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Adjectives, adverbs etc
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Average
Characteristic –also = noun
Colour-blind
Deaf
Deep
Disabled
Edible
Enthusiastic
Even better
Every other day
Exactly!
Greater Manchester
Nervous
Once or twice per/a week
Thrifty/careful with money
[to be] ticklish

Animals
An animal shelter
A bear cub
A breed of dog
[An animal’s] claws/paws
A dachshund/sausage dog
A duck
A goose
[a bird’s] nest
A pedigree dog/cat
[a horse’s] stable
a swan

Art
An exhibition
Pastel colours

Clothes
A bracelet
[a famous] brand
Drainpipe jeans
High-heeled shoes
[shoe]laces
A logo
A needle and thread
A shoehorn
A short-sleeved shirt
A waistcoat
To put on/take off [an item of clothing]
To waterproof your jacket/shoes
To wear a hat

Education
PE – physical education
Physics
Social sciences

Energy and the environment
Climate change
…degrees
global warming
greenhouse gases
renewable energy
solar power
solar panels
wind power
a wind farm
a wind turbine

Festivals
Lent – before Easter
Pancake Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Palm Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Food, cookery and the kitchen
An apron
A cafetiere
A chopping board
A colander
Cutlery – knives, forks and spoons
A grater – verb to grate, pp grated
A jug
The lid of a box
A mug
An oven glove
A potato peeler – verb to peel
Salad servers
A serviette, a napkin
A serving spoon
A sieve
A spoonful
A steamer
A tablespoon
A teaspoon
A meat tenderizer – verb to tenderize
A wooden spoon
Blackberries
Blackcurrants
Ground/instant coffee
Curd cheese/cream cheese/cottage cheese
Flavoured water
A clove/ a head of garlic
Gooseberries
Leeks
Leftovers
Pastry
A red/green pepper
Raspberries
Redcurrants
Rhubarb
A second helping, seconds
Seeds
A shot - of spirits
A spritzer – white wine and soda
Stock cubes – verb to make stock
Strawberries
Topping/sauce
The white/the yolk of an egg
Yeast
Meat – tender/tough; lean/fatty; rare/medium/well done; minced; raw/cooked
To burn/scrape the toast
To crush garlic
To marinate something in a sauce
Ice cream melts
To put the kettle on
To put something in/into the oven – on the top/middle/bottom shelf
To share your food
To sizzle- adj sizzling
To spread butter on bread

In the garden
A labyrinth/maze
A monkey puzzle tree
A sundial
A weeping willow

Health and the body
Alternative/complementary medicine
A bandage
A treatment for an illness

The home and housework
An attic flat
A bench
A blanket
A bucket
A cellar
A coat hook
A cushion
The draining board
The drive
A duvet/duvet-cover
Furniture
A peg
A pillow/pillow-case
A sheet
Shutters/blinds
A steam iron
Washing powder
A washing-up bowl/washing-up liquid
Upstairs/downstairs
To bring the washing in – when it’s dry/still damp
To dampen your clothes with a sprayer or sprinkle them with water before ironing them
The tap is dripping
To fold the washing
To hang/peg out washing on the line
To iron or press your clothes – if they are creased
To leave the dishes to drain
To mop the floor – with a mop
To put the washing away
Clothes can run/shrink in the wash
To sweep the floor – with a brush
To wash something by hand/to handwash something
A washing machine washes, rinses and spins
To wipe the table with a cloth

Language
A diminutive
A hyphen
The punchline of a joke
A saying

Money
A 10/20 pound note
[here’s your] change
[I don’t have] the right money

People
A barman/maid
A conductor – of an orchestra
An electrical engineer
Your extended family
A family doctor/GP
The founder of an organisation
A god-father, mother, son, daughter
A highwayman – Dick Turpin
The landlord/lady of a pub
A lawyer
An only child
Someone’s partner
A pharmacist
A poet
A school nurse
A slave - slavery
A step- mother, father, son, daughter etc

Describing places
An antiques shop
An archaeological site
A canal
A car park – pay and display; park and ride; a fine; a wheel clamp/clamping
[In a church] – stained glass windows; an organ/pipes
City walls
Docks - cranes
Dry stone walls
A mine
A skyscraper
Warehouses

Politics
A councillor
Local or general/national elections
A majority
An MP [member of parliament]
The reign [of Queen Victoria…she reigned..]
To abstain from voting/a vote
To form a government
To increase/reduce taxes
To vote in an election

Sports, games and toys
The board/ a board game
Dice
A doll’s house
Horseracing – flat racing or National Hunt – over jumps
[to throw] the javelin
Self-defence
The shotput
Downhill/alpine or cross-country/nordic skiing
It’s your turn/go

Theatre
A costume
A musical
A rehearsal – verb to rehearse
Theatre in the round
To act in a play/film
To play a character/role

Travel
Air travel
-An airline
-arriving
-to go through passport control/customs
-to reclaim your baggage
-to meet someone in the arrivals hall/at the meeting point
-departing
-to check in
-to go through security
-to wait in the departure lounge
-to go to gate x/board [the plane]
The border between 2 countries
Driving
-the boot
-the driver’s seat/the passenger seat
-petrol/diesel
-roads
-a motorway
- an A/main road
-a B/minor road
-a ring road
-the steering wheel
-to reverse
-to start/turn on the engine
The interior of a country

TV
Advert[isement]s
A commercial break

Verbs
I ask myself
To book a ticket
To climb a hill
To cuddle/hug someone
To enjoy life
Forget it!
To giggle
To influence someone
Leave it on the table
It doesn’t matter [to me]
I don’t mind
To order a meal
To rescue/save someone
To show off
To smell good/bad
To snore
To tease someone
To throw something away/get rid of something

Work and industry
Agriculture
A bank holiday
mining
An x month probation period
Textiles [spinning/weaving]
Work experience
To retire

Can you remember the difference between
-remember and remind?
-sensible and sensitive?
-history and a story?
-to keep something somewhere or to hide something somewhere?
-[in the] shade and a shadow?
-in a while and in the future?
-meat and a meal?
-a document and a documentary?

Prepositions
At school
In the countryside
To travel through a country
It belongs to me
She said to me
Under pressure

Things to watch
- Structures with verbs - to want [someone] to do something
- Modals - I mustn’t [not allowed]/ I don’t have to [not necessary]
- Comparison
- much better/much more difficult
- the harder you work, the more you earn
- my very best friend
- uncountable/countable -a little/a few
- so/such – so difficult [adj], such kindness, such a beautiful flower [[adj+] noun]

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