Radical English for Nurses

Chapter 1: Language and its Functions 1
Chapter 2: The Sentence 12
Chapter 3: Parts of Speech 18
Chapter 4: Noun 21
Chapter 5: Pronoun 26
Chapter 6: Adjective 30
Chapter 7: Adverb 36
Chapter 8: Verb 43
Chapter 9: Preposition 56
Chapter 10: Conjunction 63
Chapter 11: Interjection 66
Chapter 12: The Determiners 68
Chapter 13: Use of Words as Different Parts of Speech 71
Chapter 14: Punctuation 77
Chapter 15: Idiomatic Expressions 82
Chapter 16: Antonyms 88
Chapter 17: Informal English 92
Chapter 18: Vocabulary 95
Chapter 19: Homophones 101
Chapter 20: Foreign Words Used in English 122
Chapter 21: Slang 127
Chapter 22: Letter Writing 131
Chapter 23: Resume Writing 137
Chapter 24: Note-taking 151
Chapter 25: Direct and Indirect Speech 155
Chapter 26: Paragraph Writing 165
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Chapter 27: Medical Abbreviations 181
Chapter 28: Medical Terminology 196
Chapter 29: Definition of Phonetics 200
Chapter 30: Modals 205
Chapter 31: Diary Writing 212
Chapter 32: Public Speaking 213
Chapter 33: Précis Writing 216
Chapter 34: Sentence Patterns 222
Chapter 35: Debate 225
Chapter 36: Spoken English 227
Chapter 37: Root Words 231
Index 237
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