Basic Vocabulary in Use is a reference and practice book for students of North American English at the basic level. This edition is appropriate for classroom use. Its easy-to-use format presents a content- or grammar-based lesson on the left-hand page and innovative practice activities on the right-hand page. Illustrated throughout in full color, the book’s sixty lessons cover approximately 1,200 new vocabulary items. An audio CD with recordings of selected example sentences from the book is included. The book also has an index with phonetic transcriptions. Firmly based on current vocabulary acquisition theory, BasicVocabulary in Use promotes good learning habits and teaches students how to discover rules for using vocabulary correctly. An edition with answers is also available. Students who have finished this book will be ready to use the higher-level books in this series, Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate and Vocabulary in Use: Upper Intermediate.