Boost your vocabulary

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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

2

5 - 8 Test yaurself 2

12-\7

family

9

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 - 4 Test l1Qurself \
Test exercises 1 - 5

5

32-37

Days; Months; Years; Dates; Sea sons;

Time prepositio ns; Time adverbials; Times

6

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

7 _ School
= :=...

_

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....;;:;;
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

8

5pprl

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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

9 -12 Test yourself 3

Time

58-63

CO&OUrs; Shades; Clothes and footwear;
1\:"" of clothes; Style

Life stages; 's

4

Free lime

Activities; Talking about post octMties;
Music:; Muslcol instru ments

Male and female ; Fomity members;

3
Describing people: age
_ ....;;a"nd

", appearance

56-57

Test exercises 1 - 5

6-11

Meellng I!!!Qple

Pag es

Unit

82-83

Test exercises 1 - 5

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 1


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

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Complete the conversations.

Conversation 2

Conversation 1
A: H e I I o. Ij 0 ~ are
B: Not g r __ t.
A:

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e 's Ben

Mar rio t t. M y n
Mar rio t t.
C 0 u I d you s p _ _ _

f hot,

P 1_ _ s e?
B:
A:
abel 2

Complete the clues to answer the question in the crossword.

,

They're very import ant! Who are they?

Clues
1
2

We

on really well. (3)

1

A: How ore you?

B: I'm
, thanks. (2)
....... .... ......... How are you? (5)
4
...... ............ to meet you. (7)
4

My
name is Anna . (5)
5
is Smith. (7)
6 My
the same class. (2)
7 We're
8 A: How are you?
B: I'm
, thanks . (4)
9
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.

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7
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Who is speaking? Write the letters in the correct pictures.
a)
b)

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3

3

Yes. M A double RIO double T.
Net 0
m
t
you, Ben.

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4

5

Draw lines to link the personal details.
First name

Bradshaw


Surname

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.

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2

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4

5

Read about Tracy's best friend. Then write about your best friend .

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7 i Read about Alex. Then complete your personal details and introduce yourself.

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at 14 Clifton Road. Bath. BA4 6LH
or on 010 587 9998
or on 9012 564901
at

FIRST NAME(S)

Alex

. ......

.

SURNAME

Fraser
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.

ADDRESS

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MOBILE PHONE 9012 564901
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SURNAME
ADDRESS

PHONE NUMBER
MOBILE PHONE
NUMBER
E-tMIL ADDRESS

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Sa Put the missing phrases in Conversation 1 or 2.
Fine, thanks.
I'm Rosa.
Pleased to meet you, too.

Hello, Mark.
Hi.
How are you?

Conversation 1
Sarah

Mark

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.

Hello

.

Sarah

.
Let me introduce my neighbour, Laura Green.

Laura
Mark

Hello. Pleased to meet you.

Conversation 2
Kate
Jack
Kate
Rosa
Jack

Hi.
.
This is my friend.

Hello
Hi, I'm Jock.

.

8b Which conversation is between teenagers: 1 or 21
9

..

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
1

Expressions
1

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2

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3

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4

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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

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relation / relative

..

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Silvio is Tommaso's grandmother.
Angelo = Silvio

I

oberto =

Sabi na
Anna

Roberto is Tommaso's fat ner.

Tommaso is Anno's brother.

Hello. fly name'sShamina. Tve got
a siste» and a baby brotbe« We five with
00f' parents in London. GarFamilyis qpite
large. Tve got roar oonis. Faar ancles
and sevencousins:

. My parents are
divorced. This is
mymother _

... and these af'e
mygrandparents _.

I haven't got any cants

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apite small

Have you got any brothers and sisters?
I've got a brother and a sister.
He's got on older sister and a younger brother.
I'm an only child.
My po rents ore separated.
My parents are divorced.
Our family's quite small.
Our family's quite large.
See page 86 for the British / American word list.

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horizontally ( .. ) and vertically ( 'Y ).

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2 Put the words in exercise 1 into groups.
Male

Female

grandmother

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Male / Female

guardian


3

4

Who are Wayne's relations?
1

His father's mother's husband is

2

His father's brother is

3

His mother's sister's daughter is

4

His sister's daughter is

5

His sister's son is

Choose five members of your family and write their names.

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1
2
3
4

5
5

Write details for you in the chart.

Adam Peter

Kellendria Trinade

R1cldtt

Roland

Mum: Jill
Dad: Pet.er

I've got a large

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family: Mum, Dad

:

and one brother;
aun ts , uncles and

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cousins.

:

Brothers: TI.m,
Mark, Sam
( all older)

No, not at the
moment.
Actor and singer

6

Singer

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••
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Use the chart in exercise 5 to write about Adam, Kelle and yourself.

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How good is your memory? You have one minute to read about
Shamina and Jonathon on page 13.
Now write sentences about Shamina and Jonathon. Don't look at
page 13.

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2 (large or small fomily?)
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2

3
4
5

(sister's nome?)
(pa rents?)
(grandparents?)
(large or small family?)
(aunts and uncles?)

i7bl Now look at page 13 to check your answers.
8

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Write the word which describes each of these
life stages.

1

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.

2

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9a Read the clues and identify the people. Write their names in the family tree.

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Luke's mum is David's
daughter.

......... .. .. .. .

luke is very young .
luke's uncle is called
Paul.

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Sally is Paul's sister.

. ..... ..., ....

~

Emma's got a younger
sister called Diana.
David and Mary are
husband and wife.
Diana's father is ca lled
Neil.

. ...... ....... .


eli Are you good at writing puzzles? Write some clues for a puzzle about your own
family. Ask a friend to complete it.

Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize.

Expressions

Words
1
2

.
.

1

..

3

..

2

.

3

.

4

.

5

.

4

.

5

..

6
7
8
9
10

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..
..
..
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Describing people: age and appearance

Translate the words and phrases.

Age
middle-aged
old

young

in her teens

in his twenties

Howald are you?

I'm 14. / I'm 14 years old.

He's in his twenties.

She's in her thirties.


Hair length

Eye colour

short
medium length
long

blue
brown
grey
green

Hair colour

Shades of colour

brown
black
fair
blonde
red
grey
white

dark
light

not very

quite

very

He's not very old.

She's quite old.

Her heir's very long.


What does he / she look like?

What's her hair like?

She's got dark brown hair.

What colour hair has he got?

He's got short, fair hair.

What colour eyes has she got?

She's got light blue eyes.

They're a sort of greenish brown.


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Height

Measurement of weight

toll
of medium height
short

kilo
stone
pound

Measurement of height
metre
centimetre
foot

(plural: feet)
inch
(plural : inches)
1 metre

= 3.28 feet

1 centimetre
1 foot

=

0.39 inch

= 12 inches

See page 84 (or
height and weight
abbreviations.

Build
small
big
slim
of medium build
well-built
muscular
How
He's
He's

He's
He's

See page 86
(or the British /
American word
list.

toll is he?
(quite) tall.
of medium height.
(quite) short.
about 1 metre 75.

How much do you weigh?
I weigh about 50 kilos .

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1 I Describe the age group of these people.
1 She's about 43 or 44. She's in her forties.
2 He's 52.
3 She's 16.
4 He's about 27 or 28 .
5 She's 3.

The words in the puzzle all describe the colour and shade of hair and eyes.

Complete the words.
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2~

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3 .....
4~

5~

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3 Put the words from the puzzle in exercise 2 into the correct group.
Some words can go in both groups.
Eye colour / shade

Hair colour / shade

f/9!:ff

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How good is your moths? Use the information
on page 19 to find the answers to the quiz.

See page 84 for
height and weighf

abbreviations.

a) in metres and centimetres? .....m... .cm

bl in feet and inches?

is beavier?

D

a) 10 kg

o

b] 20 Ib

w ueh d JIll weigh?

al in kilos?

.................kg


b) in pounds?

.. .... ......... ..Ib


cl in stones and pounds?

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a]2 m

bIB'

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Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the height and build of
these people.
2

very
quite
not very

4

muscular
well-built
of medium build

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small

slim

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tall
short
of medium height

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6 I Write details about yourself in the chart. Then choose two members of your
family or two friends end write in their details.

2

1

you
age
height

weight
build
hair colour
hair length
eye colour
7

Use the information from the chart in exercise 6 to write a description of
yourself and of one of the other people.
(age and height)
(build and weight)
(hair length and colour)
(eye colour)

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Look at the Star Profile of Rachel Stevens and read about her below.
Who is your favourite pop star or sports star at the moment?
Write a star profile in the chart. Then write a full description.

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Write five quiz questions about your favourite pop star or sports star to ask
a friend.

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3

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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

.

kitchen

.

20 paf io

.

.

21

.

10 hall
11 toilet

Boosl Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 4

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garden


My room
armchair
bed
blinds
bookcase
bookshelf
(plural: bookshelves)

Location: prepositions

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.
.
.
.

on
next to
near

.
.

corpet

.

opposite

ceiling
chair
chest of drawers
computer
cupboard
curta ins
desk
door
duvet
floor
lamp

mirror
notice board
photo
picture
poster
radiator
radio
rug
shelf
sound system
table
telephone

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wardrobe
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at the front of
in the middle of
at the back of

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on the left of

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See page 86 for the
British / American
word list.

I live in George Street.
My Aat is above a shop .
My house is near a small pork.

It's got three bedrooms.

It hasn't got a garden.

My room is at the front of the flat.

What's your room like?

It's quite big.
.

I share my room with my sister.

There's a desk ' under the window.

There are some posters on the walls .

There are some blinds at the window.

Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 4

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1

Use the words in the circle to describe where you live.

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2

Which parts of Wayne's house
do these pictures show?

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the kitchen

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Which of the rooms / areas in
exercise 2 has your house or flat got?

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Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 4

Which rooms / areas hasn't it got?

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Write the word next to the picture. Then tick (.I) the things you've got in your
room. If you've got other things in your room, add them to the list .

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near

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behind

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4

in the corner

5

above

6

between

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under

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on top of

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