Description:
Upgrade your English w/ 300 essential idioms. Idioms & phrasal verbs are difficult for non-natives. Idiom Attack's 25 easy-to-read topics have meanings & examples in English & French for inter-adv Eng students.
Brief description: An elementary school teacher since 1999, Jay enjoys writing stories and collaborating with his brother on creative projects. Currently teaching grade five and physical education in Ontario, Canada, Jay enjoys spending time with his wife Christa and daughter Emma at their home on Lake Erie when not working.
Review Quotes:
1."I discovered that Peter Liptak opted to teach simple idioms that he could find. His explanations of them were even more uncomplicated."- BookThumper (BookThumper's Review)
2."A crossword puzzle after every five chapters that combine the idioms from that section adds an element of fun to what otherwise could be a challenging experience."- D Churchill (Churchill's Review)
3."[... ] All in all there is enough variety in the exercises to ensure the reader can understand the idiom in different ways," - UnicornKnight (UnicornKnight's Review)
4.[...] I loved the short stories included, it helped me to realise how idioms are used in our daily lives..." - Lee-2u (Lee- 2u's Review)
5."After each lecture in each chapter, stories were given and questions were asked to make the readers practice what they had learned. This is genius..." - Timothy Fatabolin (Fatabolin's Review)
6."These activities were written in a way that grabs attention, keeps attention, and makes answering the questions fun." - CorpsLeg (CorpsLeg's Review)
7."The book also boosts the reader's confidence in using idioms as its examples and quizzes require the reader to use numerous idioms to finish statements and questions." - Judah Benjamin (Judah Benjamin's Review)