About the Book
Up-to-date resources providing full coverage of Cambridge IGCSE® First Language English (0500 and 0522) for first examination in 2015. This updated, write-in Workbook can be used for independent learning, for homework tasks or revision. It contains text extracts from around the world with linked exercises for students to practise the skills they need for the Cambridge IGCSE. Exercises are grouped into 12 diverse units on cross-curricula topics which are not linked to the Coursebook themes, so students remain engaged in the reading material. The Workbook has been completely updated in line with the new syllabus. It is particularly suitable for students who need additional support with language and grammar. A microsite provides free online resources to support the course.
Table of Contents:
Introduction; Unit 1. Rocket science - vocabulary, parts of speech, passive voice, reading an encyclopedia entry, writing a magazine article and a summary; Unit 2. Bears and apes - vocabulary, parenthesis, writer's effects, reading a story and an article, writing an article, a speech and a summary; Unit 3. Simply flying - vocabulary, spelling, prefixes, dashes and hyphens, reading an article and a recruitment advertisement, writing a dialogue, a job application letter and a summary; Unit 4. On the ball - apostrophes, semicolons, vocabulary, spelling, speech punctuation, prefixes, reading articles, writing a dialogue, a persuasive letter and a summary; Unit 5. Great rivers - parts of speech, commas, sentence structures, fact and opinion, writers' effects, reading articles and an extract, writing a dialogue, a complaint letter and a summary; Unit 6. Trunk tales - prefixes, vocabulary, synonyms, punctuation, reading an article and a story, writing a news report, a letter/email and a plot summary; Unit 7. Bricks and stones - vocabulary, synonyms, past tenses, relative clauses, prepositions, sentence punctuation, writer's effects, reading articles, writing a summary, a dialogue, a news report and an informative letter; Unit 8. Medical records - punctuation, homophones, spelling, writers' effects, reading an article and a news report, writing a summary, an appeal letter, and a journal entry; Unit 9. In a tight spot - vocabulary, writer's effects, narrative devices, speech punctuation, reading an article and a story, writing a summary, an encyclopedia entry and a diary entry; Unit 10. Losing sleep - writers' effects, raise/rise/arise, prepositions, conditionals, grammatical structures, reading an article and a story, writing an informative leaflet; Unit 11. Sub-zero - vocabulary, synonyms, sentence structures, writers' effects, paraphrase, reading an article and journal entries, writing an advertisement, a letter/email and a magazine article; Unit 12. The miracle of DNA - vocabulary, writers' effects, identifying bias, sentence structure, reading an article and a factsheet, writing a summary and a letter; Acknowledgements; Answers.
