reading is very important to help you learn english.this book provides not only different kinds of english but also a good way to check your reading ability.there are four parts in the book.
part 1 is messages.in this part somebody wangts to send information in writing to somebody eles.there is a test on timetable and a test on text messages.
part 2 is things.you will find some descriptive writing in this part.there are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.
part 3 is places.in this part,too ,many different kinds of english ale shown,some informal and some formal,there is the informal english of a holiday postcard.there is also the formal english in a thank-you letter
part 4 is people.in this part all the tests are about people.for example,there are some letters between friends.there are also some biographies about famous people.there is a job application as a model to help with your writing,as well as testing your reading.
you can do these tests in any order you like,or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text.