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beach  /biːtʃ/ Noun
a beach is the land at the edge of the sea
Collocates: play on a beach | sit on a beach
the children are playing on the beach | they want to
spend the day on the beach | there are some lovely
beaches near here | let’s go and sit on the beach
cash  /kæʃ/ Noun uncount
cash is money, in the form of coins and notes
Collocates: pay (by) cash
I haven’t got any cash with me | are you paying by cash
or credit card? | a cash machine (a thing in a wall in the
street that gives out bank notes) | I’ve got to go to a bank
to get some cash
church  /tʃɜː(r)tʃ/ Noun
a church is a building where Christians go to pray
(speak) to God, especially on Sundays
Collocates: a church service | go to church
we go to church every Sunday | there’s a church at the
end of our street | a church service (a regular event at a
church, usually on a Sunday) | we want to get married in
a church
early  /ˈɜː(r)li/ Adverb
if you do something early, you do it before the time that
is usual or expected
I get up early on Fridays | if we get there early we can
have a cup of coffee before the film starts | Jenny always
arrives for school early
Adjective: early
we have an early start tomorrow
film  /fɪlm/ Noun
a film is a story that uses moving pictures. You can watch
films on television, in a cinema, or over the Internet
what time does the film start? | I like watching films on TV
| my favourite film is Mad Max | it’s a really boring film |
we’re making a film about the history of our school
first  /fɜː(r)st/ Adjective
in a race, the person who wins is the person who gets to
the end first, before everyone else
Collocates: come first
Usain Bolt always comes first | I hope to come first in the
race tomorrow | the person who comes first wins a prize
get up  /get ʌp/ Phrasal verb
when you get up, you get out of bed in the morning after
sleeping at night
what time do you get up? | he gets up at 7.30 | I get up
late on Saturdays | 5 o’clock is too early to get up!
how many  /haʊ ˈmeni/ Phrase
you say how many? when you are asking about the
number of people or things somewhere
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how many brothers and sisters have you got? | he wants
to know how many people are coming to dinner | how
many centimetres are there in a metre?
left  /left/ Noun singular
the left is one of two directions. When you write in
English, you start on the left of the page
the hotel is in the next street, on the left | I prefer the one
on the left | John is sitting on my left | that’s my uncle
on the left of the picture | stay on the left at these traffic
lights
Adverb: left | Adjective: left
go down this road, then turn left | keep left at these traffic
lights | I write with my left hand | her left eye is green and
her right eye is blue
machine  /məˈʃiːn/ Noun
a machine is a piece of equipment that does a particular
kind of work
a ticket machine (that takes money and gives you a
ticket) | a coffee machine (that makes coffee) | a cash
machine (a thing in a wall in the street that gives out
bank notes) | a washing machine
next to  /ˈnekst tʊ/ Preposition
if you are next to someone or something, you are close
to them, and closer than anyone or anything else
the hospital is next to the park | she always sits next to
her grandmother | please put the book next to the others
on the shelf
night  /naɪt/ Noun
night is the time when it is dark, between the afternoon
and the morning
Collocates: at night
I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night | the
airport is closed at night | there’s a good film on TV on
Saturday night | he works nights (during the night rather
than during the day)
open  /ˈəʊpən/ Adjective
if a shop is open, you can go in and buy things
are the shops here open on Sunday? | they’re not open
at lunch time | if it’s still open, we can buy some bread |
they stay open until 10 o’clock on Fridays
Verb: open | Opposite – Adjective: closed | Verb: close
the supermarket opens at 8 in the morning | I’m afraid
you’re too late – we’re closed | the shops are closed on
Sundays | they close at 6 o’clock
phone  /fəʊn/ Noun
a phone is a thing that you use to be able to talk to
people who are not with you
what’s her phone number? | my daughter wants a new
phone | my phone doesn’t work here | can I borrow your
phone?
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pool  /puːl/ Noun
a pool, or a swimming pool, is an area of water where
people can swim
Collocates: an outdoor/indoor pool | a heated pool
do you prefer swimming in a pool or in the sea? | it costs
£2 to go into our local swimming pool | she has a pool in
her garden | the leisure centre has an indoor pool as well
as a heated outdoor pool | jump into the pool
right  /raɪt/ Noun singular
the right is one of two directions. When you write in
English, you start on the left and your writing moves
towards the right of the page
there’s a museum on this road, on the right | I prefer the
one on the right | Alan is sitting on my right | that’s my
aunt on the right of the picture | stay on the right at these
traffic lights
Adverb: right | Adjective: right
go down this road, then turn right | keep right at these
traffic lights | I write with my right hand | her left eye is
green and her right eye is blue
second  /ˈsekənd/ Adjective
in a race, the person who arrives after the winner and
before everyone else is the person who comes second
Collocates: come second
coming second is a good result | who is in second place?
| I always come second, never first
see  /siː/ Verb
if you see a play or a film, you watch it in a theatre, a
cinema, or on television
I’m going to see a film tomorrow | let’s see the news on
TV | do you want to see a film with me at the weekend?
station  /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
a station is a place where trains stop to let passengers
get on and get off
Collocates: train station
meet me outside the station | the station is very crowded |
the huge train station in Milan | can we walk to the station
from here?
third  /θɜː(r)d/ Adjective
in a race, the person who arrives after the first two is the
person who comes third
Collocates: come third
if you come third in the Olympics, you get a bronze medal
| she is unhappy because she is third | in third place is the
English runner
train  /treɪn/ Noun
a train is a long vehicle that has wheels which run on
rails (long thin metal things on the ground) and that
carries passengers
Collocates: by train | take a/the train | train station
where is the train station? | I go to school by train | take a
train to Crewe | this train stops at Glasgow Central station
| a high-speed train (that goes very fast) | you can get a
train from London to Amsterdam
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turn off  /tɜː(r)n ˈɒf/ Phrasal verb
if you turn off a piece of electrical equipment, you move
a switch so that it will stop working
turn your phones off before the lesson starts, please |
turn the light off before you go | shall I turn the TV off? |
he turns off the radio before starting his homework
walk  /wɔːk/ Noun
if you go for a walk, you go somewhere by putting one
foot in front of the other, usually for pleasure
let’s go for a walk | a walk in the park | it’s a nice day for
a walk | a ten-kilometre walk in the country
Verb: walk
I walk to school every morning
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bank  /bæŋk/ Noun
a bank is a building that keeps people’s money, and
where you can go to get some of your money when you
need it
there’s a bank next to the supermarket | the bank opens
at 9 in the morning | she works in a bank | is there a bank
near here?
called  /kɔːld/ Adjective
if you are called something, that is your name. If
something is called something, that is its name
my dog is called Felix | the town is called Bootle | what’s
your village called? | it’s a place near Manchester, called
Salford
Verb: call
I call my car Aggie
car park  /ˈkɑː(r) pɑː(r)k// Noun
a car park is a place where you can leave your car for a
while
the car park is full | the shop has a car park behind it | the
airport car park is very big | you have to pay to use the
car park
cinema  /ˈsɪnəmə/ Noun
a cinema is a theatre where you can go and watch films
there are two cinemas in my town | we go to the cinema
every Thursday | it costs £12 to get into the cinema |
there’s a good film on at the cinema this week
clothes  /kləʊðz/ Noun plural
clothes are pieces of material such as shirts, jackets and
trousers that people wear
I like buying new clothes | a clothes shop | I’m going
shopping for clothes | his clothes are old and dirty | my
wardrobe is full of clothes
expensive  /ɪkˈspensɪv/ Adjective
something that is expensive costs a lot of money
an expensive watch | I like expensive clothes | it’s a good
restaurant, but too expensive for us | an expensive meal
far  /fɑː(r)/ Adverb
if something is far or far away, it is a long distance from you
she lives far away, in Scotland | is it far to your school? |
we can walk there – it’s not far
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hospital  /ˈhɒspɪt(ə)l/ Noun
a hospital is a place where doctors help people who are
ill or hurt
he’s visiting his uncle in hospital | I’m going into hospital
for an operation | ambulances bring people to hospital |
the hospital is very busy in the winter
market  /ˈmɑː(r)kɪt/ Noun
a market is a place outdoors in a town where people
bring things to sell on a particular day. Some towns have
a market once a week in the main square or just in the
streets
there’s a market here every Wednesday | Friday is
market day (the day when there is a market) | a fish
market (where they sell fish) | a street market (in the
streets) | the market square (the place in some towns
where markets are held)
near  /nɪə(r)/ Preposition
if something is near somewhere, it is only a short
distance away
my grandparents live near us – in the next street | the
hotel is near the beach | the restaurant is near the station
| Ashford is quite near Canterbury | is there a bank near
here?
need  /niːd/ Verb
if you need something, you want it for a particular
purpose
I’m really hot – I need a drink | do you need a shower? | I
need £5 for my train ticket
park  /pɑː(r)k/ Noun
a park is a big open space with trees and grass in a town
or city where people can go and relax away from traffic
and streets
let’s go for a walk in the park | I take my sandwich and
eat it in the park at lunchtime | the park closes at eight
o’clock in the evening | London has several famous parks
shop  /ʃɒp/ Noun
a shop is a place where you go to buy things
a clothes shop (that sells clothes) | the shop sells books
and computer games | she works in a shop | shop
workers | the shops close at 8 | what time do the shops
open?
supermarket  /ˈsuːpə(r)ˌmɑː(r)kɪt/ Noun
a supermarket is a large shop which sells lots of
different sorts of food and other things
I need to go to the supermarket | I do my shopping at the
supermarket | a 24-hour supermarket (that stays open all
the time) | he works in the local supermarket
want  /wɒnt/ Verb
if you want something, you do not have it but would like
to have it
Collocates: want to do something
do you want a drink? | she wants a new car | I want to
buy another jacket | he wants to become a police officer
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afternoon  /ˌɑːftə(r)ˈnuːn/ Noun
the afternoon is the time of day between the morning
and the evening
Collocates: this afternoon | tomorrow afternoon
there’s a football match on Saturday afternoon | I’m
meeting Tim tomorrow afternoon | we spend the
afternoon listening to music | what do you usually do in
the afternoon?
children  /ˈtʃɪldrən/ Noun
a child is a young person who is not an adult yet. The
plural of child is children
children are playing in the park | there are 30 children in
my class at school | the children are making a lot of noise
closed  /kləʊzd/ Adjective
if a shop or business is closed, you cannot go in there to
buy anything or do business
the bank is closed on Saturday | the office is closed for
the weekend | I’m afraid we’re closed | the shops are
closed on Sundays
Verb: close
we close at 5 o’clock | the bank is about to close
company  /ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/ Noun
a company is a business organisation
Microsoft is a big company | she runs a small company in
Paris | a company that employs 300 people | he works for
a German company
depend  /dɪˈpend/ Verb
if one thing depends on another thing, it can only
happen or succeed because of the other thing
Collocates: depend on something
we want to arrive by four, but it depends on the traffic |
my university place depends on my exam results | the
cost of the holiday depends on the hotel you choose
different  /ˈdɪfrənt/ Adjective
if two things or people are different, they are not the
same
Collocates: different from something or someone
I want a different job | my brother and I go to different
schools | I work for a different company now | the boys
have the same colour hair but different colour eyes | his
second film is very different from his first one
Noun: difference
Collocates: a difference between things
there’s a big difference between the two pictures
evening  /ˈiːvnɪŋ/ Noun
the evening is the time of day when it starts to get dark,
between the afternoon and the night
Collocates: this evening | tomorrow evening
let’s go to the cinema this evening | spend the evening
watching videos | ring me tomorrow evening | we have
dinner at 7 in the evening
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free  /friː/ Adjective
if you have free time, or if your day is free, you can do
what you want to do and do not have to go to work or
school
we have a free afternoon on Wednesdays | I’m busy
today, but tomorrow is free | what do you do in your free
time? | if you have any free time in Paris, go to the Louvre
government  /ˈɡʌvə(r)nmənt/ Noun
the government is the group of people who are in
charge of a country or region
the government is spending too much money at the
moment | can the government make people happier? |
the local government (that works in a town or region, not
the whole country) | the government building (where the
people in the government work)
hours  /ˈaʊə(r)z/ Noun plural
your hours are the number of hours you have to spend
at work every day or every week
it takes an hour by car to get to Liverpool | the film lasts
three hours | a one-hour French lesson
morning  /ˈmɔː(r)nɪŋ/ Noun
the morning is the time of day when it starts to get light,
between the night and the afternoon
Collocates: this morning | tomorrow morning
what time do you get up in the morning? | what a lovely
morning! | it’s very cold this morning | let’s meet tomorrow
morning
mosque  /mɒsk/ Noun
a mosque is a building where Muslims go to pray (speak)
to Allah
there’s a beautiful mosque in the town centre | you have
to take off your shoes before you go into the mosque |
Masjid-ul-Haram, near Mecca, is the largest mosque in
the world
night  /naɪt/ Noun
night is the time when it is dark, between the evening
and the morning
I often wake up in the middle of the night | he works all
through the night | the airport is closed at night | she
works nights (during the night rather than during the day)
open  /ˈəʊpən/ Verb
when a shop opens, people can start going in to buy
things
the supermarket opens at 8 in the morning | what time do
you open?
Adjective: open
are the shops here open on Sunday? | they’re not open
at lunch time | if it’s still open, we can buy some bread |
they stay open until 10 o’clock on Fridays
religion  /rɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/ Noun
a religion is a system of beliefs in a particular god and
the activities that are connected to this belief
they do not belong to any religion | you should respect all
religions | religion is very important to my family | the city
is home to people of different religions
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Adjective: religious
a deeply religious man (who believes very strongly in his
religion) | a religious leader
shopping  /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ Noun uncount
if you go shopping, you go to the shops to buy things
Collocates: go shopping
I’m going shopping this afternoon | I don’t like shopping |
can we go shopping for clothes tomorrow?
short  /ʃɔː(r)t/ Adjective
a short period of time does not last very long
we have a short weekend where I work – just Saturday
afternoon and Sunday | spend a short time in the bath | a
short holiday in Paris
Opposite – Adjective: long
a long weekend (Friday or Monday as well as Saturday
and Sunday)
study  /ˈstʌdi/ Verb
if you study, you read books or information on the
internet to learn about things for school or university
she’s studying science at university | I want to study
languages | I usually study for two hours in the evening |
I’m studying for my music exams
today  /təˈdeɪ/ Adverb
today is the day of the week that is now, at the present
time
I have to go to work today | let’s meet later today | there’s
more rain coming today | today is Friday | it’s my birthday
today
tomorrow  /təˈmɒrəʊ/ Adverb
tomorrow is the day that comes after today
let’s go swimming tomorrow | it’s my birthday tomorrow |
tomorrow is Tuesday
tradition  /trəˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
a tradition is a habit or way of doing things that is very
old
it’s a tradition to have candles on a birthday cake |
singing is an important tradition in Wales | our traditions
are very different from theirs
Adjective: traditional
our furniture is made by hand in the traditional way
| a group performing traditional Polish dances | the
restaurant serves traditional Chinese dishes
yesterday  /ˈjestə(r)deɪ/ Adverb
yesterday is the day that comes before today
yesterday was Sunday | the day before yesterday
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again  /əˈɡen/ Adverb
if you do something again, you do it for a second, third,
fourth, etc., time
say that again? | I’m going to Paris again next week | let’s
watch that film again
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board  /bɔː(r)d/ Noun
a board is a large flat sheet of wood or plastic in a
classroom where the teacher can write things or show
pictures or text from a computer
come and write the answer on the board | I can’t see the
board | look at the board and copy the words
book  /bʊk/ Noun
a book is a lot of pieces of paper with writing on them
that are held together inside a cover so that you can read
them, one page after another
Collocates: read a book
she’s reading a book | I always take a book to read on
the train | my school books | a book by Joël Dicker
break  /breɪk/ Noun
when you are at school, a break is a time when your
lessons stop and you relax for a short time before
starting lessons again
break is from 10.00 till 10.20 | our lunch break | a mid-
afternoon break (in the middle of the afternoon)
classroom  /ˈklɑːsˌruːm/ Noun
a classroom is a room in a school where you have
lessons
it’s very cold in the classroom this morning | a big
classroom | where is your classroom? | my classroom is at
the end of the corridor
come in  /kʌm ˌɪn/ Phrasal verb
if someone says ‘come in’ they are asking you to come
inside the room where they are
come in and sit down | don’t wait outside, come in | can I
come in?
everyone else  /ˈevriˌwʌn els/ Pronoun
everyone else means all the people somewhere, but not
you
I’m cold, but everyone else says they are warm |
everyone else likes football, but I don’t | is everyone else
ready?
family name  /ˈfæm(ə)li neɪm/ Noun
your family name is the name that everyone in your
family has
what’s your family name? | Elton John’s real family name
is Dwight | Jones is a very common family name in Wales
floor  /flɔː(r)/ Noun
a floor is a level inside a building. When you come into
a building from the street, you are on the ground floor.
When you go up one floor, you are on the first floor
my office is on the third floor | which floor is the classroom
on? | my house has three floors
front  /frʌnt/ Noun singular
the front is the place where everything or everyone else
is behind
I always sit at the front in the cinema | the teacher sits
at the front of the class | the magazine has a picture of
Ronaldo on the front
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get  /ɡet/ Verb
if you get something, you buy it or start to have it
can I get a coffee, please? | is there somewhere I can get
a drink here? | we get the same newspaper every day
homework  /ˈhəʊmˌwɜː(r)k/ Noun uncount
homework is work for school that you do at home in the
evening or at the weekend
Collocates: do your homework | set (someone)
homework
do your homework before dinner | we get a lot of
homework | it takes him an hour to do his homework |
we’ve got maths homework tonight | Mr Skelton always
sets us too much homework
leave  /liːv/ Verb
if you leave somewhere, you go away from there
I leave work at 5 every evening | what time do you
leave for school (start your journey to school in the
morning)? | you’re still too young to leave home (go to
live somewhere away from your parents) | I leave early
on Fridays
light  /laɪt/ Noun
a light is an object in your house that shines brightly
when electricity passes through it
turn the lights on – it’s dark | the lights are on | turn the
light off before you go upstairs
play  /pleɪ/ Verb
if you play a video or a piece of music, you turn on a
piece of equipment so that you see the video or hear the
music
play that song again | press this button to play the video |
she spends the evening playing board games
share  /ʃeə(r)/ Verb
if you share something with someone, you both use it or
have it
I share a bedroom with my sister | can I share your book?
| he never shares his toys with his sister | do you want to
share a taxi to the airport?
sit  /sɪt/ Verb
if you sit or sit down, you rest with your weight on your
bottom
come in and sit down | Simon sits next to Camilla in class
| she is sitting outside the café waiting for Allie | can I sit
here?
start  /stɑː(r)t/ Verb
if something starts, it begins to happen
Collocates: start doing something | start to do something
the film starts at 8 | school starts next week | I’m going
to start learning German | she starts work at 9 every
morning | the weather is starting to improve
Opposite – Verb: end
what time does the film end? | the story ends when the
hero comes back from the war
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sure  /ʃɔː(r)/ Adverb
you say sure in order to agree with someone or agree
with a suggestion that they make
shall we go to the cinema? – sure, good idea | are you
ready? – sure, let’s go
tablet  /ˈtæblət/ Noun
a tablet is a small, flat computer that you can carry
around easily. You touch the screen to make it work
rather than using a separate keyboard
you cannot take your tablet into the exam room | a new
tablet costs £400 | a Samsung tablet | apps that work on
phones and tablets
time  /taɪm/ Noun uncount
time is the number of days, hours, minutes, etc., that you
can spend doing something
I don’t have enough time with my family | have you
got time to look at my photos? | let’s spend some time
together
understand  /ˌʌndə(r)ˈstænd/ Verb
if you understand something, you know what it means or
how it works
can you understand Italian? | I don’t understand this word
| I don’t understand how mobile phones work
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use  /juːz/ Verb
if you use something, you do something with it
can I use your phone? | use this towel to dry your hair |
use your dictionary to find out what the words mean | you
can use the money to buy a bike
word  /wɜː(r)d/ Noun
a word is a group of letters that have a meaning
do you know the word ‘believe’? | what’s the French word
for ‘bread’? | I try to learn a new word every day | I don’t
understand this word
write  /raɪt/ Verb
if you write, you make marks on paper to form words,
or you use a keyboard to put words onto a computer
screen
write your name at the top | I’m writing an email to my
aunt | she’s learning to read and write | write down my
telephone number
young  /jʌŋ/ Adjective
someone who is young is not old
a young child | a friendly young man | my youngest
brother is six
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EXERCISES E Complete the sentences with words formed from

the words in bold. Be careful! There is one word that
doesn’t change.
A Are the words for places (P) or things (T)? Circle P or T.
1  They’re people. He goes to a
1  pool P T
mosque and she goes to a church. religion
2  bank P T
2  Oh, no. The café is ! close
3  tablet P T
3  T
 hese aren’t the same colour. They’re
4  company P T
. difference
5  cinema P T
4  Is the market on Sunday? open
6  light P T
5  This is a food from Saudi Arabia.
B Complete the sentences with the words in the box.  tradition

board children depends free morning second F Circle the correct words.

1  I don’t use / play my phone in the evening.
1  O
 h! Tilly is first and her sister is !
2  ‘Please can you sit / write your name again?’
2  Is there a in the classroom?
3  E
 veryone else walks / writes to work, but I take
3  The journey time on the traffic.
a bus.
4  The is my favourite time of day.
4  They get / leave the train every day.
5  I have two – a son and a
5  Do you buy / need a break?
daughter.
G Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. The
6  Are you today, Meghan? words in bold will help you.
C Complete the sentences with at, from, in or on.
get up  need  see  share  study  turn off
1  My house is front of a park.
1  Do you want to a film this week?
2  I don’t work night.
2  My sons £50 for new shoes.
3  Do you want to go for a walk the
beach? 3  We English at the school on
New Road.
4  My English class is Thursday.
4  ‘Franco, your book with Sophia,
5  They go to school Monday to
please.’
Friday.
5  I don’t early every day.
D Write the words that mean the opposite.
6  This is a hospital. your phone.
end  far  leave  old  right  short

1  left

2  long

3  start

4  come in

5  young

6  near

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