Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-63553-0 – New Progress to Proficiency Leo Jones Frontmatter More information New Progress to Proficiency Student’s Book Leo Jones © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-63553-0 – New Progress to Proficiency Leo Jones Frontmatter More information CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521635530 © Cambridge University Press 2001 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. 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Information regarding prices, travel timetables and other factual information given in this work is correct at the time of first printing but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-63553-0 – New Progress to Proficiency Leo Jones Frontmatter More information Contents Introduction 7 The Proficiency exam 8 1 Time to spare? Leisure activities Hobbies Games Sport Comparing and contrasting Adjective + noun collocations Using participles ‘Golden rules’ for writing 10 2 A sense of adventure Adventure Exploration Extreme sports Articles and determiners Words easily confused Keeping the reader’s interest Position of adverbs keep and hold 22 3 Everyone’s different! People Friends and acquaintances Men and women Reporting – 1 Punctuation and paragraphs Using inversion for emphasis Opposites 34 4 Let’s talk Communication Languages Accents and dialects –ing and to . Paragraphs Wh– clauses Forming adjectives make and do 44 5 Bon appetit! Food and drink Cooking The passive – 1 Position of adjectives and participles Making notes should and be 54 6 See the world! Travelling abroad Tourism Holidays Transport The future Using repetition Advanced grammar revision come and go 64 7 Spending your money Money Consumers Shopping Advertising Prepositions – 1 Past and present Further uses of –ing Compound nouns Sequencing 74 8 Have I got news for you! The press Current events Politics Modal verbs Prefixes There . Long and short sentences bring and get 84 9 A learning curve Education Schools Universities Study skills Question tags and negative questions Abstract nouns Reporting – 2 96 10 Mother nature Fauna and flora Natural history The environment Conditionals – 1 Showing your attitude Uses of the past put and set Different styles 106 11 Another world Reading Books Enjoying literature Conjunctions and connectors – 1 Collocations: idioms A good beginning It...constructions 118 12 The cutting edge Science Technology Gadgets Verbs + prepositions The passive – 2 give and take Suffixes Thinking about the reader 128 13 Just good friends? Relationships Friendship Families Marriage As the saying goes... Conditionals – 2 Underlying meanings The narrator 138 14 All in a day’s work Work Business Commerce Collocations: verb phrases A good ending Word order: phrasal verbs Exam practice 146 15 Is it art or entertainment? Music Films Paintings Entertainment Prepositions – 2 Conjunctions and connectors – 2 Exam practice good and bad 156 16 Look after yourself! Health Doctors Psychiatrists Keeping fit Relative clauses Exam practice Synonyms and homonyms mind, brain and word 168 17 The past is always with us History Memories Changes Exam practice Modifying adjectives and participles Adjectives + prepositions 180 18 Modern life City life Crime and punishment Exam practice 190 Communication Activities 199 Index 208 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-63553-0 – New Progress to Proficiency Leo Jones Frontmatter More information Thanks... to everyone who helped with this book: Charlotte Adams, Annie Cornford and Alison Silver The teachers who commented on the first draft of New Progress to Proficiency: Annie Broadhead, Christine Barton, Anne Gutch, Elizabeth Kilbey, Patricia O’Sullivan and Clare West. The people who kindly agreed to be interviewed: Shazia Afridi, William Boyd, James Charles, Allison Curbishley, Jayne Evans, Ray Gambell, Tessa Holman, Amanda Hooper, Claudine Kouzel, Karen Lewis, Christine Massey, Alastair Miller, Michael Newman, Simon Russell Beale, Beth Titchener, and Sarah Wilson The actors who took part in the studio recordings. Interviews by Susie Fairfax Recording produced by James Richardson at The Soundhouse studio assisted by Darrin Bowen Picture research and permissions by Hilary Fletcher Proof-read by Ruth Carim Designed by Caroline Spindler at Oxford Designers & Illustrators From the second edition I’d like to thank everyone who generously gave their advice and made comments and suggestions which have helped to shape this New Edition of Progress to Proficiency. Heartfelt thanks to Jeanne McCarten, who started the ball rolling and kept the project moving along. Her discerning ideas and wise advice encouraged me to incorporate countless improvements. Thank you to the teachers who provided feedback on the first edition: Craig Andrew, Liz Charbit, Anne Cosker, Marina Donald & Margery Sanderson, Shirley Downs, Brian Edmonds, Hilary Glasscock & Jenny Henderson, Cecilia Holcomb, Ian Jasper, Anne Koulourioti & Ourania Petrakis, Sheila Levy, Vicki Lynwoodlast, P.L. Nelson-Xarhoulakou, Steve Norman, Bruce Pye, Michael Roche, Cristina Sanjuan Alvarez, and Jennie Weldon I’m particularly grateful to everyone who wrote detailed reports on the first edition, and recommended particular improvements and changes: Margaret Bell, Jennie Henderson, Ruth Jimack, Jill Mountain, and Clare West The New Edition was greatly enriched with ideas, criticisms and suggestions from: Ruth Jimack Jenny Johnson Rosie McAndrew Laura Matthews Pam Murphy Jill Neville Madeline Oliphant Alison Silver Bertha Weighill Clare West And thanks to the following people for their contributions and assistance: Peter Taylor, who devoted so much time and effort to collecting the authentic interviews, and who produced and edited all the recorded material, with the help of Studio AVP. The actors who took part in the studio recordings, and who talked about their own experiences and attitudes. The people who generously agreed to be interviewed. Lindsay White, Amanda Ogden, Ruth Carim, Nick Newton, and Peter Ducker. Alison Silver guided the project smoothly, efficiently and cheerfully towards its publication. Her eye for detail and thoroughness enhanced the book enormously. Working with her was, as always, such a pleasure. Finally, thanks to Sue, Zoë and Thomas for everything. From the first edition My special thanks to Christine Cairns and Alison Silver for all their hard work, friendly encouragement and editorial expertise. Thanks also to all the teachers and students at the following schools and institutes who used the pilot edition of this book and made so many helpful comments and suggestions: The Bell School in Cambridge, the British Council Institute in Barcelona, The British School in Florence, the College of Arts and Technology in Newcastle upon Tyne, the Eurocentre in Cambridge, Godmer House in Oxford, the Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute in London, Inlingua Brighton & Hove, International House in Arezzo, Klubschule Migros in St Gallen, The Moraitis School in Athens, the Moustakis School of English in Athens, the Newnham Language Centre in Cambridge, VHS Aachen, VHS Heidelberg, VHS Karlsruhe, the Wimbledon School of English in London and Ray Thomson in Switzerland. Without their help and reassurance this book could not have taken shape. 4 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-63553-0 – New Progress to Proficiency Leo Jones Frontmatter More information Acknowledgements The author and publishers are grateful to the authors, publishers and others who have given permission for the use of copyright material identified in the text. 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