Vocabulary in Use Upper Intermediate With answers

by Michael McCarthy , Felicity O'Dell

• ISBN13: 9780521577687
• ISBN10: 0521577683
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Vocabulary in Use Upper Intermediate helps high-intermediate to advanced learners increase their fluency in personal and academic-content areas. The book contains 100 lessons covering approximately 3,500 vocabulary items. Ideal for self-study, its easy-to-use format presents content or grammar-based vocabulary on the left-hand page and innovative practice activities on the right-hand page. An edition without answers, suitable for classroom use, is available.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
To the student	1	(201)
Strategies for learning vocabulary
Learning vocabulary-general advice
Learning vocabulary-aids to learning
Organizing a vocabulary notebook
The names of English language words
Using your dictionary
Reviewing vocabulary
Formal and informal words
Word formation
Suffixes
Prefixes
Roots
Abstract nouns
Compound adjectives
Compound nouns-combinations of two nouns
Compound nouns-verb + preposition
Words with interesting origins-people and places
Words with interesting origins-from other languages
Onomatopoeic words
Words commonly mispronounced
Homonyms
Connecting and linking
Time
Condition
Cause, reason, purpose, and result
Concession and contrast
Addition
Text-referring words
Countable and uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns
Nouns that are usually plural
Countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings
Collective nouns
Making uncountable nouns countable
Topics
Countries, nationalities, and languages
The weather
Describing people-appearance
Describing people-character
Relationships
At home
Everyday problems
Worldwide problems
Education
Work
Sports
The arts
Food
The environment
Towns
The natural world
Clothes
Illness and medicine
Transportation
Vacations
Numbers and shapes
Science and technology
The media and the press
Politics and public institutions
Crime
Money and finances
Notional concepts
Number, quantity, degree, and intensity
Time
Distances and dimensions
Obligation, need, and probability
Sound and light
Possession, giving, and lending
Movement and speed
Texture, brightness, density, and weight
Success, failure, and difficulty
Containers and contents
Feelings and actions
Belief and opinion
Pleasant and unpleasant feelings
Likes, dislikes, and desires
Speaking
The six senses
What your body does
What animals do
Fixed expressions
Idioms and fixed expressions-general
Everyday expressions
Similes-as...as.../ like...
Binomials
Idioms describing people
Idioms describing feelings and mood
Idioms connected with problematic situations
Idioms connected with praise and criticism
Idioms connected with using language
Idioms-miscellaneous
Proverbs
Phrasal verbs and verb-based expressions
Expressions with do and make
Expressions with bring and take
Expressions with get
Expressions with set and put
Expressions with come and go
Expressions with look
Miscellaneous expressions
Special topics
Headline English
American English and British English
Varieties of English
Computers and the Internet
The language of signs and notices
Words and gender
Abbreviations and acronyms
New words in English
Discourse markers
List of phonetic symbols	202	(1)
Index	203