The identification of selfpersonal history 1
ContentsPart 1:Understanding and Speaking SectionUnit 1 About you 1
educational history 2
interests 3
work 4
health 5
intelligence 5
beliefs 6
attitudes to current and past events 6
experiences 7
The identification of other peoplereported facts 8
Unit 2 Yourself and others 8
reported information(uncertain) 10
speculative information:external appearance:the present 12
speculative information:external appearance:the past 14
speculative information:general:past and present 15
opinion,agreement,disagreement 16
Unit 3 Please... 17
Requests,Offers,Intentions,Suggestions,Plans to do thingsrequests,offers and intentions 17
suggestions 19
making plans:sequences 20
modes of transport 2:by train 21
Unit 4 Getting about 21
Directions and modes of transportmodes of transport 1:on foot 21
modes of transport 3:by bus 22
modes of transport 4:by air 23
modes of transport 5:by sea/across water 25
modes of transport 6:by car 26
general travel 27
Unit 5 You should... 29
Warning,Advice,Instructions,Invitations to do thingswarning 29
advice 29
instructions 31
invitations 32
Unit 6 Where...? 33
Locationgeneral information about places:at-locations 33
general information about places(precise needs):at-locations 34
specific information about places:at-locations+suggestions/recommendations 34
reporting and interpreting requests for information 37
specific information about places:in-locations 38
specific information about places:various locations 39
specific information about places:precise locations 39
Timetime references in itineraries,diaries of events,etc. 41
Unit 7 When? 41
time references in biography,history,etc. 42
periods of time 45
when=during the time when/that 46
when=on the occasion when/that 48
when=at the time when/that 49
Unit 8 Describe it! 50
Information about things,substances and conditionsspecific objects:appearance and reality:comparisons 50
specific aspects of life 51
specific places 54
specific events 55
general aspects of life 56
Unit 9 I like... 58
Likes,Dislikes and Preferencespeople and their qualities 58
things and their qualities 60
specific experiences in the past(people) 63
specific experiences in the past(events,etc.) 64
Unit 10 I want... 66
Wants and Needs:People,Things and Substancesfulfilling needs:people and things 66
wants and needs:people and things:general specifications 67
wants and needs:things:detailed specifications 69
detailed specifications:hotel and private accommodation 70
detailed specifications:clothing 71
detailed specifications:miscellaneous items 73
Unit 11 Doing things 75
Actionsdescribing what was going on in the past 75
narrating past(completed)actions:sequences 76
reporting what was happening 79
reporting what happened/had happened 80
prediction and intention:future actions:sequences 81
reporting what will/can/may/must happen 82
predictions and intentions based on conditions 82
Unit 12 Getting things done 83
Requesting/persuading others to actcircumstances requiring immediate attention 83
emergencies 84
the causative:present,past and future 85
Part 2:Grammar and Writing Section 86
Part 3:Reader:Help!(A Farce) 118
Active appendix 134
Peference appendix 138
Song appendix 139
Reference appendix on intonation 141