English Alive!: Nelson Thornes Caribbean English, Book 1"English Alive! is a series designed specifically to meet the needs of English students in Caribbean secondary schools. The book covers the key areas of reading comprehension, listening and speaking, writing grammar and language usage and vocabulary development. Particular attention is given to the often challenging area of poetry. The book also covers common errors made by students. A reference section contains verb tables, including a section on tenses (notoriously difficult for learners), irregular verbs and a glossary of language words and literary terms,"--page [4] of cover. |
Contents
The Young Warriors | 60 |
In a whirlpool | 92 |
We Nearly Did It | 169 |
Learning About Verbs | 207 |
Irregular Verbs Principal Parts | 214 |
List of Poems | 224 |
Acknowledgements | 230 |
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Common terms and phrases
action adjective adverb Aidan Chambers answer these questions apostrophe Barbados bomb bowlers boys bullies captain Caribbean Charlie Chin Choose the best Choose the word(s dialect Dorothea English example Exercise finite verb full stop Ganua girl Grammar Guyana happened homework idioms injured island Jamaica Jane Yolen Johnson Kemo kicked kitchen letter line 21 line 37 line 9 Listen London London SW16 look Lucy main clause Maroons Martin Mary Seacole Matilda meaning in context Melanie Merle Hodge mice mother Mount Pelee Nanny Town noun Oliver paragraph past participle plural poem police Pre-reading preposition pronoun Queen Nanny Redcoats road Sarwan sentences ship Simple Past soldiers sound spelling St Pierre started story Sylvia tell tense things tigress Tolroy Trinidad Uncle underlined words V.S. Reid Vernon Scannell village Vocabulary walk watch whirlpool woman