A manual for self-tuition gives an opportunity to learn English from the ground up, gradually, without excessive efforts mastering most necessary. Bases of the English pronunciation are given in a manual, it is told about the rules of reading, thus during all book the most English words and suggestions are accompanied by transcription by the Russian letters. Parts of speech (noun, adjective, pronoun, verb and т. of д.) are presented in detail. Special attention it is spared to the verb and practically all most widely-used verbal times. All grammar is expounded simply, evidently and with plenty of examples. To the English phrases and expressions Russian translations are given. And exercises with answers allow quickly to check the mastered knowledge. In passing ideoglossaries allowing gradually to increase the vocabulary and use this vocabulary in conversation are given also.In end of book the table of wrong verbs, and also original English-Russian phrase-book, is placed. He contains 800 colloquial phrases arranged in alphabetical order.Working out this manual for self-tuition, a reader will learn to understand English speech by ear, to read simple texts, and also to communicate on domestic themes.