Product Summery
How to Use this Book
Welcome to this book designed to help you expand your knowledge of collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms and words in American English. My goal is to help you increase your vocabulary and to be able to speak and write more fluently. And of course, get higher scores on English proficiency exams like the TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS tests.
Let's face it, English vocabulary can be difficult to master, even for the best students. In this book, you'll find thousands of English phrases that are used in boardrooms, over a meal, and with friends and family around the world. They are also the ones that you'll see on various exams designed to test your English ability.
There are 200 lessons, each designed to take 10-15 minutes a day. Along the way, you'll find review sessions and then at the end, a final “exam.” The vocabulary is recycled throughout the book so that you'll see most of the phrases and idioms more than once. This will help make them more memorable.
To get the most bang for your buck, be sure to do the following:
Review frequently.
Make a plan to use this book every day, for 200 days. Each lesson takes around 10-15 minutes.
Make sure to do the practice exercises in this book (cover up the answers while you're doing them!)
Use each phrase or idiom in real life as soon as possible.
Don't be nervous about making mistakes. That's how you'll get better at English!
Consider studying with a friend so you can help each other stay motivated.
Use a notebook and write down new words, phrasal verbs, idioms, and expressions that you run across. Review frequently so that they stay fresh in your mind.
Be sure to read frequently. Choose something that is slightly below your level and try to read it for at least 20 minutes a day. Read quickly and if you don't know a word, guess what the meaning is instead of stopping and looking it up in a dictionary. This is one of the best ways to learn vocabulary naturally. Do this in addition to using this book.
Good luck and I wish you well on your journey to becoming more proficient with English.