Common mistakes at proficiency : ... and how to avoid them /
By: Moore, Julie.
Series: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005Description: 64 pages : illustratios ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521606837 (paperback); 9780521606837:; 3125341493; 9783125341494; 9780521606837.Subject(s): University of Cambridge -- Examinations -- Study guides | English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Examinations -- Study guides | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakersDDC classification: 428.24Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Will or would? -- Which modal do I use? -- Which nouns and adjectives are followed by a gerund or an infinitive? -- Test 1 -- Which, who or what? -- Which pronoun do I use to refer to people in general? -- Which personal pronoun do I use? -- Test 2 : When do I use the? -- How do I use quite, very and really? -- Less or fewer? -- Test 3 -- Which preposition do I use after nouns? -- Which preposition do I use after verbs? -- By the time or at the time? -- Test 4 -- Which nouns have irregular plural forms? -- Everday or evrey day? -- How is British and American spelling different? -- Test 5 -- Which phrasal verbs are formed with stand? -- Which phrases are formed with take? -- Commonly confused word forms -- Test 6 -- Way, route or method? -- Work or job? -- Commonly confused nouns : relation / relationship, education / upbringing -- Test 7 -- Commonly confused adjectives : tourist / touristic, economic / economical -- Common, ordinary or usual? -- Important, relevant or essential? -- Test 8 -- When do I use an adverb or an adjective? -- Specially or especially? -- Eventually or finally? -- Test 9 -- Commonly confused verbs : reach / achieve, win / earn, profit / benefit -- Which verbs are followed by a gerund or an infinitive? -- Propose, offer or invite? -- Test 10 -- Answer key.
Focuses on the real mistakes students make in the Proficiency exam and shows how to avoid them.