This book has been written to help you learn new vocabulary. You already know hundreds of English words, but to speak and write English in normal situations you need to know at least 1,00-2,000 words. In this book, there are around 1,250 new words and phrases for you to learn. You will find them on the left hand page of each unit. Every new word or phrase is used in a sentence, or in a conversation, or has a picture with it, or has some explanation of what it means. On the right-hand page there are exercises and other activities to help you practice using the words and to help you to remember them.
The book has been written so that you can use it yourself, with a teacher. you can do the units in any order you like, but we believe it is a good idea if you do Units 1 and 2 first, as they will help you to work with the rest of the book in the best possible way.
New vocabulary for each topic is on the left-hand page. First of all, the vocabulary is divided into sections (A, B, C, etc.) with simple, clear titles. New word and phrases [group of words] are usually printed in bold type [dark letters] and explained in one of these ways:
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Learner Training | |
| 01 | Talking about languages (noun, verb, plural, etc.) |
| 02 | Learning strategies (collocation, word families, pictures, and diagrams) |
| Everyday Verbs | |
| 03 | Have (have breakfast, have a good time) |
| 04 | Go (go by car, go shopping) |
| 05 | Do (do exercises, do business) |
| 06 | Make (make coffee, make a mistake) |
| 07 | Come (come in, come from) |
| 08 | Take (take the buss, take a photo) |
| 09 | Bring (bring it here, bring back) |
| 10 | Get (get a job, get tired) |
| 11 | Phrasal verbs (put on, turn down) |
| 12 | Everyday things (watch TV, make dinner) |
| 13 | Talking (say, tell) |
| 14 | Movement (walk, carry) |
| Words and Grammar | |
| 15 | Conjunctions and connecting words (because, only) |
| 16 | Time words (1): day, months, and seasons (Monday, July, winter) |
| 17 | Time words (2): (next year, often) |
| 18 | Places (middle, front, abroad) |
| 19 | Manner (fast, loud) |
| 20 | Irregular verbs (run, drink) |
| 21 | Common uncountable words (money, bread) |
| 14 | Movement (walk, carry) |
| 22 | Common adjectives: good and bad things (nice, awful) |
| 23 | Common adjectives: people (happy, selfish) |
| 24 | Words and prepositions (wait for, good at) |
| 25 | Prefixes (impossible, rewrite) |
| 26 | Suffixes (useful, useless) |
| 27 | Words you may confuse (quite/quiet; lend/borrow) |
| People | |
| 28 | Birth, marriage, and death (birthday, married) |
| 29 | The family (mother, uncle) |
| 30 | Parts of the body (head, foot) |
| 31 | Clothes (hat, socks) |
| 32 | Describing people (tall, dark, handsome) |
| 33 | Health and illness (headache, heart attack) |
| 34 | Feelings (love, tired) |
| 35 | Greetings and other useful phrases (Good morning, Happy New Year) |
| The World | |
| 36 | Countries, languages, and people (Canada, Chinese, Greek) |
| 37 | Weather (rain, cold) |
| 38 | In the city (train station, bank) |
| 39 | In the country (hills, farm) |
| 40 | Animals and pets (horse, giraffe) |
| 41 | Travel (train, map) |
| 42 | Signs and notices (No smoking, Out of order) |
| At Home | |
| 43 | Food and drink (rice, tea) |
| 44 | In the kitchen (stove, glass) |
| 45 | In the bedroom and bathroom (closet, shampoo) |
| 46 | In the living room (bookcase, lamp) |
| School and Workplace | |
| 47 | Jobs (secretary, factory) |
| 48 | School and university (biology, notebook) |
| 49 | Communications (cell phone, computer) |
| Leisure | |
| 50 | On vacation (package tour, phrase book) |
| 51 | Shopping (supermarket, department store) |
| 52 | In a hotel (single room, key) |
| 53 | Eating out (coffee shop, menu) |
| 54 | Sports (tennis, judo) |
| 55 | Movies (western, movie star) |
| 56 | Leisure at home (listening to CDs, cooking) |
| Social Issues | |
| 57 | Crime (robbery, prison) |
| 58 | The media (TV channel, magazine) |
| 59 | Everyday problems (messy, in a bad mood) |
| 60 | Global problems (hurricane, strike) |
- A short definition [explanation of the meaning]. The definition comes after the word or at the end of the phrase or sentence; it is in brackets [ ]: unemployed [without a job]; make up your mind [make a decision].
- An example, usually with "e.g.," which means "for example": Country can mean a nation (e.g., Brazil, Japan, Italy).
- A slash (/) is often used to show that two words or phrases have similar meanings:
- Do you ever have trouble / have problems understanding English? [have difficulty]
- Sometimes slashes show different words or phrases that you can use in the same position in a sentence. the words don't always mean the same thing:
- Have a nice day/evening/weekend. [We say this when we say good-bye.]
- Parentheses ( ) around a word shows that you can use it or not use it:
- The movie made me (feel) sad = the movie made me sad. OR
- The movie made me feel sad.
- The word not show that a phrase is wrong. It often points to common student errors:
- She does her homework every evening. (not She makes her homework every evening.)
- A picture or diagram. This is the clearest way to illustrate a large number of nouns and verbs.
- For many new words, sentence examples give a situation that helps you understand the meaning:
- My friend called me stupid. It made me angry.
- She went away for three days. She came back yesterday. [She is here again.]
- I hated my sister when I was young, but now we get along very well.
There is an answer key at the back of the book. This not only gives correct answers to exercises with "right" or "wrong" solutions, but also possible answers and suggested answers for exercises that do not have "right" or "wrong" solutions.
The index at the end of the book has all the important words and phrases from left-hand pages. The index also tells you how to pronounce words. There is a table of pronunciation symbols on page 125 to help you understand the pronunciation.
You should also have a dictionary with you when you use the book. You may want to check the meaning of something, or find a word in your own language to help you remember the English word. Sometimes, you will also need a dictionary for the exercises; we tell you when this is so.
To learn a lot of vocabulary, you have to do two things:
- Study each unit of the book carefully and do all the exercises. Check your answers in the answer key. Repeat the units after a month, and then again after three months, and see how much you have learned and how much you have forgotten. Repeating work is very important.
- Develop ways of your own to study and learn new words and phrases which are not in this book. For example, every time you see or hear an interesting phrase, write it in a notebook, and write who said it or wrote it, and in what situation, as well as what it means. Here is an interesting example:
- ready: (man at the door of a theater, to all the people waiting) "Have your tickets ready please!" = have your ticket in your hand.
Making notes of the situations words are used in will help you to remember them and to use them at the right moment.
We hope you like this book. when you have finished it, you can go to the next book in the series, Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate, and after that, to the higher level, Vocabulary in Use: Upper Intermediate.
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