Dept. of B.E.

PBG - Fall term/Span 1

Speakout Lead-in

Fall 2015

VOCABULARY REVIEW - INTRODUCTION

Part A. Study and remember vocabulary: Label the objects in the pictures from memory. The first
letter is given.

a_______________

a_______________

l_____________

t_____________

m_____________

d________________

n______________
b______________

l_____________

H______________
C______________

s______________
b_____________

Part B. Group words around a common word/category: Study the words below. Write them in the
correct category: verbs, nouns, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns
Add one or two more examples.
speak
new
read
classroom

assignment
from
old
campus

big
photocopy
for
they

of
listen
beautiful
write

these
computer
we
on

look
cold
in
that

Remember:
This

is

Ayla. She

is

close

friend from

Germany.

pronoun

verb

noun

verb

article

adjective

noun

noun

pronoun

preposition

NOTE: Dont analyze every sentence this way. This exercise aims to revise types of words.

Add a category: ________________________

Part C1. Match words with collocations verb + noun: Classroom language
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Open
Listen
Write
Repeat
Answer
Look
Check
Circle
Work
Take

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J

the sentences in your notebooks.

your answers.
to the dialogue.
after me.
in pairs.
at the board.
the questions.
one alternative.
a copy.
your books.

Part C2. Use the expressions: Study the list. Complete this sentence: Our teacher says
______________________________________________________ in our lessons.
Part D. Find the odd one: Choose the different word.
1. a) write
2. a) economics
3. a) campus
4. a) capital letter

b) listen
b) science
b) amphitheater
b) period

c) read
c) politics
c) laboratory
c) question mark

d) door
d) mathematics
d) classroom
d) comma

Part E. Find words in a dictionary: Put these words into alphabetical order.
car
about
credit
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________

action
carrot
climate

accent
act
chalk
6. _______________
7. _______________
8. _______________
9. _______________
10. _______________

actor
active
character

card
above
canteen

11. _______________
12. _______________
13. _______________
14. _______________
15. _______________

Part F. Pronunciation: We use the following words in our language, too.

1. Which ones look/sound very different from the Turkish version?
2. Which ones have a different meaning from the Turkish version?
bicycle
service
artist
sweater

athlete
telephone
address
brother

match
camera
cousin
father

chocolate
hotel
taxi
jacket

yoghurt
control
university
coat

Part G. Opposites: Match the opposites of the adjectives.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

old X _________________
close X _______________
easy X ________________
wrong X ______________
big X _________________
hot X _________________
beautiful X ____________
good X_______________

distant
ugly
difficult
bad
right
cold
small
new

Part H. Collocations: Write suitable nouns next to the adjectives.

1.
old

4.
wrong

7.
distant

10.
new

14.
small

2.
__________
__________
__________

close

5.
big

__________
__________
__________

8.
ugly

__________
__________
__________

__________
__________
__________

__________
__________
__________

18. important _______

_______
_______

3.
__________
__________
__________

11.
cold

15.
first

easy

__________
__________
__________

hot

__________
__________
__________

6.
__________
__________
__________

9.
__________
__________
__________

__________
__________
__________

__________
__________
__________

12.
right

16.
happy

difficult

__________
__________
__________

__________
__________
__________

__________
__________
__________

13.
bad

17.
good

__________
__________
__________

__________
__________
__________

Part I. Use collocations 1: Fill in the blanks with one of the adjectives from the box. YOu can use
them more than once.
happy
old

difficult
first

close
new

big
small

beautiful
good

right
important

1. Hello. Im Fiona and this is my __________ sister, Fran. Im 20 and shes 25.
2. This is a very _______ building. It is an Ottoman style building.
3. Am I in the ___________ room? Is this Physics 109 course?
Yes, please come in and take a seat.
4. Is this your __________ time in Ankara, Mr. Schindler?
Yes.
5. Look at this photo of your parents. They are so young and __________ in this picture.
6. We are in a __________ office this year, but the furniture is old.
7. The old mosques in stanbul are __________.
8. These questions are not ___________ . They are quite easy.
9. This my _______ friend, Aye. We talk on the phone a lot.
10. My room in the dormitory is ________ . I cannot move in it.
11. This is a very _________ exercise. I learned to use a lot of vocabulary.
12. English is very __________ for my studies in my department.
Part J. Use collocations 2. Write an example.
1. An old city
: ______________________________
2. A difficult language
: ______________________________
3. . An important person
: ______________________________
5. A big problem
: ______________________________
6. A beautiful place
: ______________________________
7. An old friend
: ______________________________
8. A small object
: ______________________________
9. An easy question
: ______________________________
10. A distant relative
: ______________________________
Part K. Learn new words: List the words / expressions from the texts / lesson.