Mr. Naseeruddin Shah, who is widely considered to be one of the best stage and film actors of India, once said, “I have been writing a book for the last ten years but I could write down only sixty four pages up to now. Writing a book is not an easy task.” I think writing a book is a strenuous as well as exciting work. I am fortunate as I have been teaching my students most of the topics of this book during my class-room sessions for the last five years. Therefore, what I have to do is to present the material in an attractive as well as constructive form.

This book, Functional English, has been designed to fulfill the requirement of the students of different universities of India. The book is written in such a fashion as to provide students the essential information of functional English with practical exercises and questions for developing their communication skills. The Books covers the topics of Precise Writing, Essay Writing, Dialogue Writing, English Grammar, Practical Criticism, Vocabulary, Exercises, Questions and Answers, etc. ( )