English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate (2001)
A série English Vocabulary in Use, da Cambridge Press, é um excelente auxílio para ampliar seu vocabulário. Os livro são divididos em unidades, cada unidade contendo 2 páginas, e tratando de um assunto específico (por exemplo: Feriados, Como lidar com dinheiro, Política e instituições públicas, Ciência e tecnologia). Na página da esquerda você tem a teoria e exemplos de uso, e na página da direita uma série de exercícios para você aplicar o que você acabou de aprender. Atente para comprar a versão com respostas, pois você pode verificar o que acertou/errou ao final de cada capítulo.
EFFECTIVE VOCABULARY LEARNING 1) Learning vocabulary- general advice 2) Learning vocabulary - aids to learning 3) Organising a vocabulary notebook 4) Names of English language words 5) Using your dictionary 6) Revising vocabulary 7) Guessing and explaining meaning WORD FORMATION 8) Suffixes 9) Prefixes 10) Roots 11) Abstract nouns 12) Compound adjectives 13) Compound nouns (1) noun + noun 14) Compound nouns (2) verb + preposition 15) Words from other languages 16) Abbreviations and acronyms 17) New words in English WORDS AND PRONUNCIATION 18) Words commonly mispronounced 19) Onomatopoeic words 20) Homonyms CONNECTING AND LINKING WORDS 21) Time 22) Condition 23) Cause, reason, purpose and result 24) Concession and contrast 25) Addition 26) Text-referring words 27) Discourse markers in speech 28) Discourse markers in writing COUNTABLES AND UNCOUNTABLES 29) Uncountable words 30) Words that occur only in the plural 31) Countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings 32) Collective nouns 33) Making uncountable nouns countable 34) Containers and contents TOPICS 35) Countries, nationalities and languages 36) Weather 37) Describing people (1) appearance 38) Describing people (2) character 39) Relationships 40) At home 41) Everyday problems 42) Global problems 43) Education 44) Work 45) Sport 46) The artss 47) Music 48) Food 49) The environment 50) Towns 51) The natural world 52) Clothes 53) Health and medicine 54) Travel 55) Holidays 56) Numbers and shapes 57) Science and technology 58) Computers 59) The press and the media 60) Politics and public institutions 61) Crime 62) Money - buying, selling and paying FEELINGS AND ACTIONS 63) Belief and opinion 64) Pleasant and unpleasant feelings 65) Like, dislike and desire 66) Speaking 67) The six senses 68) What your body does BASIC CONCEPTS 69) Number, quantity, degree and intensity 70) Time 71) Distance and dimension 72) Obligation, need, possiblity and probability 73) Sound and light 74) Possession, giving and lending 75) Movement and speed 76) Texture, brightness, weight and density 77) Success, failure and difficulty IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS 78) Idioms - general 79) Everyday expressions 80) Similes 81) Binomials 82) Idioms describing people 83) Idioms describing feeling or mood 84) Idioms describing problematic situations 85) Idioms connected with praise and criticism 86) Idioms connected with using language 87) Miscellaneous idioms 88) proverbs PHRASAL VERBS AND VERB-BASED EXPRESSIONS 89) Expressions with do and make 90) Expressions with bring and take 91) Expressions with get 92) Expressions with set and put; 93) Expressions with come and go; 94) Expressions with other verbs; VARIETIES OF ENGLISH 95) Formal and informal words (1) 96) Formal and informal words (2) 97) US English 98) Other Englishes 99) Headline English 100) The language of signs and notices
