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"Beginner to intermediate"-- Cover. By the end of this course you will approach B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages: Can interact with fluency and spontaneity and produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subject and to explain a viewpoint. -- Cover. Access the audio for this course for free by douwnloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com. -- Cover.

Meet the author --Only got a minute? -- Only got five minutes? -- Introduction -- Writing and pronunciation -- Greetings and meeting people -- Greeting people, Saying goodbye and good night, Saying 'thank you', 'you're welcome' and 'please', Saying days of the week, months and seasons -- Numbers -- Using and writing cardinal and ordinal numbers and qualifying nouns, Forming plurals, Using 'this', 'that', 'these' and 'those' -- Grammar reference unit -- Where are you from? What do you do? -- Saying where you are from, Asking how someone is, Giving basic personal information, Saying your nationality and occupation -- Family, friends, and other people -- Giving more personal information using pronouns, Describing characteristics using adjectives, Describing family relationships and associations -- Is Iran's highest mountain higher than Mt Everest? -- Forming and using the comparative, Comparing two things, Forming and using the superlative -- Where is it? What? Whose is it? Why? -- ASking questions about time, place, and actions, Talking about possession ('mine', 'your', etc.) Using question words, different functions of question words -- Likes and dislikes -- Using the verb 'to have' (past and present, Saying some more about yourself, Talking about your likes and dislikes, The indefinite 'a' and 'one' -- Grammar reference unit -- What are you learning? -- Using simple verbs, Forming the simple past tense, Using different verbs for situations in the past -- How did you get here so quickly? -- Describing how and where things happened or were done -- Have you seen Mina's new house? -- Recognizing and forming other past tense verbs, Using 'but', Using 'other' with negative verbs -- An invitation to supper -- Recognizing and applying more verbs, Forming and using compound verbs -- He saw me in the library; the man was seen -- Identifying the direct object of verbs, Recognizing and forming transitive and intransitive verbs -- Going for a quick snack -- Forming the present tense, Talking about what is happening now -- Grammar reference unit -- In a huff, through the door -- Using prepositions ('at', 'to', 'from', 'by', etc.), Putting prepositions into idiomatic use -- Suggesting a visit to a friend -- Asking for things, Asking someone to do something for you, Expressing wishes, hopes and plans -- Planning a summer trip -- Using the proper future tense, Talking about holidays and holiday destinations -- How are you feeling? -- Using idiomatic impersonal verbs, Expressing more likes and dislikes, Describing the various stages of going to sleep, Saying you are tired, Saying you are having a good time -- Grammar reference unit -- The story of Iran -- Taking it further -- Appendix: complex grammar -- Key to the exercises -- Persian--English glossary -- English--Persian glossary