English Essentials Vol 35

Topics covered in the Issue

Section 1 – Articles, HOTS Questions and Glossaries
The First 25 – Rebels, Icons and Leaders

1.1 Rebels, Icons and Leaders of the Business and Finance World
– Who Impacted Humanity in the Last 25 years.
1.2 A Precise Moment in Time That Changed Humanity’s Destiny
– The Unveiling Of iPhone To the World.
1.3 The Six Books Bill Gates Thinks You Should Read
– An Intellectual Journey For Our Young Entrepreneurial Minds.
1.4 Dow 101: The Dow Jones Industrial Average
– Its Significance to Global Economy.
1.5 Bursa Malaysia – The Heart Beat of Our Economy & Unlocking the Potential.

Section 2 – Global Snapshots – Know Your World

2.1 Grain Wastage in China – 35 million tonnes of grain lost yearly.
2.2 2014 Global Slavery Report – 35.8 million people enslaved.
2.3 Is The Ocean Our Dumping Ground? – 270,000 tonnes of plastic in the sea.
2.4 Natural Disaster – 10 Years on, where did all the tsunami debris go?
2.5 Global Crime & Morality – Global illicit financial outflows.
2.6 Climate Change – 2014 hottest year on record.

Section 3 – Wisdom & General Knowledge

3.1 Misnomers.
3.2 Fun Facts.
3.3 Determining the expiry date of drugs.
3.4 Banana stem in your diet.

Section 4 – Language

4.1 English Is Amazing.
4.2 Verbs that describe Eating.
4.3 Easily Confused Words.
4.4 Error Identification.
4.5 Countable & Uncountable Nouns.
4.6 Collective Nouns for Mammals, Birds & Fish.
4.7 Question Words – WH Questions.
4.8 Nouns Exercises.
4.9 Gender of Nouns.

Section 5 – Critical Thinking Questions That Will Spark Your Mind (HOTS).

Section 6 – Back Cover – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.