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- 1. BOOST YOUR 0VOCABUL Y1 Chris Barker PENGUIN ENGLISH
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ContentsUnitPagesUnitPag esIntroduction 4-5 5 - 8 Test yaurself 256-57Test exercises 1 - 5 Meellng I!!!Qple6-11 Saying hello a nd goodbye; Introducing9Free lime 58-63 yourself a nd other people; Personal details; Tlfles; Friends; British I American WOf"d list Activities; Talking about post octMties;Music:; Muslcol instru ments2family12-7 10 ~h~ ~-~ Male and female ; Fomity members;CO&OUrs; Shades; Clothes and footwear; Life stages; s1:"" of clothes; Style3Describing people: age18-23 11 Food and drink70-75 _ ....;;"nd appearance a ",Basic food; Drinks ; Fruit; Vegetobtes; Meet; Age ; Hair ~; Hoir colour; Eye ccOOur; Prepe-ed food Shades of colour; Height; Measurement of he ight; Measurement of weight; Build 12 Cauntrles, nallanalltles and 76 - 8lanquQQes4House and home24-29Some countries and nation alities: Europe ; Description; Rooms I areas; My room ;Euro pe I Asio; Midd le East and Asia; North Locat ion: prepositionsAmerico; Central America; South America;Africa ; Australosta; The twelve most wKIe1yI - 4 Test l1Qurself30-3spoke n languages T exercises 1 - 5est 9 -12 Test yourself 382-835Time32-37Test exercises 1 - 5 Days; Months; Years; Dates; Sea sons; Time prepositio ns; Time adverbials; TimesReference84-87The English a lpha bet; Heig ht a nd weight ;6Ufeathome 38-43Numbe rs; Some basic spelling rule s; Britishand American Eng lish Before school; After school; Adverbs a nd phrases of frequency; Jobs ar ou nd the house; Pets; Meals at school and at homeself assessment and proqress check887 _ School= :=...__....;;:;; -4944 Answer keyA-H Main school subjects in UK schools; People; (Centro l pcll-cct section) Exams; Non-lesson time; Afte r-schoof act ivities and dubs; School rooms a nd places85pprl50 - 55 Sport / AdMty; Penon; Spom ....,ts; Winning a nd losing 3. Meeting people Translate the words and phrases. Saying hello and goodbye Informal Formal Hi. Good morning. Hello.Good afternoon .Good evening.Goodnight. Bye! Goodbye. See you. See you lofer. See you soon. See you tomorrow. A: How are you? B: Fine, thanks. / Im OK, thanks. And you? A: Mm, not too good. / Mm, nof great B: Oh, Im sorry to hear that. A: How are things? B: Fine, thanks. / Not bod, thanks. Introducing yourself and other people Informal Formal My nomes (John). A: Let me introduce (Moria) . Im (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 4. PersonaldetailsTitles First name(s} .Mr Surname .Mrs Mole / Female .Miss Address .Ms Street . Town / City.. Male Female Postcode .Mr adult men Mrs married women Dote of bi rth.Miss unmarried (single) women Phone number.Ms married or Mobile phone number . unmarried women e-mail address. Friends Shes my best friend. Hes my penfriend. Were good friends. Were in the same class at school. Were classmates. Were neighbours. I know him / her welL I dont know him / her very well. I dont get on very well with him / her. We get on very / really well. We dont get on very well. Whats your surname? Could you spell that, please? Could you repeat that, please? Yoo can callmeMiss Tracy Bradshaw (,/)You can canmeWayne Connolly (,/) or Wayne (,/) or Miss Bradshaw (,/ )bat not Mr Wayne ~). bat not Miss Tracy ~).Yoa can callmyDadMr Connolly o:British Americansurname last namepostcodezip codemobile phonecellphonepenfriend pen polgel ongel along Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 r7l 5. Complete the conversations. Conversation 1Conversation 2 A: H e I I o. Ij 0 ~ arey 0 ~ ? A:Goo d mn i n g. B: Not g r __ t. W __ ts-your s nom e? A: I m S 0 __ y h earB:Mar rio t t. M y n e s Ben tho t. Mar rio t t. A:C 0 u I d you s p _ _ _ f hot,P 1_ _ s e? B:Yes. M A double RIO double T. A:Net 0 m t you, Ben.abel 2 Complete the clues to answer the question in the crossword. Clues, Theyre very import ant! Who are they? 1Weon really well. (3)1G E TI 2A: How ore you?2B: Im, thanks. (2)3 3....... .... ......... How are you? (5) 4...... ............ to meet you. (7) 4 I I 5Myname is Anna . (5) 5 6 My is Smith. (7)6 7 Were the same class. (2) 7 8 A: How are you?8B: Im, thanks . (4) 9 9How are? (6) 10 Its latel I must go ! (9)101 11 you tomorrow. (3)113Who is speaking? Write the letters in the correct pictures. a) Good rnorninq. .everyone.111 b) Mmm, not great. c) Hello. d) Pleased to meet you. e) See you later. f) Goodnight.Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 6. 4 Draw lines to link the personal details.First [email protected] of birth 12, Rose StreetStreet0029583795Town / City 13 April 1989PosfcodeMilton KeynesPhone numberTracye-mail addressMK39DG5 Put the words in the right order. Start with the word in the centre of each circle. !~!:~ .~~ . ~~:r. .~~!~ .~~~~. ~!:~ .2345Read about Tracys best friend. Then write about your best friend ..~~ .~~~ t~~f!:~!.~.~C!~~. !~. ya.,!~~~ ?~~~~..~.f!:~. !~f:.~~~:; ~.W~. f1r.e4~ ft:!. !~.~ ..~q~~ . q!~~t .l?!J.~ ~~ .9~~ P.! .r:~fl!l.Y. .~~/f. ..Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 9 7. 7 i Read about Alex. Then complete your personal details and introduce yourself. Hi! rm Alex Fraser. You can contact me ... FIRST NAME(S)Alex . ......~. at 14 Clifton Road. Bath. BA4 6LH or on 010 587 9998 SURNAMEFraser .... .. ~ ~ . or on 9012 564901 at [email protected] ADDRESS14. ... . ... . . Road. ... .. Clifton . . . .... ~~~! .~~ 1. ~~J:1. .....PHONE NUMBER 010 5879998MOBILE PHONE 9012 564901NUMBER .E-tMIL ADDRESS ~!~/~~~!~t :~?:~~..FIRST NAME(S)SURNAMEADDRESSPHONE NUMBERMOBILE PHONENUMBERE-tMIL ADDRESSrol Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 8. Sa Put the missing phrases in Conversation 1 or 2. Fine, thanks. Hello, Mark. Im Rosa. Hi. Pleased to meet you, too. How are you?Conversation 1Sarah~f?!!9..~~:~.Mark Hello .Sarah. Let me introduce my neighbour, Laura Green.LauraHello. Pleased to meet you.MarkConversation 2Kate Hi.Jack .Kate This is my friend.Rosa Hello .Jack Hi, Im Jock.8b Which conversation is between teenagers: 1 or 21..9 You are with Simon, your English penfriend. You meet one of yourclassmates in the street. Write the conversation.YouHi .ClassmateYouSimonC1cissmateWrite ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize. Words Expressions 1.. 1 . 2 . 3.. 2 . 4.. 5.. 3 . 6.. 7.. 4.. 8.. 9 . 5 . 10. Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 A 9. FamilyTranslate the words and phrases.Male and femaleboy girlman woman(plural : men)(plural : women)Family membersMaleFemale Male / Femalegrandfather grandmother. grandparent.grandsongranddaughter. grandchild.. (plural : grandchildren)father ...... .... .........mother parentDad... ........... Mum guard ianstepfather ....... .... .. . .stepmotherbrother. .. ... .... . .... o.. sisterstepbrother........ ... ... stepsisterholfbrother.......... .. .. . halfsisterhusband.............. wifeson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . daughteruncle.. .. .. ........ .aunt COUSinnephew ... .. ... . .. .. . . niecerelation / relative ..life stagesbaby ....... ... ......IArt Department Ichild...... .... .... teenager.. . .... .......adult....... ... .....Boosl Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 10. s Silvio is Tommasos grandmother. Angelo = SilvioIRoberto is Tommasos fat ner.oberto =Sabi na AnnaTommaso is Annos brother. Hello. fly namesShamina. Tve gota siste and a baby brotbe We five with00f parents in London. GarFamilyis qpite large. Tve got roar oonis. Faar anclesand sevencousins:. My parents are ... and these afedivorced. This is mygrandparents _.mymother _I havent got any cants L_~~..6....i.._L__.:2::""_:::::::~sLE:..:...t::.:L .z::s;:::::::=~ or orcles. Oar ramilysapite smallHave you got any brothers and sisters?Ive got a brother and a sister.Hes got on older sister and a younger brother.Im an only child.My po rents ore separated.My parents are divorced.Our familys quite small.Our familys quite large. See page 86 for the British / American word list. Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 13 11. Complete the twenty family words and circle them. Look for the words horizontally ( .. ) and vertically ( Y ).1._ 1j-,R "A""hND LQ ~I ~-I ., l D3" U,!c . E 4 "" B5~ C 0 5- N7~6" I I I U T R 5 I 5 ... E? 9B ., IR:,," - 0 W10~ D - I 1UG T E ,.A ,.11 .,. RII !~M 0T? N FII, "1 "" F12 E ...13~ A D ? I14~.... ., 15 [N I AP R E T ""N16~G., AN D C.I rD17 1B~ 7"" 1 N E P ? E ? ., 0 119~ ? RAND.,A T H E .,[fi 2 Put the words in exercise 1 into groups. MaleFemaleMale / Female grandmotherguardianBoost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 12. 3 Who are Waynes relations? 1His fathers mothers husband is 2His fathers brother is 3His mothers sisters daughter is 4His sisters daughter is 5His sisters son is4 Choose five members of your family and write their names.~r. X~~~!1.~: .~:?!~~(~. ~~~. f~ .~.~!~~.123455 Write details for you in the chart. Adam Peter Kellendria Trinade R1cldttRoland Mum: JillIve got a large Dad: Pet.erfamily: Mum, Dad : Brothers: TI.m,and one brother; : Mark, Samaun ts , uncles and: ( all older) cousins. : No, not at the moment. Actor and singer Singer 6 Use the chart in exercise 5 to write about Adam, Kelle and yourself.Adam:.i! .~~. (:!~ ~.~!1.~ J~ ~c;i.a.~. ~~!~:. ~i~.~i.t!. ..~Y. !!:!! :~ .,!q~~.i.~ .~~f! . q} ~ !:Y. r:.c:~:s. .,}I?~~. is Peter. !:(~.9.o.!.KelleYouBoosl Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2rsl 13. How good is your memory? You have one minute to read aboutShamina and Jonathon on page 13.Now write sentences about Shamina and Jonathon. Dont look atpage 13.Sho t1l O 1 (brothers and sisters?) . ?~~:~ .~? t . c!. ~~~t~:. ~nd a baby brother. 2 (large or small fomily?): ::: : : ::: : : : : : :: : : : . 3 (aunts? .. ) . 4 lunde5?)::: : ::: ::: :: : :::: :. 5 cousins?).~1 (sisters nome?) 2 (pa rents?) 3 (grandparents?) 4 (large or small family?) 5 (aunts and uncles?)i7bl Now look at page 13 to check your answers.8 I Write the word which describes each of theselife stages.1 ~~~r..2 .3. 4.Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 14. 9a Read the clues and identify the people. Write their names in the family tree.~~ .... ~ (@. ~ .)~r -CluesLukes mum is Davids....................... .. .. .. .daughter.T luke is very young .~ Ii~lukes uncle is called.... ... ........T... . . ... . . ..... l . ..... ..., ....Paul.Sally is Pauls sister.Emmas got a youngersister called Diana.David and Mary arehusband and wife.{fJj ~ .. ~.....-crDianas father is ca lledNeil.. . . . . .. . . . . .. . .............. . ...... ....... .eli Are you good at writing puzzles? Write some clues for a puzzle about your ownfamily. Ask a friend to complete it.Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize. WordsExpressions 1. 1 .. 2.3..2 .4 .5..3 .6..7..4 .8..9..5 .10 .. Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 217 15. Describing people: age and appearance Translate the words and phrases. Age young middle-aged in her teensold in his twentiesHowald are you?Im 14. / Im 14 years old.Hes in his twenties.Shes in her thirties.Hair length Eye colourshort bluemedium length brownlonggreygreenHair colour Shades of colourbrown darkblack lightfairblonderedgreywhite not very quitevery Hes not very old.Shes quite old.Her heirs very long.What does he / she look like?Whats her hair like?Shes got dark brown hair.What colour hair has he got?Hes got short, fair hair.What colour eyes has she got?Shes got light blue eyes.Theyre a sort of greenish brown.Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 3 16. Height Measurement of weighttoll kiloof medium height stoneshortpoundMeasurement of heightmetrecentimetrefoot(plural: feet)inch(plural : inches) 1 metre= 3.28 feet 1 centimetre= 0.39 inch 1 foot = 12 inchesSee page 84 (orheight and weightabbreviations.BuildsmallbigSee page 86slim(or the British /of medium build American wordwell-builtlist.muscularHowtoll is he?Hes (quite) tall.Hes of medium height.Hes (quite) short.Hes about 1 metre 75.How much do you weigh?I weigh about 50 kilos . Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 3 (l91 17. 1 I Describe the age group of these people. 1 Shes about 43 or 44. Shes in her forties. 2 Hes 52. 3 Shes 16. 4 Hes about 27 or 28 . 5 Shes 3. The words in the puzzle all describe the colour and shade of hair and eyes. Complete the words.1 .....2~ IBDI 3 ..... A4~ RI D I5~ I B A K6 .... I7 ..... 8~ W I9 ..... 10~ L I I T I11~ GIE3 Put the words from the puzzle in exercise 2 into the correct group. Some words can go in both groups. Hair colour / shade Eye colour / shade f/9!:ff. .cfp.r:H .Boost Your Vocabulary I Unit 3 18. 4 How good is your moths? Use the informationSee page 84 foron page 19 to find the answers to the quiz.height and weighf abbreviations. a) in metres and centimetres? .....m... .cm bl in feet and inches?is beavier? a) 10 kg D b] 20 Ib o w ueh d JIll weigh? al in kilos?.................kgieh Is laller? b) in pounds? .. .... ......... ..Ib a]2 m D cl in stones and pounds? .... st.... .Ib bIBD5 Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the height and build ofthese people. 2 4 5 verymuscularbig tall quite well-builtsmall short not veryof medium build slimof medium height1 !,!t;:~. ~l!~t. ~!1.qf{
