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Book Interchange of Active and Passive Voice

Download or read book Interchange of Active and Passive Voice written by Manik Joshi and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Active Voice And Passive Voice - Sentences Examples | Convert Active Voice Into Passive Voice Or Vice Versa | Examples Of Active And Passive Voice | Active - Passive Voices - Rules | Patterns of Interchanging Active, Passive VoiceSample This:Pattern (1)Subject + Transitive Verb + ObjectActive - He gives them reward.Passive -- They are given reward by him.Active -- John teaches Paul.Passive -- Paul is taught by John.Active -- People say/ They say/ Everybody says.Passive -- It is said (by people/ by them/ by everybody)Active -- Joseph bashed Morris.Passive -- Morris was bashed by Joseph.Active -- She joined the national political party.Passive -- National political party was joined by her.Active -- The Monkey ate the mango.Passive -- The mango was eaten by the monkey.Active -- Scientists developed a new machine.Passive -- A new machine was developed by scientists.Active -- The audience loudly cheered the Mayor's speech.Passive -- The Mayor's speech was loudly cheered.Active -- I published my eBook.Passive -- My eBook was published by me.Active -- The Student federation awarded him as the Best Scholar of the College.Passive -- He was awarded as the Best Scholar of the College by the student federation.

Book Interchange of Active and Passive Voice  Patterns and Examples

Download or read book Interchange of Active and Passive Voice Patterns and Examples written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Covers The Following Topics: Active and Passive Voice Interchange of Active and Passive Voice 1. First or Second Form of Verb 2. Auxiliary Verb ‘Be’ + -ING Form of Verb 3. Have/Has/Had + Past Participle 4. Present/Future Modals + Verb Word 5. Past Modals + Past Participle 6. Verb + Preposition 7. Main Verb + Object + Complement 8. Main Verb + Object + Object 9. Have/Has/Had + Infinitive (To + Verb) 10. Auxiliary Verb ‘Be’ + Infinitive (To + Verb) 11. Verb + Object + Infinitive (Without ‘To’) 12. There + Verb ‘Be’ + Noun + Infinitive 13. Interrogative Sentences 14. Imperative Sentences 15. Principal Clause + That + Noun Clause (Object) 16. Verb followed by --ING form or an Infinitive 17. Use of Prepositions 18. The Passive With GET 19. Middle Voice Exercise -- 01 Exercise -- 02 Exercise -- 03 Sample This: VOICE - Definition Voice refers to the form of a verb that shows whether the subject of a sentence performs the action or is affected by it. ACTIVE VOICE - Definition The form of a verb in which the subject is the person or thing that performs the action. Example: They finished the work. [subject -- “they”, verb -- “finished”, object -- “work”] In this sentence, the subject (they) acts on the object (work). Other Examples: The teacher praises him. She posted the letter. I buy new books. We will celebrate his birthday. PASSIVE VOICE - Definition The form of a verb in which the subject is affected by the action of the verb. Important Note -- The object of the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice. Example: The work was finished by them. [subject -- “work”, passive verb -- “was finished”, object -- “them”] In this example, the subject (work) is not the doer; it is being acted upon by the doer ‘them’) Other Examples: He is praised by the teacher. The letter was posted by her New books are bought by me. His birthday will be celebrated by us. WHEN TO USE PASSIVE VOICE (1). You should use passive voice when you do not know the active subject. (2). When you want to make the active object more important. (3). When the active subject is obvious. (4). When you want to emphasize the action of the sentence rather than the doer of the action. (5). Passive voice is frequently used to describe scientific or mechanical processes (6). Passive voice is often used in news reports: (7). When active voice does not sound good. (8). When you want to make more polite or formal statements. (9). You can use passive voice to avoid responsibility. (10). You can also use passive voice for sentence variety in your writing. (11). You can also use passive voice when you want to avoid extra-long subjects. Changing Active Voice Into Passive Voice Rule 1: Move the object of the active voice into the position of the subject (front of the sentence) in the passive voice. And move the subject of the active voice into the position of the object in the passive voice. Rule 2: Passive voice needs a helping verb to express the action. Put the helping verb in the same tense as the original active sentence. The main verb of the active voice is always changed into past participle (third form of the verb) in different ways. Rule 3: Place the active sentence's subject into a phrase beginning with the preposition ‘by’. Rule 4: If the object in an active voice sentence is a pronoun (me, us, you, him, her, they, it), it changes in passive voice sentence as follows: me -- I; us -- we; you -- you; him -- he; her -- she; them -- they; it – it Rule 5: Subject- Verb Agreement Make the first verb agree with the new subject in passive voice. Rule 6: When there are two objects (direct object and indirect object), only one object is interchanged. The second object remains unchanged. Following Tenses Cannot Be Changed Into Passive Voice: 1. Present Perfect Continuous Tense 2. Past Perfect Continuous Tense 3. Future Continuous Tense 4. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Book Active Passive Voice

Download or read book Active Passive Voice written by and published by EKalam. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning Objectives :- What is active voice and passive voice, Conversion from active voice to passive voice, Conversion from passive voice to active voice.

Book English Grammar    Do  Does  Did  Patterns and Examples

Download or read book English Grammar Do Does Did Patterns and Examples written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Grammar – ‘DO/DOES/DID’ English Grammar – ‘DO’ VERB ‘DO’ -- (A) – Affirmative Sentences VERB ‘DO’ -- (B) – Negative Sentences VERB ‘DO’ -- (C) – Interrogative Sentences VERB ‘DO’ -- (D) – 'Short Answers’ and ‘Question Tags’ English Grammar – ‘DOES’ VERB ‘DOES’ -- (A) – Affirmative Sentences VERB ‘DOES’ -- (B) – Negative Sentences VERB ‘DOES’ -- (C) – Interrogative Sentences VERB ‘DOES’ -- (D) – 'Short Answers’ and ‘Question Tags’ English Grammar – ‘DID’ VERB ‘DID’ -- (A) – Affirmative Sentences VERB ‘DID’ -- (B) – Negative Sentences VERB ‘DID’ -- (C) – Interrogative Sentences VERB ‘DID’ -- (D) – 'Short Answers’ and ‘Question Tags’ VERB ‘DO/DOES/DID’ – PHRASAL VERBS VERB ‘DO/DOES/DID’ – IDIOMS Agreements and Disagreements with Statements Do/Does/Did: Useful Notes Exercises: 1(A) and 1(B) Exercises: 2(A) to 2(D) Sample This: English Grammar – ‘DO/DOES/DID’ The verb 'Do’ is used as an AUXILIARY VERB as well as a MAIN (ORDINARY) VERB. MAIN VERB: When used as the main verb, the verb ‘do’ is followed by an object. AUXILIARY VERB: ‘Auxiliary verb’ is a verb which is used with the main verb to show tenses, etc.] He does not do these kinds of things. [In this sentence, ‘Does’ has been used as an ‘Auxiliary Verb’, while ‘Do’ has been used as a ‘Main Verb’] They do not do nation-building. [In this sentence, ‘Do’ has been used as both an ‘Auxiliary Verb’ and a “Main Verb’] NOTE: The verb ‘do’ has the following forms: (1). Present form – Do or Does [‘Do’ is used with ‘You, I, We, They’ and all other plural subjects in the present tense. ‘Does’ is used with ‘He, She, It’ and all other singular subjects in the present tense.] (2). Past form – Did [‘Did’ is used with ‘You, I, We, They, He, She, It’ and all other singular and plural subjects in the past tense.] (3). Past Participle form – Done [Past participles are accompanied by auxiliary verbs ‘HAVE’ or ‘BE’ (in the correct tense)] You have done your country proud. This type of job is done in this factory. The main Verb ‘Do’ may denote the following actions – to find the answer to something: - Can they do this puzzle? to perform an activity or a task: - Sometimes you like to do things that are a little scary. to produce something: - He did a painting last night. to study something: - I am doing English these days. to talk about household chores (cleaning, washing, etc.): - They will have to do (wash) dishes. to work at something as a job: - What do you do for your livelihood? The main Verb ‘Do’ is also used to show the following actions: to attend, to cook, to copy somebody’s behavior, to travel, to visit somewhere as a tourist, to cheat, to punish, to steal, etc. Some more sentences with ‘MAIN VERB’ – DO/DOES/DID/DONE: She is happy that she will be able to do something for the poor and downtrodden. We are ready to do whatever it takes to avoid being suspended from competition. I like to do extensive research before I invest hard-earned money in a new purchase. It's no secret we do things we know we shouldn't. It is not uncommon to come across people who do jobs that have nothing to do with their academic degrees. It is not yet clear what exactly this software did. Work was done according to the rules. He has done an obligation to me.

Book Direct and Indirect Speech  English Speaking

Download or read book Direct and Indirect Speech English Speaking written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Covers The Following Topics: 01. Direct and Indirect Speech 02. Expression of Time 03. Important Reporting Verbs 04. Pronoun Change 05. Tenses in Direct and Indirect Speech 06. Reporting Verb with Object 07. Changing Modal Verbs 08. ‘Questions’ in Direct and Indirect Speech 09. ‘Exclamations’ in Direct and Indirect Speech 10. ‘Imperatives’ in Direct and Indirect Speech 11. Direct and Indirect Speech: Mixed Types 12. Where to Put Reporting Verb in Direct Speech 13. Punctuation Rules 14. Other Useful Notes Exercise -- 01 Exercise -- 02 Exercise -- 03 Sample This: 01. Direct and Indirect Speech There are two ways to express what someone else has said. On this basis, sentences are of two types: sentences with Direct Speech, and sentences with Indirect Speech DIRECT SPEECH Direct Speech is also called Quoted Speech or Direct Narration. Direct Speech refers exactly what someone has said. Direct Speech appears within quotation marks (“..”). A comma is used before starting the exact quote within the quotation marks. Direct Speech should be word for word. The first letter of the quotation begins with a capital letter. Example: The president said, “I will not bear corruption in the country at any cost.” INDIRECT SPEECH Indirect speech is also called Reported Speech or Indirect Narration. Indirect Speech does not refer to exactly what someone has said. Indirect Speech doesn't appear within quotation marks but the word “that” may be used as a conjunction between the reporting verb and reported speech. Indirect Speech shouldn’t be word for word. The pronoun in Indirect Speech is changed according to speaker and hearer. Example: The president declared that he would not bear corruption in the country at any cost. Important rules for changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech are as follows: 02. Expression of Time You need to change the expression of a time when changing direct speech (DS) into indirect speech (IDS) to match the moment of speaking. Important expressions of time in direct and indirect speech are as follows: ‘a month ago’ is changed into ‘a month before’ ‘a year ago’ is changed into ‘the previous year’ or ‘a year before’ ‘last night’ is changed into ‘the night before’ ‘last Saturday’ is changed into ‘the Saturday before’ ‘last weekend’ is changed into ‘the weekend before’ ‘next year’ is changed into ‘the following year’ or ‘the year after’ ‘now’ is changed into ‘then’ ‘the day after tomorrow’ is changed into ‘in two days time’ ‘the day before yesterday’ is changed into ‘two days before’ ‘these (days)’ is changed into ‘those (days)’ ‘this (morning/noon/evening)’ is changed into ‘that (morning/noon/evening)’ ‘today’ is changed into ‘that day’ ‘tomorrow’ is changed into ‘the next/following day’ or ‘the day after’ ‘tonight’ is changed into ‘that night’ ‘yesterday’ is changed into ‘the previous day’ or ‘the day before’ Besides expressions of time, there are many other expressions that need to be changed if you are changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech. ‘come’ is changed into ‘go’ ‘bring’ is changed into ‘take’ ‘thus’ is changed into ‘so’ ‘hence’ is changed into ‘thence’ ‘hither’ is changed into ‘thither’ ‘here’ is changed into ‘there’

Book Fluent Forever

Download or read book Fluent Forever written by Gabriel Wyner and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.

Book Best English Grammar Book Learn English Grammar in Two Week  Revised Edition

Download or read book Best English Grammar Book Learn English Grammar in Two Week Revised Edition written by Vijay Sharma and published by DD BOOKS. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn English Grammar in 2 Weeks is a peerless book for those who are interested in having a written and spoken command of the English language. The fascination of this international language is unmatched. But it is replete with pitfalls which must be carefully avoided if one does not want to become a butt of laughter either in written or spoken English. Let us quote from the book itself; ♥♥A student of the English language ought to know the difference between ‘English’ and ‘the English♥♥ This book is a treasure house of modern and current usage in English. As one flips through the pages of the book; one gains in knowledge and confidence The mystery of the English language unfolds itself in every page of this wonderful treatise. It is a single volume book that combines source grammar and practice exercises while explaining the rules of grammar and tackling seemingly contradictory rules. Since the book is for students of an Intermediary level, concise explanations are provided. It focuses on topics like grammar contrasts (whether to use 'would' or 'used to' in past tense construct) and grammar patterns for example will be going among others. What will you Learn from THE BEST BOOK OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR ✔ The book also explores more than hundred units of grammar concepts and each unit is allocated two pages. While the left hand page is filled with grammar concepts with concise examples, the facing page comprises of practice exercises. ✔ This format has been followed to ensure that each point is brief but comprehensive. ✔ The book has been designed in such a way that it gives students freedom to choose what unit they want to practice. ✔ The order of the book does not need to be strictly followed as it is a revision guide and each topic is complete and self contained. Therefore, a student can just begin from the middle of the book, concentrate on the unit he or she finds difficulty in. If a student gets stuck at a certain exercise.

Book English Verb Classes and Alternations

Download or read book English Verb Classes and Alternations written by Beth Levin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-09 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a verb's meaning influences its syntactic behavior and develops it into a powerful tool for studying the English verb lexicon. She shows how identifying verbs with similar syntactic behavior provides an effective means of distinguishing semantically coherent verb classes, and isolates these classes by examining verb behavior with respect to a wide range of syntactic alternations that reflect verb meaning. The first part of the book sets out alternate ways in which verbs can express their arguments. The second presents classes of verbs that share a kernel of meaning and explores in detail the behavior of each class, drawing on the alternations in the first part. Levin's discussion of each class and alternation includes lists of relevant verbs, illustrative examples, comments on noteworthy properties, and bibliographic references. The result is an original, systematic picture of the organization of the verb inventory. Easy to use, English Verb Classes and Alternations sets the stage for further explorations of the interface between lexical semantics and syntax. It will prove indispensable for theoretical and computational linguists, psycholinguists, cognitive scientists, lexicographers, and teachers of English as a second language.

Book Albion s Seed

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Hackett Fischer
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1991-03-14
  • ISBN : 019974369X
  • Pages : 981 pages

Download or read book Albion s Seed written by David Hackett Fischer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-14 with total page 981 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.

Book English Passive Voice   Active Voice

Download or read book English Passive Voice Active Voice written by Lenica and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have fun and learn ENGLISH PASSIVE VOICE - ACTIVE VOICE the easy way.

Book English as a Global Language

Download or read book English as a Global Language written by David Crystal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

Book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Download or read book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind written by Julian Jaynes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry

Book Get  Popular English Verb  Sentences Using Verb    Get

Download or read book Get Popular English Verb Sentences Using Verb Get written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Covers The Following Topics: 1. ENGLISH VERB -- ‘GET’ 2. Meanings of Main Verb ‘GET’ 3. GET + THIRD FORM OF VERB 3A. Get + Third Form of Verb 3B. Have/Has + Got + Third Form of Verb 3C. Got + Third Form of Verb 3D. Had + Got + Third Form of Verb 3E. Will + Get + Third Form of Verb 3F. Will + Have + Got + Third Form of Verb 3G. Modal Verbs + Get + Third Form of Verb 3H. Getting + Third Form of Verb 3I. Verb + To + Get + Third Form of Verb 4. GET TO + FIRST FORM OF VERB 4A. Get To + First Form of Verb 4B. Got To + First Form of Verb 4C. Will + Get To + First Form of Verb 5. HAVE + GOT TO + FIRST FORM OF VERB 6. ‘GET’ + ADJECTIVE 7. ‘GET’ + USED TO 8. Use of ‘Get’ In Causative Sentences 9. English Idioms With ‘Get’ 10. Phrasal Verbs With ‘Get’ 11. Other Sentences With ‘Get’ 12. Conjugation of Verb ‘Get’ Exercises: 1(A) and 1(B) Exercises: 2(A) and 2(B) Exercises: 3(A) and 3(B) Sample This: 1. ENGLISH VERB -- ‘GET’ Get is an irregular verb. Its three forms are as follows: First Form (Base Form) -- GET Second Form (Past Form) -- GOT Third Form (Past Participle) -- GOT/GOTTEN Present Perfect of ‘Get’ – Have/Has Got || Have/Has Gotten Past Perfect of ‘Get’ -- Had Got || Had Gotten Gotten (past participle form of ‘get’) is generally used in Spoken American English. Gotten is incorrect in British English. -ING Form of ‘Get’ -- Getting Infinitive of ‘Get’ -- To Get IMPORTANT NOTE: “Have/has got” is the ‘Present Perfect’ Form of ‘get’. But it is mainly used in the present indefinite (simple) tense. “Have/has got” is generally used with ‘simple present meaning’ to show characteristics, ownership, illnesses, and relationships. ‘Have got’ and ‘has got’ have the same meaning as ‘have’ and ‘has’ respectively. They can be used as present indefinite (simple) tenses. Affirmative Sentences -- They have got computers. = They have computers. He has got a computer. = He has a computer. Negative Sentences -- They have not got computers. = They do not have computers. He has not got a computer. = He does not have a computer. Note:- Negative form of ‘have/has got’ is made by adding ‘not’ between ‘have/has’ and ‘got’; whereas, the negative form of ‘have/has’ is made by using ‘do/does not’. Interrogative Sentences -- Have they got computers? = Do they have computers? Has he got a computer? = Does he have a computer? Note:- Interrogative pattern of ‘have/has got’ is made by putting auxiliary verb ‘have/has’ before the subject; whereas Interrogative pattern of ‘have/has’ is made by putting auxiliary verb ‘Do/Does’ before the subject. However, in past events, you should prefer using ‘had’ instead of ‘had got’ ’ to show characteristics, ownership, illnesses, and relationships. More Common -- They had computers. They did not have computers. Did they have computers? Less Common -- They had got computers. They had not got computers. Had they got computers? Also Note: Use of ‘have got’ and ‘has got’ in present perfect tenses: Pattern: Have/has got + past participle of the verb A project has got stuck. || Many projects have got stuck. And, in past perfect tenses, you should use ‘had got’. A project had got stuck. || Many projects had got stuck. ALSO NOTE: GOTTA - Very informal and non-standard way of referring to ‘have got to’ or ‘have got a’ in writing. This form is grammatically incorrect. Avoid using writing this form. English Verb ‘Get’ can be used in a number of patterns and has lots of different uses and meanings.-- A. “Get” is used as a main verb with many different meanings. B. “Get” is used in several idioms. C. “Get” is used in several phrasal verbs. Meanings of Main Verb ‘GET’ THE MOST COMMON MEANINGS OF “GET” AS THE MAIN VERB ARE AS FOLLOWS: to receive / to obtain or acquire (to gain, attain, achieve something) / to bring / to receive prison term / to receive broadcasts / to buy something / to earn / to receive marks or grade in an exam / to become affected by (a disease or bodily condition) / to be infected with an illness, etc. / to start doing something / to arrive/come/reach / to move to a particular direction or place / to use transport (to catch) / to answer (receive) the phone call / to capture somebody / to understand / to have / to memorize / to find out by calculation / to deliver / to prepare a meal, etc. 1. TO RECEIVE We get assurance every time, but nothing has materialized. I got the medal and the money. I got an appointment letter today. Flood-affected families got compensation. We got some high-resolution images.

Book A Guide to Patterns and Usage in English

Download or read book A Guide to Patterns and Usage in English written by Albert Sydney Hornby and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sophie s World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jostein Gaarder
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Release : 2007-03-20
  • ISBN : 1466804270
  • Pages : 735 pages

Download or read book Sophie s World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Book Cambridge Advanced Learner s Dictionary

Download or read book Cambridge Advanced Learner s Dictionary written by Kate Woodford and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.

Book An Introduction to Japanese   Syntax  Grammar   Language

Download or read book An Introduction to Japanese Syntax Grammar Language written by Michiel Kamermans and published by . This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting at the very basics and working its way up to important language constructions, "An introduction to Japanese" offers beginning students, as well as those doing self-study, a comprehensive grammar for the Japanese language. Oriented towards the serious learner, there are no shortcuts in this book: no romanised Japanese for ease of reading beyond the introduction, no pretending that Japanese grammar maps perfectly to English grammar, and no simplified terminology. In return, this book explains Japanese the way one may find it taught at universities, covering everything from basic to intermediary Japanese, and even touching on some of the more advanced constructions.