BOOST YOUR VOCABUL Y1 Chris Barker PENGUIN ENGLISH Contents Pages Unit Introduction 4-5 Saying hello a nd goodbye; Introducing yourself a nd other people; Personal details; Tlfles; Friends; British I American WOf"d list - Test yaurself 12-\7 family 10 18-23 Age ; Hair ~; Hoir colour; Eye ccOOur; Shades of colour; Height; Measurement of he ight; Measurement of weight; Build 24-29 House and home Description; Rooms I areas; My room ; Locat ion: prepositions 30-3\ I - Test l1Qurself \ Test exercises - 5 32-37 Days; Months; Years; Dates; Sea sons; Time prepositio ns; Time adverbials; Times 38-43 Ufeathome Before school; After school; Adverbs a nd phrases of frequency; Jobs ar ou nd the house; Pets; Meals at school and at home _ School = := _ _ ;;:;; 44 -49 Main school subjects in UK schools; People; Exams; Non-lesson time; Afte r-schoof act ivities and dubs; School rooms a nd places 5pprl ~h~ 11 Food and drink ~-~ 50 - 55 Sport / AdMty; Penon; Spom ,ts; Winning a nd losing 70-75 Basic food; Drinks ; Fruit; Vegetobtes; Meet; Prepe-ed food 12 Cauntrles, nallanalltles and 76 - 8\ lanquQQes Some countries and nation alities: Europe ; Euro pe I Asio; Midd le East and Asia; North Americo; Central America; South America; Africa ; Australosta; The twelve most wKIe1y spoke n languages -12 Test yourself Time 58-63 CO&OUrs; Shades; Clothes and footwear; 1\:"" of clothes; Style Life stages; 's Free lime Activities; Talking about post octMties; Music:; Muslcol instru ments Male and female ; Fomity members; Describing people: age _ ;;a"nd ", appearance 56-57 Test exercises - 6-11 Meellng I!!!Qple Pag es Unit 82-83 Test exercises - Reference 84-87 The English a lpha bet; Heig ht a nd weight ; Numbe rs; Some basic spelling rule s; British and American Eng lish self assessment and proqress check Answer key (Centro l pcll-cct section) 88 A-H Meeting people Translate the words and phrases Saying hello and goodbye Informal Hi Hello Bye! See you See you lofer See you soon See you tomorrow Formal Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Goodnight Goodbye A: How are you? B: Fine, thanks / I'm OK, thanks And you? A: Mm, not too good / Mm, nof great B: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that A: How are things? B: Fine, thanks / Not bod, thanks Introducing yourself and other people Informal My nome's (John) Formal A: Let me introduce (Moria) I'm (John) B: Pleased to meet you This is (Mario) C: Pleased to meet you, too A: Nice to meet you Welcome to {London) B: Nice to meet you, too Boost Your Vocabulary I Unit Personaldetails Titles First name(s} Surname Mole / Female Address Street Town / City Postcode Dote of bi rth Phone number Mobile phone number e-mail address Mr Mrs Miss Ms Male Mr adult men Female Mrs married women Miss unmarried (single) women Ms married or unmarried women Friends She's my best friend He's my penfriend We're good friends We're in the same class at school We're classmates We're neighbours I know him / her welL I don't know him / her very well I don't get on very well with him / her We get on very / really well We don't get on very well What's your surname? Could you spell that, please? Could you repeat that, please? Yoo can callme Miss Tracy Bradshaw (,/) or Miss Bradshaw (,/ ) bat not Miss Tracy ~) You can canme Wayne Connolly (,/) or Wayne (,/) bat not Mr Wayne ~) Yoa can callmyDad Mr Connolly o: British American surname postcode mobile phone penfriend gel on last name zip code cellphone pen pol gel along Boost Your Vocabulary Unit r7l Complete the conversations Conversation Conversation A: H e I I o Ij ~ are B: Not g r t A: I' m S tho t y y ~ ? h ear A: B: A: Goo d m n i n g W t's-your s nom e? e 's Ben Mar rio t t M y n Mar rio t t C u I d you s p _ _ _ f hot, P 1_ _ s e? B: A: abel Complete the clues to answer the question in the crossword , They're very import ant! Who are they? Clues We on really well (3) A: How ore you? B: I'm , thanks (2) How are you? (5) to meet you (7) My name is Anna (5) is Smith (7) My the same class (2) We're A: How are you? B: I'm , thanks (4) How are ? (6) 10 It's latel I must go ! (9) 11 you tomorrow (3) Good rnorninq .everyone Mmm, not great c) d) e) Hello Pleased to meet you See you later f) Goodnight Boost Your Vocabulary Unit TI I I 10 11 Who is speaking? Write the letters in the correct pictures a) b) G E 3 Yes M A double RIO double T Net m t you, Ben 11 1­ Draw lines to link the personal details First name Bradshaw Surname tracy@teenmail.com Date of birth 12, Rose Street Street 0029583795 Town / City 13 April 1989 Posfcode Milton Keynes Phone number Tracy e-mail address MK39DG Put the words in the right order Start with the word in the centre of each circle !~!:~ ~~ ~~:r .~~!~ ~~~~ ~!:~' Read about Tracy's best friend Then write about your best friend ~~ ~~~ t~~f!:~'!.·~.~C!~~ !~ y'a.,!~~~ ?~~~~' ~~.f!:'~ !~f:.~~~':'; W~ f1r.e4~ ft:! !~.~ ~q~~ q!~~t l?!J.~ ~~ 9~~ P.'! r:~fl!l.Y .~~/f Boost Your Vocabulary Unit i Read about Alex Then complete your personal details and introduce yourself Hi! rm Alex Fraser You can contact me at 14 Clifton Road Bath BA4 6LH or on 010 587 9998 or on 9012 564901 at alexf@gcnet.co.uk FIRST NAME(S) Alex SURNAME Fraser ADDRESS 14 Clifton Road ~ ~ ~ ~~~! ~~ ~~J:1 PHONE NUMBER 010 5879998 MOBILE PHONE 9012 564901 NUMBER E-tMIL ADDRESS ~!~/~~~'!~t :~?:~~ FIRST NAME(S) SURNAME ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER MOBILE PHONE NUMBER E-tMIL ADDRESS rol Boost Your Vocabulary Unit Sa Put the missing phrases in Conversation or Fine, thanks I'm Rosa Pleased to meet you, too Hello, Mark Hi How are you? Conversation Sarah Mark ~f?!!9.'.~~':'~· Hello Sarah Let me introduce my neighbour, Laura Green Laura Mark Hello Pleased to meet you Conversation Kate Jack Kate Rosa Jack Hi This is my friend Hello Hi, I'm Jock 8b Which conversation is between teenagers: or 21 You are with Simon, your English penfriend You meet one of your classmates in the street Write the conversation You Hi Classmate You Simon C1cissmate Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize Words Expressions 10 Boost Your Vocabulary Unit A Family Translate the words and phrases Male and female boy girl man woman (plural : men) (plural : women) Family members Male / Female Male Female grandfather grandmother grandparent grandson granddaughter grandchild (plural : grandchildren) father Dad Mum stepfather stepmother brother o sister stepbrother stepsister holfbrother husband wife son daughter uncle nephew niece mother child teenager adult guard ian halfsister aunt life stages baby parent Boosl Your Vocabulary Unit COUSin relation / relative IArt Department I Write the names of three more things you wear on a hot day things you wear on a cold day things you wear on your feet ~"Y~'!'.'r'.i':'9 .~r.l.f'}~ a fleece ~ sandals drinks ~r.q'}g.f!; J.~i.c.~ kinds of fruit ~P.r:~c:~t , musical instruments violin European languages German countries in the Americas Venezuela (24 marks) Put the words in the correct categories carrot clarinet card igan coffee food and drink cauliflower cucumber coconut coat cello cheese clothes celery musical instruments carrot (10 marks) Complete the conversation Fay suit me.? Ooes t his IS ilac ket Mum Yes, it does It Fay really good on you 2? It's a bit tight Do you think it's too Mum No, it's just right Fay I don't think green suits me Perhaps they've got it in another Mum They've got it in blue Why don't you • the blue one on? Fay No, blue's boring Mum And there's a red one Fay you like that? No, not red! Mum The green one's fine, Fay How Fay is it? £150 Mum Mmm Perhaps green doesn 't suit you after all (6 marks) Boost Your Vocabulary Test yourself 83 Reference TheEnglish _alphabet Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Nn 00 Pp Qq Rr Ff Ss Gg Hh Ii n Uu Vv Height and weight Jj Ww - Kk Xx - LI Mm Yy Zz - See Unit Describing people: age and appearance for the use of height and weight abbreviations and symbols S S Height Abbreviation Symbol Example metre centimetre m cm 60cm o foot o inch 1m 5ft / 5' ft in " 1m75 6in / 6" metre = 3.2808 feet ce ntimetre = 3937 inch foot = 12 inches Weight S kilo sto ne pound o o Abbreviation kg st Ib Example 3kg last 81b 64kg lkg = 2.20461b 141b = 1st In Britain both the metric S a nd imperia l syste ms are used In America the imperiol system is used Numbers See Unit Time for the use of ordinal numbers in dates Cardinal numbers lone two three four five six seven eight nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20 twenty 21 twenty-one 22 twenty-two 23 twenty-three 24 twenty-four 25 twenty-five 26 twenty-six 27 twenty-seven 28 twenty-e ight 29 twenty-nine 30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty 90 ninety 100 a hundred 101 a hundred and on e 200 two hundred 1,000 a thousand 1,000,000 a million Boosl Your Vocabulary Reference Ordinal numbers 1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth 10th tenth 11th eleventh 12th twelfth 13th thirteenth 14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth 21 st twenty-first 22nd twenty-second 23rd twenty-third 24th twenty-fourth 25th twenty-fifth 26th twenty-sixth 27th twenty-seventh 28th twenty-eighth 29th twenty-ninth 30th thirtieth Some basic spelling rules Nouns Nouns which end in os, -ss , -sh, -ch ond -x: add -es bus address brush sandwich box buses addresses brushes sandwiches boxes Nouns which end in a consonant + 0: usually, add -es potato tomato potatoes tomatoes But if they are abbreviations, just add -s kilo (kilogra m) photo (photograph) piano (pia nofo rte) video (videocassette) kilos photos pianos videos Nouns which end in a vowel + 0: add-s radio patio radios patios Nouns which end in -y -r ==> City -ies cities countries balconies parties country balcony party But -y does not change after a vowel (0, e, i, 0, u) ==> -y boy day journey -ys boys days journeys Nouns which end in -fee) ==> -fee) knife leaf wife -ves knives leaves wives Irregular plurals children feet men women people child foot man woman person Verbs Verbs which end in -e: drop the -e before adding -ing come dance hope smile coming dancing hoping smiling -ie changes to -y before -ing -y -ie die lie ==> dying lying Verbs which end in -ss, -sh, -ch and -x: add -es to make the third person singular of the present simple pass push watch relax posses pushes watches relaxes and go also form the third person singular of the present tense with -es go does goes The third person singular of the present tense of have is irregular have has Verbs which end in -y -y corry try tidy third person, present simple post simple -ies -ied ca rries tries tidies ==> carried tried tidied -y does not change after a vowel (a, e, i, 0, u) -y -ys -yed enjoy enjoys enjoyed play plays played buy buys (irregular: bought) ==> ==> Verbs of one syllable which end in a single consonant: double the consonant before adding -;ng or -ed -;ng form past simple stop plan get stopping planning getting stop ped planned (irregular: got) When the vowel which comes before a final consonant is stressed, double the consonant to make the -ing form and the past tense prefer preferring preferred When the vowel which comes before a final consonant is not stressed, not double the consonant visit happen remember develop visiting happening remembering developing visited happened remembered developed See British / American spellings, 2, on page 87 Boost Your Vocabulary Reference f8Sl British and American English British American British Unit Unit (See page 6.) (See page 38 ) Unit have a shower / bath have a wash I cycle get a lift get the bus teo (as a meal) canteen (See page 12.) Mum have got Mom have Unit (See page 18.) fair (hair) stone (in weight) well-built light /blond (hair) has a good build Unit4 (See page 24.) flat block (of flats) toilet ground floor first floor (etc.) chest of drawers cupboard duvet notice board wardrobe washbasin wastepaper bin opposite live in Street shop (noun) come round apartment apartment building bathroom / rest room (in publ ic places) first floor second floor (etc.) dresser / bureau closet bulletin board closet sink wastebasket / wastepaper basket across from live on Street store come over UnitS (See page 32.) May 1st = May the first 1st May = the first of May a quarter past two ten to three autumn at the weekend Monday to friday May 1st = May first - a quarter after two ten of three fall on / over the weekend Monday through friday Boost Your Vocabulary Reference phone someone tidy your room the washing-up rubbish lay the table lake a shower / both wash I ride my bike gel a ride toke the bus lunch room / cafeteria call someone clean your room / wash the dishes garbage / trash set the table Unlt7 (See page 44 ) citizenship Moths registration end-of-term exams term marks results football pitch stoff room head teacher deputy head caretaker cleaner pupil choir lessons double Art in the leam orchestra practice timetable CIVICS moth homeroom final exams / finals semester / quarter grades scores soccer field faculty room principal vice principal head custodian custodian / janitor student chorus / choir (for church) classes two periods of Art on the team orchestra (rehearsal) schedule school types mixed school state school public school nursery (up to 5) primary school (5 -12) cooed school public school private school pre-school (up to 5) kindergarten (4 - 5) elementary school (5 -12) British American British secondary school (11 - 16 / 18) college (16 -18) university (18+) junior high school (12 - 14 / 15) high school (15/16 ­ 18) college (18 - 22) Unit 10 (See page 64 ) trousers vest pants cardigan jumper Unit (See page 50 ) football American football footballer ice hockey athletics motor racing racing cor match (football) swimming costume trainers zip What size are you? Does it suit me? Unit 11 Unit (See page 70.) (See page 58.) British English and American English don't only have different words; they have different spellings, too British English American English -our => or colour favourite -re aubergine courgette chips crisps milkshake (no ice cream) pudding yoghurt Do you fancy .? spare time go to the movies movie go out to eat free time go to the cinema film go out for a meal metre centre pants / slacks undershirt underwear sweater sweater / pullover sweater panties bathing trunks / swim trunks bathing suit / swimsuit sneakers zipper What size you wear? Does it look good on me? knickers swimming trunks soccer football soccer player (ice) hockey trock and field auto racing race cor game (but boxing match) athletic interested in sporty keen on American eggplant zucchini french fries / fries potato chips milkshake (has ice cream) dessert yogurt Do you wont ? In British English I is doubled even when the vowel before the consonant is not stressed travel travelli ng trave lled In American English, I is not doubled travel traveling traveling color favorite => -er meter center Boost Your Vocabulary Reference ra1l Self assessment and progress check Self assessment Fill in the chart when you have completed each unit Which How well did vocabulary you in the sections were exercises? the most useful? very qu ite not (e.g Friendship) so well You wrote down some words and expressions to memorize How many of them can you remember? ~ I Tick the correct Words /10 part of the line Expressions /5 - Meeting people Family Describing people: age and appearance House and home Test score : / 60 Time ~ Life at home ~ -, School ~ Spo rt Test score: /60 ~ -: free time 10 fashion -' 11 Food a nd drink 12 Countries, languages and nationalities Test score: / 60 ~ Which vocabulary sections you need to go over again before you the test? I I I I I I I I I I I I Progress check How much of the vocabulary did you know before you worked through the units? How much you feel you know after working through the units? Less tha n 25% Units - befo re after Units - 1!.~f.2.r e after before a fte r ' Units - 12 More than 60% About 50% ­ _ Boost Your Vocabulary Self assessment and progress check - ­'" Answer key Meeting people Exercise 8b Exercise Conversation Conversation A: Possible answers You Hi Classmate Hi You This is Simon, my English penfriend Simon Nice to meet you Classmate Nice 10 meet you, too Exercise Hello How are you? Not great I'm sorry to hear that B: A: Conversation A: Good morning What's your surname? MarrioN My name's Ben MarrioN Could you spell that, please? Yes M A double RIO double T N ice to meet you, Ben B: A: B: A: , Exercise They're very impor tant! Who are they? G EIT K 1H I FI L L Ip IL IE A E D o F I N E T H I N G 10 G o D N I GIHIT I 11 SEE a Exercise First name Surname Date of birth Street Town / City Postcode Phone number e-mail address d f Tracy Bradshaw 13 April 1989 12, Rose Street M ilton Keynes MK39DG 0029583795 tracy@teenmail.com Alice is my best friend I'm sorry to hear that We get on really well I don't know him very well Exercise A N • ,l UItil e A U N D M T ~f Tal 1((: 'R I•S ~O I L E r-u MI, II IA 'p., m l ~' IAI I~ ~ ' WA A;[...]... list Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 13 Complete the twenty family words and circle them Look for the words horizontally ( ) and vertically ( 'Y ) 1" "h._ 1j-,R " A 3" ! I N LQ ~I ~- D c E U, 6" I , "" B C 7~ I I U R 5 T 0 I ,," - 10 ~ 1 I, U 11 ~M II ! I 0 I 'D' - G 0 ? 12 "1 "" F E 14 ~ I P [N I A , 16 ~ G A 0 [fi R A ? ·W A , ., R N F A D ? 15 , T ""N D C I r E P ? E ? R E N D '1 19~ ? E 9 13 ~ N "" 1. .. st fit - 5 11 fi st twent -th rd ~/~XE;f)t!t 14 15 21 22 23 24 11 Complete the months in the crossword Then number them from 1 to 1 2 to show their order N o V E u M B E R Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 5 12 13 L l~tl1 4 Write these dates as you would say them Monday, the first of January Thur 2 AUG 50 Complete the clues to find the mystery word mystery word , - _ ­ - 1 W 1 There are... Expressio ns 1 1 2 3 2 5 6 7 8 3 4 9 5 10 4 Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 3 fi3l House and home Translate the words and phrases Description large small flat block (of flats) house Rooms / areas ' 1 attic 12 garage 2 bed room 13 upstairs 3 spare room 14 downstairs 4 bat hroom 15 ground floor 5 land ing 16 first floor 6 living room 7 dining room 8 9 17 stairs 18 balcony study 19 terrace... much can you remember? 60 1 I Write the words in the corred groups Colours 6 11 7 8 12 13 14 15 3 Furniture Height, weight and build Family members 1 2 short slim tall uncle white muscular nephew notice board parent red cupboard doughter desk green large bed block blue choir cousin 4 9 5 10 16 17 p.e:'! 18 19 20 (19 marks) 2 I Match the questions to the answers o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 How oN are... It's in the middle of the week 51) Make up your own clue for the mystery word 6 1 2 3 4 5 How do you say these times? 2 315 0 910 13 45 013 0 19 35 ~~·!R ~! '!~~t ~ 9.~o/:t!!.r: posr ~!~.v.~fJ ~t.'.'!9~.~ Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 5 35 , , ~ z.j Write the answers as you would say them .IJJ, ~i" PITT, BRAD Actor (b Dec 18 th, 19 63) I AI ' / ~ J-!e .~~ ~qr:~ ~~ !-?~.c.e.' !1. ~~!" !.~*: *:!9~.~e.*?~ ~~,... leaves the big 14 ffll1 and there's ,4 where I put my clothes! Write soon 81i Now draw the room Write a description of your room for William Use prepositions (in, next to, etc.) to say exactly where things are Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize Words Expressions 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 4 (29l Test yourself 1 (Units 1 to 4) Mymarlc... o 13 4 D 14 D 5 D 15 D 6 D 16 7 D 17 8 D 18 9 D 19 10 D 20 ~ - , D Match the prepositions to the pictures 1 near 2 behind 3 In 4 in the corner 5 above 6 between 7 under 8 on top of 9 in front of b 0) h) i) 6 ~ Your penfriend, William, has sent you a map and some pictures of where he lives Complete the description 11 1 if ;s wHere t live back !