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Current Students The Learning Centre Develop Your English
Develop Your English
Here, you'll find a range of resources to help you develop your English for academic purposes.
Revise essential grammar, learn how to build your academic vocabulary, check the punctuation rules and learn how you can develop your essential language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Grammar
- Verbs (PDF, 278 KB)
- Nouns (PDF, 106 KB)
- Articles (PDF, 256 KB)
- Prepositions (PDF, 98 KB)
- Building sentences (PDF, 110 KB)
Vocabulary
- Building vocabulary (PDF, 261 KB)
- Choosing the right word (PDF, 232 KB)
- Linking and reporting words (PDF, 330 KB)
- British and American English (PDF, 384 KB)
Punctuation
- Capital letters (PDF, 778 KB)
- Apostrophes (PDF, 227 KB)
- Commas, colons and semi-colons (PDF, 798 KB)
- Hyphens, dashes and brackets (PDF, 946 KB)
- Quotation marks (PDF, 895 KB)
- End of sentence (PDF, 773 KB)
Writing and reading
- Writing and reading (PDF, 306 KB)
- Editing (PDF, 285 KB)
- Proofreading (PDF, 290 KB)
- Language editing checklist (PDF, 101 KB)
Listening and speaking
- Effective listening (PDF, 399 KB)
- Effective speaking (PDF, 177 KB)
- Pronunciation (PDF, 197 KB)
- Practising your English (PDF, 176 KB)
Additional resources
Passives
Using passive tense in sentence structure
Writing and editing
Paragraphs
Writing and editing
Editing
Writing and editing
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