Compound Words (AmE)

• English Intonation

• Foreword for Intonation
• Falling Intonation
• Rising Intonation
• Listening for Intonation: The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop
• Listening for Intonation: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs by Aesop
• Listening for Intonation: Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
• Listening for Falling and Rising Intonation (AmE)
• Listening for Intonation in Questions and Answers (AmE)

• Practice Materials for Pronunciation

• Practice for Simple Vowels
• Practice for Diphthongs
• Practice for Vowel Contrast
• Practice for Consonants

Phrases

• Phrases
• Getting Acquainted
• About Myself
• Personal Questions
• Saying Good-bye
• Typical Questions at a New Place
• Asking for Directions
• Inviting People
• Time
• Weather
• Shopping
• Shopping for Food
• At a Restaurant
• At a Party
• On the Telephone
• General Conversation and Discussion
• Phrases for Certain Situations
• Expressing Feelings
• At a Hotel
• Visiting a Doctor
• Money
• Listening for Phrases: Greetings
• Listening: About Myself (1)
• Listening: About Myself (2)
• Listening: Asking for Directions
• Listening: Shopping
• Listening: At a Restaurant
• Listening: On the Telephone

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary

• English Names

• English Names
• Forms of Address
• Men's Names and Nicknames
• Women's Names and Nicknames
• Unisex Names and Nicknames
• Russian Names in English (English Text)
• Russian Names in English (Russian Text)

• Topical Vocabulary

• Family and Relatives
• Jobs and Professions
• Appearance and Character
• Places in the City
• Weather and Temperature
• Clothes and Accessories
• Stores and Consumer Goods
• Food Products Short List
• Food Products Main List
• Holidays and Parties
• Telephone
• Spelling Names on the Phone
• Typical Day
• Health and Diseases

• Synonyms and Antonyms

• How to Study Synonyms and Antonyms
• Collocations
• Useful Adjectives Short List
• Useful Adjectives Main List
• Say and Tell
• Speak and Talk

• Exercises for Synonyms

• Ex. 1: Say, Tell, Speak, Talk
• Ex. 2: Say, Tell, Speak, Talk
• Ex. 3: Make, Do
• Ex. 4: Make, Do
• Ex. 5: Offer, Suggest

Idioms

• Idioms
• Standard and Slang

• Everyday Idioms

• Everyday Idioms Foreword
• Idioms Short List
• Idioms Main List

• The Verb BE with Adjectives

• Foreword for BE with Adjectives
• BE with Adjectives Short List
• BE with Adjectives Main List

• Idioms in Groups

• Idioms and Proverbs with Proper Names
• Latin Expressions in English
• Idioms of Comparison

• Phrasal Verbs

• Phrasal Verbs Introduction
• Verbs with Prepositions and Nouns Short List
• Verbs with Postpositions Short List
• Phrasal Verbs Main List from A to C
• Phrasal Verbs Main List from D to P
• Phrasal Verbs Main List from Q to Z

• Exercises for Phrasal Verbs

• Exercise 1: Verbs with Prepositions and Nouns
• Exercise 2: Verbs with Prepositions and Nouns
• Exercise 3: Verbs with Prepositions and Nouns
• Exercise 4: Verbs with Postpositions
• Exercise 5: Verbs with Postpositions
• Exercise 6: Verbs with Postpositions
• Exercise 7: Verbs with Postpositions
• Ex. 8: Phrasal Verb BE
• Ex. 9: Phrasal Verb GET

Writing

• Writing

• English Spelling

• How to Study English Spelling
• Spelling Patterns for Consonants
• Spelling Patterns for Vowels
• Adding the Ending s/es to Nouns and Verbs
• Adding the Apostrophe to Nouns
• Adding the Endings ed, ing to Verbs
• Irregular Plural Nouns
• Irregular Verbs
• Difficult Suffixes of Nouns and Adjectives
• Difficult Suffixes of Verbs
• Prefixes, with Meanings and Examples
• Difficult Prefixes
• Hyphen with Prefixes
• Latin and Greek Number Prefixes
• Silent Letters
• British and American Spelling
• Division of Words at the End of a Line

• Spelling Exercises

• Exercise 1: Adding Endings to Nouns
• Exercise 2: Adding Endings to Verbs
• Exercise 3: Homonyms
• Ex. 4: Difficult Prefixes
• Ex. 5: Difficult Suffixes
• Ex. 6: Difficult Suffixes
• Ex. 7: Spelling and Pronunciation
• Ex. 8: Double Consonants

Hobby

• Hobby
• Deep Purple - Don't Make Me Happy
• Deep Purple - Pictures of Home
• Deep Purple - Sail Away
• Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
• Pink Floyd - Hey You
• Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
• Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
• Iron Maiden - Brave New World
• Iron Maiden - Blood Brothers
• Iron Maiden - Dream of Mirrors
• Queen - The Show Must Go On
• Queen - We Are the Champions
• Queen - We Will Rock You
• Queen - I Want It All
• Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues
• Gary Moore - Cold Day in Hell
• Gary Moore - Empty Rooms
• Joe Cocker - First We Take Manhattan
• Joe Cocker - N'Oubliez Jamais
• Joe Cocker - Summer in the City
• Black Sabbath - I Won't Cry for You
• Genesis - I Can't Dance
• Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
• David Coverdale and Whitesnake - Don't Fade Away
• David Coverdale and Whitesnake - Restless Heart
• Alice Cooper - Poison
• Korn - Coming Undone
• Megadeth - Trust
• Megadeth - Almost Honest
• Megadeth - I'll Get Even
• Billy Idol - White Wedding
• Peter Gabriel - Big Time
• Audioslave - Be Yourself
• Audioslave - Doesn't Remind Me
• Audioslave - I Am the Highway

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