Product Description
The New Macro English Aid (4th edition)
Author: I Uys
Format: Physical Hardcopy
When information about grammar or other general matters is required, usually many references such as dictionaries, grammar manuals or encyclopaedias need to be consulted, which can be a daunting task indeed. The New Macro English Aid provides all of this information in a single volume.
The New Macro English Aid is divided into two parts: language and grammar; and general knowledge. For easy reference, the information is divided into sections and arranged alphabetically.
Contents include the following:
The New Macro English Aid is aimed at learners, students, parents and the general public alike.
Features:
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Language and grammar: punctuation, tenses, degrees of comparison, direct and indirect speech, derivations, synonyms and antonyms
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General knowledge: currencies around the world, inventions, chemical elements, conversion tables, planets, presidents and prime ministers, capital cities, the seven wonders of the ancient world
Contents:
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PART I LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR Numbers A and an Much, many, few and little Punctuation The apostrophe Nouns Plurals Collective nouns Gender Sounds of animals and things Young animals Diminutives Pronouns The tenses Verbs Adjectives Degrees of comparison (applicable only to adjectives and adverbs) Direct and indirect speech Active and passive voice Antonyms (words with the opposite meaning) Synonyms (words with the same meaning) Countries, people and ways Similes (comparisons) Proverbs, idioms and expressions Abbreviations Derivations (formation of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) Prepositions Words denoting places Professions, trades and characteristics of people Science, medical and nature study Miscellaneous Homonyms Homophones Words easily confused Words frequently misspelt Words from foreign languages Forms of greeting, words and phrases in English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi and Setswana The cover letter for a curriculum vitae (CV) Curriculum vitae (junior level) Curriculum vitae (senior level) Letter of acceptance
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PART II GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Days of the week Months of the year The colour spectrum The books of the Bible in English and Afrikaans Currencies around the world Inventions Phobias (abnormal fears) Birthstones Wedding anniversaries Greek gods and goddesses Roman gods and goddesses Roman numerals Chemical elements Conversion tables Planets The largest mammals of the world Venues of the modern Olympic Games (the Summer Games) Presidents and secretaries general of the African National Congress (ANC) South African prime ministers, state presidents and presidents (since 1994) British prime ministers American presidents Capital cities of the world Capital cities of the United States The seven wonders of the ancient world Basic information about South Africa The National Anthem of South Africa Provinces of South Africa Official languages of South Africa Public holidays in South Africa The South African monetary system South African Nobel Prize winners Geographical facts of the world
About the Author
Isabel Uys is a prolific writer of a wide selection of general reference and languages aids, including successful titles such as Die Afrikaanse makro gids, The English-Afrikaans-Xhosa-Zulu aid, The English-Afrikaans-Northern Sotho-Tswana aid and Feitegids - 'n kernensiklopedie.
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