V

v/versus (prep) vegetarian (n & adj) virus (n)

• Manchester United v vehicle (n) • a computer virus
Liverpool very (adv) visa (n)
valley (n) vet (n) visit (n & v)
valuable (adj) via (prep) visitor (n)
value (n) video (n & v) vocabulary (n)
van (n) video clip (n) voice (n)
vanilla (n) video game (n) volleyball(n)
variety (n) view (n) volume (n)
various (adj) • a beautiful view vote (n & v)
vase (n) village (n) vowel (n)
vegetable (n) violin (n)

W
wage(s) (n) washing-up (n) we (pron)
wait (n & v) • to do the washing-up weak (adj)
waiter (n) waste (adj & v) • to feel weak
waiting room (n) watch (n & v) • a weak excuse wear (v)
waitress (n) • My watch keeps good time. • to wear a dress
wake (v) (n) wear out (phr v & adj)
wake up (phr v) • I watched TV last night. (v) • You'll wear out those shoes.
walk (n & v) water (n & v) (v)
walking (n) waterfall (n) • My shoes are worn out. (adj)
wall (n) wave (n & v) weather (n)
wallet (n) • waves at sea (n) weather forecast (n)
want (v) • to wave goodbye (v) web (n)
war (n) way (n) webcam (n)
wardrobe (n) • Is this the way? web page (n)
warm (adj) • the wrong way website (n)
warn (v) • a long way wedding (n)
warning (n) • to stand in the way week (n)
wash (n & v) • That's the way to do it. weekday (n)
wash up (phr v) • way of life weekend (n)
washing machine (n) • way in, way out

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weekly (adj & adv) who (pron) wooden (adj)
• a weekly magazine (adj) whole (adj & n) wool (n)
• to phone home twice weekly whose (det & pron) word (n)
(adv) why (adv) • words in a sentence
weigh (v) wide (adj) • He didn't say a word.
weight (n) • a wide road work (n & v)
welcome (n & v) wife (n) • school work (n)
• a warm welcome (n) wild (adj) • to work for a living (v)
• Welcome to London! (v) wildlife (n) • hard work (n)
well (adj, adv & exclam) will (mv) • to be out of work (n)
• I'm very well, thanks. (adj) willing (adj) worker (n)
• to behave very well (adv) win (v) working (adj)
• Shake the bottle well. (adv) wind (n) workout (n)
• Well, here we are. (exclam) • A strong wind was blowing. • I like a good workout at the
well done! (adv) window (n) gym.
well-dressed (adj) windscreen (n) work out (phr v)
well-known (adj) windsurfing (n) • I work out at the gym every
well made I well-made (adv & windy (n) day.
adj) wing (n) world (n)
west (adj, adv & n) • a bird's wing worried (adj)
western (adj) • the wing of an aeroplane worry (n & v)
wet (adj) winner (n) worse (adj & adv)
• wet clothes wise (adj) worst (adj & adv)
• wet weather wish (n & v) worth (adj)
whale (n) • Best wishes. (n) would (mv)
what (det & pron) • Wish me luck. (v) wow (exclam)
whatever (pron & det) • I wish you were here. (v) wrap (up) (v & phr v)
wheel (n) with (prep) • to wrap (up) a parcel
wheelchair (n) within (prep) write (v)
when (adv) without (prep) write down (phr v)
whenever (conj) woman (n) • write down an address
where (adv & conj) wonder (v) writer (n)
wherever (conj) • I wonder what he said. writing (n)
whether (conj) wonderful (adj) written (adj)
which (pron & det) wood (n) wrong (adj)
while, whilst (conj) • to be made of wood
white (adj) • in a large wood

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