Word Games, Riddles and Logic Tests: Tax Your Brain and Boost Your English

ISBN-13: 9783319672403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 159 str.

Adrian Wallwork

Opis

Problem solving exercises - in our case lateral thinking games, logic games, and riddles - are an extremely satisfying way of learning English. Then when they remember, they can pat themselves on the back that not only have they solved a problem but they've learned some new English words and expressions on the way!

Spis treści

Introduction to the games, riddles and verses used in this book.- Riddles.- Rhyming forms.- Numbers.- Acronymns.- Funny book titles.- Riddles.- Irregular verbs.- Word Ladder.- Grammar challenge.

O autorze

Since 1984 Adrian Wallwork has been teaching English as a foreign language - from General English to Business English to Scientific English. Although he lives and works in Pisa (Italy), through his university work he has taught students of all nationalities. Adrian is the author of over 30 textbooks for Springer Science + Business Media, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, the BBC, and many other publishers.

Blurb

This book contains exercises connected with some of the fun or more unusual aspects of the English languageand with games that typically a native English speaker would do. The games have been adapted into a manageable format, but the actual vocabulary contained has not been changed.

The types of games include: lateral thinking games, riddles, logic tests, anagrams, palindromes, proverbs, limericks, word ladders, tongue twisters, plus a whole host of other word-related games.

Easy English! is a series of books to help you learn and revise your English with minimal effort. You can improve your English by

• reading texts in English that you might well normally read in your own language e.g. jokes, personality tests, lateral thinking games, wordsearches.
  
• doing short exercises to improve specific areas grammar and vocabulary, i.e. the areas that tend to lead to the most mistakes - the aim is just to focus on what you really need rather than overwhelming yourself with a mass of rules, many of which may have no practical daily value
  

Other books in the Easy English!series include:

     Wordsearches: Widen Your Vocabulary in English

     Test Your Personality: Have Fun and Learn Useful Phrases

     Word games, Riddles and Logic Tests: Tax Your Brain and Boost Your English

     Top 50 Grammar Mistakes: How to Avoid Them 

     Top 50 Vocabulary Mistakes: How to Avoid Them