` My first English lesson was grammar with the terrifying Mrs Petrie. She spent the entire time marching up & down the classroom, thwacking various items of school furniture with a ruler while she banged on about the ING part of the verb. I sat there, vibrating with fear, desperately trying to figure out what on earth she could mean. Irregular Negative Gerund? Intransitive Nominative Genitive? It was only years later, when I was teaching English to foreign students, that I realised that English grammar wasn`t obscure & wilfully difficult but a fascinating subject which I was already brilliant at
- & this book will prove that you are too.` Forget the little you think you know about English grammar & start afresh with this highly entertaining & accessible guide. English for the Natives outlines the rules & structures of our language as they are taught to foreign students
- & have never before been explained to us. Harry Ritchie also examines the grammar of dialects as well as standard English & shows how non-standard forms are just as valid. With examples from a wide variety of sources, from Ali G to John Betjeman, Margaret Thatcher to Match of the Day, this essential book reveals some surprising truths about our language & teaches you all the things you didn`t know you knew about grammar.

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Meant for young English & EFL learners, this activity book contains puzzles & games, cutting, & sticking to practice essential first words & phrases saying hello, counting, family members, eating & drinking, shopping & expressing likes & dislikes. It

Includes:: colorful press-out characters with clothes to dress them.

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English Heritage champions our historic places
- from prehistoric sites to castles & country houses. This diary is illustrated
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English Heritage champions our historic places
- from prehistoric sites to castles & country houses. This diary is illustrated
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Surrounded by the rolling Wiltshire countryside, the site of Stonehenge is truly a sight to behold. Whilst the meaning & purpose of this ancient monument remain a mystery, there is no doubting its impressive physical presence to this day. In this English Heritage calendar striking photographs demonstrate the power & permanence of these mighty stones through the seasons. ...

England is a country rich in history & what better way to celebrate this than with an English Heritage calendar? This stunning ...

From prehistoric Engl&, Stonehenge & the Romans to modern times, discover the people, places & events that built a country. A concise but comprehensive guide to English history & how England has come to be what it is today. Key events, people & places include: * The Anglo-Saxons & Vikings* 1066, Battle of Hastings* Richard 1 & The Crusades* Henry VIII, Thomas More, The Spanish Armada, Gunpowder Plot* Cromwell* World Wars 1 & 2* The NHS* The 1953 Coronation* World Cup win* The Beatles* Margaret Thatcher* Princess Diana* Brexit Beautifully produced, Collins Little Book of English History is a treasure in itself & makes a perfect gift for any visitor to England or enthusiast about its history. ...

` Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun
- one wondered what had become of
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If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour. So proclaims George Mikes` timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it`s understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty, the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour, being witty here is a way of life. Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself, Mikes delivers his shrewd advice
- helpfully divided into ` Theory` & ` Practice`
- with a comic precision that does his chosen country proud. Drawing on a trove of examples from our rich comic canon, from Orwell (” Every joke is a tiny revolution”) to Oscar Wilde, this is the essential handbook for natives & foreigners alike. Mrs Kennedy: ”I don`t think, Mr Churchill, that I have told you anything about my grandchildren.” Winston Churchill: ” For which, madam, I am infinitely grateful.”

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This book

Includes:: a quirkily illustrated, brilliantly risque, but thoroughly practical, guide to the

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