Level: KS1Subject: EnglishAn engaging Handwriting activity book to really help boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.Combining useful English practice with engaging, colourful illustrations, this Handwriting practice book helps to boost your child’s confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.Included in this book:Questions that allow children to practise the important skills learned at schoolColourful activities that make learning fun and motivate children to learn at homeHelpful tips and answers so that you can support your child’s learning Read more

The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning.A handy 3-in-1 French study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand French reference and revision guide.This book gives you the essential tools to help you progress quickly in your study of French. The grammar, verb and vocabulary sections have been designed for all those learning French at school, in an evening class, for work or for leisure.Grammar: this section provides easily accessible information in an attractively presented layout. Key grammatical points are highlighted throughout the text as a means of reinforcement. Hundreds of examples of real French illustrate clearly the grammatical points being made. In addition, a full glossary gives clear and simple explanations of grammatical terminology.Verbs: you will find 112 fully conjugated regular and irregular verbs in this section. Each is self contained in a double-page spread showing all the major tenses. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for all verb models, as well as hundreds of examples of real French to show you how verbs are used in context . An index contains thousands of verbs which are cross-referred to their conjugation model.Vocabulary: this handy section covering 50 topics (such as family, free time, careers, computing, education, food and drink, health, shopping) gives you all the vocabulary you need to communicate effectively in French.With its clear, user-friendly grammar, all the most important French verbs shown in full, and an extensive vocabulary guide, this book gives you all the elements to start speaking and writing with confidence in French. Read more

Raymond Murphy's English Grammar in Use is the first choice for intermediate (B1-B2) learners and covers all the grammar you will need at this level. This book with answers has clear explanations and practice exercises that have helped millions of people around the world improve their English. It is perfect for self-study and can also be used by teachers as a supplementary book in classrooms. Read more

Make practising English grammar, punctuation and spelling at home fun for your child with this collection of 18 bite-size 10-minute tests and its free extra content online!- Provide your child with quick practice sessions to help them hold on to what they’ve learned- Help your child improve their accuracy and speed by using the 10-minute format as a challenge- Work through all 18 tests to find which areas of grammar, punctuation and spelling your child has mastered and which ones they need help withPlus, for your convenience, this book contains- Complete Answers for the Grammar and Punctuation Tests- All the materials you need to give and mark the Spelling Tests- Quick links to the free extra content Read more

Level: KS3Subject: English Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling and VocabularyComplete revision and practice covering the KS3 courseThis all-in-one Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar study and practice book is your one-stop shop for KS3 English Language! Excellent value for money, it combines a full revision guide and workbook in one book.Clear and concise revision notes, plus seven practice opportunities for every topic:• quick tests to check understanding• end of topic practice questions• topic review questions later in book• mixed practice questions at end of book• more topic-by-topic practice and mixed practice questions in the workbook section• includes glossary and answers• free ebook included Read more

Grammar in Use is the world's best-selling grammar series for learners of English. Essential Grammar in Use with Answers, authored by Raymond Murphy, is the first choice for elementary-level (A1-B1) learners and covers all the grammar required at this level. It is a self-study book with simple explanations and lots of practice exercises, and has helped millions of people around the world to communicate in English. It is also trusted by teachers and can be used as a supplementary text in classrooms. Read more

The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning.A handy 3-in-1 Italian study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand Italian reference and revision guide.This book gives you the essential tools to help you progress quickly in your study of Italian. The grammar, verb and vocabulary sections have been designed for all those learning Italian at school, in an evening class, for work or for leisure.Grammar: this section provides easily accessible information in an attractively presented layout. Key grammatical points are highlighted throughout the text as a means of reinforcement. Hundreds of examples of real Italian illustrate clearly the grammatical points being made. In addition, a full glossary gives clear and simple explanations of grammatical terminology.Verbs: you will find 120 fully conjugated regular and irregular verbs in this section. Each is self contained in a double-page spread showing all the major tenses. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for all verb models, as well as hundreds of examples of real Italian to show you how verbs are used in context . An index contains thousands of verbs which are cross-referred to their conjugation model.Vocabulary: this handy section covering 50 topics (such as family, free time, careers, computing, education, food and drink, health, shopping) gives you all the vocabulary you need to communicate effectively in Italian.With its clear, user-friendly grammar, all the most important Italian verbs shown in full, and an extensive vocabulary guide, this book gives you all the elements to start speaking and writing with confidence in Italian. Read more

What is the hardest challenge you’ve faced as a student of the French language?You can work hard on your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, but being able to communicate naturally isn’t easy.In fact, the toughest part of learning French is knowing how to speak like a native.Most textbooks are made to teach you the traditional rules and structures of a language and are great for getting around the grammar and spelling questions you may have.However, how many of them provide you the tools necessary to have a common conversation with a best friend or someone you’ve just met? Not many at all.Language learners often complain about this – a lack of material that can help you familiarize yourself with the most common phrases used in everyday conversation and in native surroundings.For this reason, we at Lingo Mastery have developed Easy French Phrase Book: Over 1500 Common Phrases for Everyday Use and Travel for you, our favorite language-learner, so that you may find the best expressions for common usage in France and communicate with your French friends, colleagues and client without any issue!In this book:An introduction with a detailed guide on how to pronounce vowels and consonants (as well as their combinations) in the French tongue.A list of over 1500 common phrases in French, with an accurate translation in English for your understanding.A phonetics pronunciation guide of each and every word in the phrases, included after every translation.Finally, a conclusion to make sure you’ve learned and supply you with a final list of tips.Your days struggling with natural communication with natives is finally over. Our Easy French Phrase Book is here.It’s time for you to take your French to the next level. Read more

What is the hardest challenge you’ve faced as a student of the Italian language?You can work hard on your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, but being able to communicate naturally isn’t easy.In fact, the toughest part of learning Italian is knowing how to speak like a native.Most textbooks are made to teach you the traditional rules and structures of a language and are great for getting around the grammar and spelling questions you may have.However, how many of them provide you the tools necessary to have a common conversation with a best friend or someone you’ve just met? Not many at all.Language learners often complain about this – a lack of material that can help you familiarize yourself with the most common phrases used in everyday conversation and in native surroundings.For this reason, we at Lingo Mastery have developed Easy Italian Phrase Book: Over 1500 Common Phrases for Everyday Use and Travel for you, our favorite language-learner, so that you may find the best expressions for common usage in Italy and communicate with your Italian friends, colleagues and client without any issue!In this book:An introduction with a detailed guide on how to pronounce vowels and consonants (as well as their combinations) in the Italian tongue.A list of over 1,500 common phrases in Italian, with an accurate translation in English for your understanding.A phonetics pronunciation guide of each and every word in the phrases, included after every translation.Finally, a conclusion to make sure you’ve learned and supply you with a final list of tips.Your days struggling with natural communication with natives is finally over. Our Easy Italian Phrase Book is here.It’s time for you to take your Italian to the next level. Read more

Help make spelling more engaging for your child one week at a time during the school year with this workbook’s fresh combination of targeted worksheets & spelling tests!- Support your child’s learning of key areas of KS3 English spelling alongside spellings for topics they actually find interesting by working through all 39 themed units- Help your child master tricky spellings & develop their own spelling-learning strategies with the worksheets’ bite-size Cheat Modes, Power Speller’s Tips, & Notable Mnemonics sections- Reinforce and boost your child’s vocabulary even further with the Vocabulary Builders, Synonym Spotters, & Antonym Alerts sections- Chart your child’s progress with each of the 39 spelling testsPlus, for your convenience, this workbook includes- Suggested Answers for all the sections in the worksheets containing student prompts- All the material you need to give and mark the spelling tests- Indexes to all the spelling patterns and themes covered in the workbook organized by (1) areas and (2) unitsKindly note:- While this workbook is a stand-alone volume, its worksheets and tests reinforce a range of words included in our Spelling Words for Year 7: 2,000 Words Every Student Should Know- This is the UK edition of this workbook. The US edition is available as Grade 6 English Spelling Workbook: Weekly Targeted Practice Worksheets & Spelling Tests (6th Grade English Ages 11-12) Read more

Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese workbook that can be used along with a Japanese language textbook or as a stand-alone resource to learn the Japanese alphabet (kana). Written Japanese combines three different types of characters: the Chinese characters known as kanji, and two Japanese sets of phonetic letters, hiragana and katakana, known collectively as kana, that must be mastered before the Japanese kanji can be learned. For students learning Japanese who wish to understand the basics of reading and writing Japanese kanji and kana, Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, a best-selling book since 1990, is a favourite tool of students and teachers worldwide. The new third edition has been expanded and revised to include many additional reading and writing exercises. Accompanying online recordings demonstrate the correct pronunciation of all the characters, vocabulary, and sentences in the book. Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana provides beginning-level students of Japanese a thorough grounding in the basic hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols or syllabaries. A comprehensive introduction presents their basic function, origin, pronunciation and usage. The main body of the book is devoted to presenting the 92 hira and kata characters along with their variations, giving step-by-step guidelines on how to write each character neatly in the correct stroke order, with plentiful practice spaces provided for handwriting practice. Interspersed among the practice pages are regular review sections containing reading and writing exercises designed to help the reader consolidate the meaning and usage of newly introduced characters. This is essential to read Japanese as well as to write Japanese. Additional practice sections at the end of each chapter and at the end of the book provide fun exercises, quizzes, and extended reading and writing practice to help beginning Japanese language students take their first steps toward attaining fluency in reading and writing Japanese. This workbook is a perfect companion to Tuttle Publishing's Japanese Hiragana & Katakana for Beginners or any other Japanese textbook on the market and is an essential reference tool to learn Japanese. This workbook includes: Systematic and comprehensive coverage of the two Japanese kana systems. Ample provision for Japanese kana practice, review, and self-testing at several levels; Detailed reference section explaining the origin and function of kana, and the various kana combinations. Access to online Japanese audio files to aid in correct pronunciation. Helpful additional information for language students accustomed to romanized Japanese. Vocabulary selected for usefulness and cultural relevance. Read more

Help make spelling more appealing to your child with this collection of 70 brightly coloured, fun-themed word lists!- Explore words related to topics that actually interest children (e.g. dinosaurs, ghosts, & TV)- Cover essential spelling rules learned in Year 6 (e.g. suffixes, doubled consonants, & silent letters)- Reinforce words used in other areas studied at school (e.g. geography, the Tudors, & recycling)- Target synonyms for key words that children overuse (e.g. ‘look’, ‘fast’, & ‘big’)Plus, for your convenience,- Each list is made up of 25 to 30 words- This book includes an Index to the spelling rules, patterns, and themed areas dealt with by each of the listsKindly Note: This is the UK edition of this title. The US edition is available as Spelling Words for 5th Grade: 2,000 Words Every Kid Should Know. Read more

Help make spelling more engaging for your child one week at a time during the school year with this workbook’s fresh combination of targeted worksheets & spelling tests!- Support your child’s learning of key areas of KS3 English spelling alongside spellings for topics they actually find interesting by working through all 39 themed units- Help your child master tricky spellings & develop their own spelling-learning strategies with the worksheets’ bite-size Cheat Modes, Power Speller’s Tips, & Easily Confused Spellings sections- Reinforce and boost your child’s vocabulary even further with the Useful Usages, Vocabulary Builders, Synonym Spotters, & Antonym Alerts sections- Chart your child’s progress with each of the 39 spelling testsPlus, for your convenience, this workbook contains- Suggested Answers for all the sections in the worksheets containing student prompts- All the material you need to give and mark the spelling tests- Indexes to all the spelling patterns and themes covered in the workbook organized by (1) areas and (2) unitsKindly Note: While this workbook is a stand-alone volume, its worksheets and tests reinforce a range of words included in our Spelling Words for Year 8: 2,000 Words Every Student Should Know. Read more

The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning.Perfect for revising Italian Grammar offering a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of Italian with hundreds of practical exercises.Designed for all those learning Italian at school, at work or at home. It provides easily accessible information in an attractively presented layout. Key grammatical points and hundreds of exercises are highlighted throughout the text as a means of reinforcement. In addition, a full glossary gives clear explanations of grammatical terminology.Provides beginners with all the regular verb forms and conjugations, and the most common tenses of irregular verbs are shown in full.Explains the essential points of Italian grammar using simple language throughout.Hundreds of exercises help you to practise each grammar point.Thousands of examples of real Italian illustrate clearly the grammatical points being made.Clear layout ensures that you find the information you need quickly and easily. Read more

In his best-selling Strictly English Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. In Simply English he offers an entertaining and supremely useful A–Z guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings and stylistic howlers. What is the difference between amend and emend, between imply and infer, and between uninterested and disinterested? When should one put owing to rather than due to? Why should the temptation to write actually, basically or at this moment in time always be strenuously resisted? How does one use an apostrophe correctly, ensure that one understands what alibi really means, and avoid the perils of the double negative?With articles on everything from punctuation to tabloid English to adverbs and adjectives, Simply English is the essential companion for anyone who cares about the language and wants to use it correctly. Read more

Puzzled by past tenses? Confused be comparatives? The English for Everyone Grammar Practice Book is packed with practice questions and activities to help you learn essential English grammar through visual and engaging content. The Grammar Practice Book helps you to develop your practical English through a variety of exercises and examples that will expand your understanding of grammar and punctuation in use. When used alongside our Grammar Guide, which introduces essential grammar rules through visual teaching methods, this grammar book is ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans. About English For EveryoneEnglish for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that support English learning for teenagers and adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering an easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading and writing.Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources, or a structured programme for adults to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Series provides: - Sample language examples: New language topics are introduced in context using clear, illustrated, and colour-coded explanations - Supporting audio: Extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit, giving vital oral and listening practice. (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App).- Quick referencing: Easy-to-follow units, mirrored in both the Course and Practice Books for easy referencing and teaching- Sentence formation guides: Visual break downs of essential English grammar for beginners, showing learners how to recreate even complex English sentences- Visual English vocabulary cues: Lists of useful English words and common phrases with visual aids are available throughout the book- Personalised learning: Write-on lines encourage ESL learners to write their prompts and translations The English for Everyone Series covers the skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including: - CEFR- TOEFL - IELTS - TOEIC Read more

Do you know what the hardest thing for a Spanish learner is?Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book!Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes — it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all!In this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Spanish tongue.How Spanish Short Stories for Beginners works:Each story will involve an important lesson of the tools in the Spanish language (Verbs, Adjectives, Past Tense, Giving Directions, and more), involving an interesting and entertaining story with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations.The summaries follow: a synopsis in Spanish and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about.At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance!Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Spanish, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any — we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating!So look no further! Pick up your copy ofSpanish Short Stories for Beginnersand start learning Spanish right now! Read more

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, "Wired for Story," this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story. "Story Genius" is a foolproof program that saves writers from penning hundreds of pages only to realize that something's not working and they have to start again. Informed by story consultant Lisa Cron's science-based insights into how story structure is built into the architecture of the brain, this guide shows writers how to plumb the nitty-gritty details of their raw idea to organically generate a story scene by scene. Once writers reach the end of Cron's program, they will have both a blueprint that works and plenty of compelling writing suitable for their finished novel--allowing them to write forward with confidence. Read more

Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good reason to suspect they never sank in. ‘Its Summer!’ screams a sign that sets our teeth on edge. ‘Pansy’s ready’, we learn to our considerable interest (‘Is she?’) as we browse among the bedding plants.It is not only the rules of punctuation that have come under attack but also a sense of why they matter. In this runaway bestseller, Lynne Truss takes the fight to emoticons and greengrocers’ apostrophes with a war cry of ‘Sticklers unite!’ Read more

You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered.This book's unique tone, wit and charm have conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. Use the fourth edition of "the little book" to make a big impact with writing. Read more