English for Beginners: Your First Real English Course: 46 Lessons from the Alphabet to the Past Simple — Sounds, Grammar and Everyday Words, with Dialogues ... (Complete English Mastery Series Book 4)

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Most beginner books open with "Hello, my name is." This one opens with the alphabet, because you cannot say your own name in English until you know what the letters sound like.English for Beginners is 46 lessons that run from the five vowel sounds to the past simple, each with clear examples, a short dialogue, the mistake beginners actually make, and practice with a complete answer key.FOUR LESSONS BEFORE THE FIRST WORDChapter one is the alphabet. Two and three are the vowel and consonant sounds, with IPA and a plain respelling next to every one. Four is word stress, which is the reason people ask you to repeat yourself even when every word was correct.Only then does the book let you say hello. Skipping that order is why so many learners can write a paragraph and still not be understood out loud.WHAT THE 46 LESSONS COVER- The sounds. The alphabet, short and long vowels, the consonants that don't exist in your language, and where the stress falls.- The building blocks. Subject and object pronouns, "to be" in all its forms, a and an, singulars and plurals, possessives, there is and there are.- Your first two tenses. The present simple with its negatives and questions, then the past simple with was, were and the irregular verbs you'll actually meet.- The words for your life. Family, describing people, colors, jobs, the time, days and months, daily routines, how often you do things, likes and wants, the weather, hobbies, food, clothes, places.- And going outside. Ordering at a cafe, shopping, asking for directions, travel, health, and the rooms of a house.By the last lesson you can introduce yourself, say what you did yesterday, order a coffee, ask where something is, and understand the answer.THE FOUR PARTSPART I - FIRST WORDS: the alphabet, vowel and consonant sounds, word stress, greetings, politeness, introductions, numbers, datesPART II - EVERYDAY BASICS: pronouns, "to be", articles, plurals, possessives, there is and there are, the present simple, question wordsPART III - YOUR DAILY LIFE: family, appearance, colors, jobs, the time, routines, frequency, likes and wants, have and have gotPART IV - OUT IN THE WORLD: weather, hobbies, food, cafes, shopping, clothes, places, directions, the past simple, home, travel, healthEvery lesson explains one thing in plain language, shows it in use, flags the common mistake, and gives you exercises with the answers.PERFECT FOR: the adult starting from actual zero, who wants to be understood out loud and not only on paper.Book 7 of the Complete English Mastery Series. Read more