Vocabulary extra

4 Write what the underlined words or expressions are

examples of.

I come from Loughborough – that’s

L–O–U–G–H–B–O–R–O–U–G–H. spelling

1 Listen and repeat: /ˈlʌfbərə/.

2 I want to give up smoking.

3 I’m afraid she’s away on a business trip until next week.

4 ‘Purchase’ means the same as ‘buy’.

5 He knows how to make people feel bad. He really

put the knife in, you know.

6 How do you say ‘¿Estudias o trabajas?’ in English?

7 The word ‘fit’ can be used as a noun, verb and

adjective.

8 Homework – Work that teachers give their students to

do at home.

9 I’d like to live in a Mediterranean country like Spain.

5 Write adjectives that collocate with the nouns.

monolingual / bilingual dictionary, speakers

1 pronunciation, example, description

2 verbs, noun plurals

3 / letter,

discussion, negotiations

4 information, translation

6 Complete the text with the correct form of the words

in the list.

build check habit idea look mean

record revise

It’s a good idea to read a lot if you want to increase your

vocabulary. When you find an unknown word, first use

the context to decide what it (1) . If

you’re still not sure, (2) up the word

in a dictionary and (3) the meaning

of the new word in a notebook. You should also get into

the (4) of (5) all

the new words that you’ve studied once a week. If you do

this regularly, you’ll soon (6) up your

vocabulary and you won’t need to (7)

your dictionary so often.