Barbara Thomas Books

The voices in Barbara Thomas' poems "serve the tray of hospitality": a rich sampling of sounds, rhythms, cadences, artfully phrased and precisely sung.

Did you know chocolate is bad for a cat but yogurt makes a tasty treat? Find out how to make your pets feel at home with this handy and practical guide.

Complete PET combines the very best in contemporary classroom practice with stimulating topics aimed at teenagers and young adults.

"The course is designed to maximise the performance of school-age learners. It features eight units covering the core topics, vocabulary, grammar and skills needed for all four exam papers for the revised Cambridge English: First (FCE) for Schools exam from 2015. Two teen-inspired topics in each unit ensure the entire exam syllabus is covered, and can also act as a basis for CLIL-based extension activities and projects. Grammar sections and a Grammar Reference help students build up the accurate language structure necessary for the Use of English parts of the new Reading and Use of English paper, while B2-level vocabulary is targeted, drawing on insights from English Profile, and brought together in a Wordlist based on key vocabulary from the units. 'Exam tips', and grammar and vocabulary exercises teach students to avoid common mistakes identified in Cambridge's unique collection of real exam papers, the Cambridge Learner Corpus."--Publisher description

Cambridge Grammar for PET provides complete coverage of the grammar needed for the Cambridge PET exam, and develops listening skills at the same time. It includes the full range of PET exam tasks from the Reading, Writing and Listening papers, and contains helpful grammar explanations and a grammar glossary. A Student's Book 'without answers' is also available.

Compact First for Schools is a focused, 50 - 60 hour course for Cambridge English: First for Schools, also known as First Certificate in English (FCE). The syllabus for this exam has changed and this book has now been replaced by 9781107415584 Compact First for Schools Second edition Student's Pack (Student's Book without answers with CD-ROM, Workbook without answers with Audio).show more

A focused, 50–60 hour course for the revised Cambridge English: First (FCE) for Schools exam from 2015. This Workbook provides further practice of language and vocabulary introduced in the Compact First for Schools Second edition Student's Book. Topics and exam tasks follow the progression of language in the Student's Book units. It also features an eight-page section focusing on the consolidation and extension of skills for the Writing paper. Downloadable Audio contains the listening material for the Workbook listening activities and includes exam-style listening tasks.

This book presents grammar in a listening context and includes the full range of exam tasks

The syllabus for this exam has changed and this book has now been replaced by 9781107663398 Complete First Second edition Workbook with answers with Audio CD.

SECOND EDITION of the best-selling course first published in 2003. Provides exam preparation and practice for the PET exam.