Longman Essential Activator [antikvár]

How to use the Longman Essential Activator The Longman Essential Activator will help you make your language more accurate, more varied, and more like that of a native speaker. For example, imagine you want to find a better word to use instead of 'very happy' in this sentence: I was very happy to hear about your new job. (Longman Learner's Corpus extract, intermediate level student.) This is what you do: 1. Think of a word which expresses the basic meaning of what you want to say. 2. Find that word in the Essential Activator, and choose the most suitable section. 3. Read the definitions of the words in that section, and decide which is the best one for you to use. I 4. Now use this word to I improve your HAPPY o B happy because something good has happened delighted /dilait^d/ [adj not before noun] extremely happy because something very good has happened: She has been offered a job in Japan, and she's delighted of course. 0 sentence. 1 was deWahted to hear about your new job. You can also find help when you need to write about a particular subject or topic, by using the Essential Word Banks. For example, if you want to write an article about the environment, turn to E to look up ENVIRONMENT, where you will find vocabulary, information, and ideas related to this subject.