English Vocabulary in Use : Elementary with Answers (Paperback)

Aspects of vocabulary learning
i. Strategies for learning
ii. Types of meaning
iii. Making the most of your dictionary
iv. Collocation
v. Polysemy
vi. Metaphor
vii. Register
viii. Connotation and cultural associations

Word formation
1 Abbreviations and acronyms
2 Prefixes: creating new meanings
3 Suffixes: productive suffixes and word classes
4 Word-building and word-blending
5 Global contact and language enrichment
6 Similar but different: words easily confused

Work and study
7 At work: colleagues and routines
8 At work: career and promotion
9 Business 1
10 Business 2
11 Cramming for success
12 Education

People and relationships
13 Talking about yourself
14 Relationships: positive aspects
15 Relationships: problems
16 Passions
17 Feelings
18 Observing others : appearance and mannerisms
19 Observing others : character traits
20 Birth and death

Leisure and lifestyle
21 Free time
22 All the rage
23 Homestyles, lifesyles
24 Socialising and networking
25 The performance arts
26 The plastic arts
27 Talking about books
28 We are what we eat
29 Dinner's on me

Travel
30 On the read
31 Travel and accommodation
32 Tourism

The environment
33 Describing the world
34 Weather and climate
35 Buildings in metaphors
36 Trees, plants and metaphors
37 Animals and birds
38 Environment and conservation

Society and institutions
39 Here to help
40 Authorities
41 World views
42 Festivals in their cultural context
43 Talking about languages
44 History
45 Poverty
46 British
47 The language of law
48 War and peace
49 Economy and finance
50 Personal finance

The media
51 The media : print
52 The media : Internet and e-mail
53 Advertising
54 The news

Health
55 Health and illness 1
56 Health and illness 2
57 Health and illness 3
58 Diet, sport and fitness

Technology
59 Aspects of industrialisation
60 Technology and its impact
61 Future visions

Basic concepts
62 Spaces
63 Time
64 Motion
65 Manner
66 Sound
67 Weight and density
68 Colour
69 Speed
70 Cause and effect
71 Comparison and contrast
72 Difficulties, dilemmas and hitches
73 Modality
74 Number

Functional vocabulary
75 Permission and prohibition
76 Complaining and protesting
77 Apologising, forgiving and reconciliation
78 Complimenting and praising
79 Promises and bets
80 Reminiscences and regrets
81 Agreement, disagreement and compromise
82 Academic writing 1
83 Academic writing 2
84 Writing
85 Lexical strategies for speaking
86 Speech
87 Vague language expressions

Idioms and phrasal verbs
88 Types of idiom
89 Idioms for situations
90 Idioms that comment on people 1
91 Idioms that comment on people 2
92 Idioms that comment on stories and reports
93 Phrasal verbs 1
94 Phrasal verbs 2
95 Phrasal verbs 3

Aspects of variation
96 Divided by a common language
97 Other Englishes
98 Language and gender
99 Language of age and social class
100 Newspaper headline language

Key

List of phonetic symbols

Index

Acknowledgements