WORD BANK DICTIONARY

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By Tom Grundy

Word bank: Page 2 – Lessons, seasons

Page 3 – Days, months, weather

Page 4 – My body

Page 5 – My family, people’s jobs

Page 6 – Places, directions

Page 7 – Drinks, fruit, meat

Page 8 – Vegetables, other food

Page 9 – Other food, Pets

Page 10 – Farm/sea/river/other

animals

Page 11 – Other animals, numbers.

Page 12 - Numbers, time, shapes,

colours

Page 13 – Emotions, transport,

stationery

Page 14 – Clothing, adjectives

Page 15 - Verbs

Page 16 - Songs

Page 17 – Verb table

Page 18 – Verb table

Page 19 – Verb table

Page 20 – Verb table

Page 21 – Verb table

Page 22 – Phonics Action

Alphabet

Dictionary: Page 23-24 - A

Page 25-26 - B

Page 27-28 - C

Page 29-30 - D

Page 31-32 - E

Page 33-34 - F

Page 35-36 - G

Page 37-38 - H

Page 39 – I

Page 40 - J

Page 41-42 – K

Page 43-44 - L

Page 45-46 - M

Page 47-48 - N

Page 49-50 - O

Page 51-52 - P

Page 53-54 – Q,R

Page 55-56 – S

Page 57-58 – T

Page 59-60 – U,V,W

Page 61 – X,Y,Z

Page 62 – World map

Page 63 – High

frequency words.

1

My English Word Bank Dictionary

English

Mathematics

Putonghua

Winter

My name is __________________.

My school is _________________

__________________________.

My birthday is in _____________.

My lessons at school

The seasons

2

About me

Monday Tuesday

January February March April

May June July August

September October November December

hot stormy foggy a typhoon

Days of the week

Months of the year

Types of weather

3

teeth

tongue

My body

face

hair

chest

arms

knees

ankles feet toes

stomach

elbows

thumb

fingers

eyes

eyebrows

mouth lips 4

hands

shoulders

mother father cousin

pets aunt uncle son

teacher scientist security guard

gardener

My family

People’s jobs

5

book shop restaurant bank

swimming pool hair salon car park

supermarket

The Peak The

harbour

Disneyland Victoria

Park

Kowloon

Park

The

museum

Lantau

Island

Lamma

Island

Cheung Chau Island The night market

up down left right forwards backwards

Places near my home

Places to visit in Hong Kong

Directions

6

milk cola lemon tea water

apple lychee dragon fruit

peach

lamb duck turkey beef

Fruit

Drinks

Meat

7

beans cabbage onion tomato

spaghetti dim sum bread congee

Vegetables

Other food

8

hamster rabbit dog turtle

Pets

9

Other food

goat pig donkey horse

jellyfish swan sea turtle

seahorse

bear monkey wolf zebra

Animals on the farm

Animals in the sea/river

Other animals

10

Numbers

one 1

two 2

three 3

four 4

five 5

six 6

seven 7

eight 8

nine 9

ten 10

1st first

2nd second

3rd third

4th forth

5th fifth

6th sixth

7th seventh

8th eighth

9th ninth

10th tenth

eleven 11

twelve 12

thirteen 13

fourteen 14

fifteen 15

sixteen 16

seventeen 17

eighteen 18

nineteen 19

twenty 20 11

Other animals

rectangle oval star line

red

orange

yellow

green

blue

purple

black

white

pink

brown

silver

gold

one hundred 100

two hundred 200

three hundred 300

one thousand 1000

two thousand 2000

three thousand 3000

Numbers Time

one o’clock 1:00

two o’clock 2:00

half-past three 3:30

a quarter past four 4:15

a quarter to six 5:45

Shapes

Colours

12

fine upset confused surprised

MTR train ferry tram motorcycle

pen crayon rubber ruler pencil sharpener

Emotions

Transport

Stationery

13

trainers sunglasses shorts belt

thin colourful beautiful tall

Clothing

Adjectives

14

hold teach swim sit

Verbs

15

Songs

THE RAINBOW SONG [www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-rainbow.htm]

Red and yellow and pink and green

Orange and purple and blue

I can sing a rainbow

Sing a rainbow

Sing a rainbow, too

DAYS OF THE WEEK [tinyurl.com/daysoftheweek]

Days of the week,

Days of the week,

Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week.

There’s Sunday and there’s Monday,

There’s Tuesday and there’s Wednesday,

There’s Thursday and there’s Friday,

and then there’s Saturday.

MONTHS OF THE YEAR [www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-months-2.htm]

January, February, March,

April, May and June.

July and August, goodbye summer,

Autumn's coming soon.

Hey September, October, November,

It's December, winter's here.

Goodbye Christmas, that's the end,

Time for another year! 16

Simple Present Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Participle

awake awoke awoken

am / is /

are was, were been

beat beat beaten

become became become

begin began begun

bend bent bent

bite bit bitten

blow blew blown

break broke broken

bring brought brought

burn burned,

burnt

burned,

burnt

buy bought bought

cast cast cast

catch caught caught

choose chose chosen

come came come

cost cost cost

cut cut cut

dig dug dug

dive dived,

dove dived

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Verb table

To make the

past tense, we

must either:

*Add ‘ed’…

*…just add ‘d’…

*…or change the

word. (irregular

verbs)

Simple Present Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Participle

do did done

drag dragged dragged

draw drew drawn

dream dreamed,

dreamt

dreamed,

dreamt

drink drank drunk

drive drove driven

drown drowned drowned

eat ate eaten

fall fell fallen

feed fed fed

feel felt felt

fight fought fought

find found found

fit fit fit

fly flew flown

forget forgot forgotten,

forgot

freeze froze frozen

get got gotten,

got

give gave given

go went gone

Verb table

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Simple Present Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Participle

grow grew grown

have had had

hear heard heard

hide hid hidden

hold held held

hurt hurt hurt

keep kept kept

know knew known

lead led led

learn learnt,

learned

learnt,

learned

leave left left

lend lent lent

let let let

lie (down) lay lain

light lighted, lit lighted, lit

lose lost lost

make made made

mean meant meant

meet met met

pay paid paid

put put put

Verb table

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Simple Present Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Participle

read read read

ride rode ridden

rise rose risen

run ran run

saw sawed sawn

say said said

see saw seen

seek sought sought

sell sold sold

send sent sent

shake shook shaken

shine shone shone

shoot shot shot

show showed shown

shut shut shut

sing sang sung

sink sank sunk

sit sat sat

sleep slept slept

slide slid slid

speak spoke spoken

spend spent spent

Verb table

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Simple Present Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Participle

spin spun spun

stand stood stood

steal stole stolen

stick stuck stuck

sweep swept swept

swim swam swum

swing swung swung

take took taken

teach taught taught

tear tore torn

tell told told

think thought thought

throw threw thrown

wake woke woken

wear wore worn

understand understood understood

win won won

wind wound wound

write wrote written

Verb table

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Aa ankle

Bb back

Cc come Dd down

Ee elbow

Ff finger

Gg great Hh hair

Ii in

Jj jump

Kk kick

Ll leg

Mm mouth

Nn nose

Oo on Pp point

Qq quiet

Rr run

Ss sit

Tt teeth

Uu up

Vv victory

Ww wings

Xx six

Yy yes

Zz zip

Phonics action alphabet

22

Practice the action

alphabet song at home: tinyurl.com/actionalphabet

address

afternoon

ambulance

animal

answer

arrow

astronaut

axe

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baby

back

balloon

basket

beach

beautiful

biscuit

breakfast

25

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calendar

camera

castle

China

Chinese

chocolate

clown

computer

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desk

different

difficult

dinner

dirty

disgusting

door

drawer

29

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easy

electricity

elephant

enough

evening

examination

example

exercise

31

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fight

film

fireworks

flower

football

fresh

friend

furniture

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garden

ghost

giraffe

glove

goldfish

grass

great

guitar

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hamburger

handbag

healthy

holiday

homework

honest

Hong Kong

hospital

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ice-cream

information

ink

internet

interesting

island

39

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jacket

jam

juice

jump

40

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key

kilogram

kilometre

kindergarten

king

kitten

knife

41

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large

laugh

lazy

leaf

letter

live

lucky

luggage

43

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magnet

marble

market

medicine

microwave

mirror

mobile

money

45

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46

name

neighbour

newspaper

next

night

now

47

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octopus

office

often

open

orange

outside

oven

over

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page

pair

paper

parent

penguin

picture

present

push

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queen

question

rain

rectangle

river

road

rubbish

run

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scissors

shadow

shape

silent

simple

smart

station

subject

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taxi

telephone

thief

thirsty

toilet

tomorrow

tonight

typhoon

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ugly

umbrella

understand

uniform

vegetable

vehicle

video game

voice

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wash

waste

watch

woman

write

wrong

60 35.

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70. Such

xylophone

year

yesterday

young

zebra

zero

zoo

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Eng

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Ma

ps

62 35.

Las

Ho

ng

Ko

ng

1. A/an

2. After

3. Again

4. All

5. Almost

6. Also

7. Always

8. And

9. Because

10. Before

11. Big

12. But

13. (I) can

14. (I) come

15. Either/or

16. (I) find

17. First

18. For

19. Friend

20. From

21. (I) go

22. Good

23. Good-bye

24. Happy

25. (I) have

26. He

27. Hello

28. Here

29. How

30. I

31. (I) am

32. If

33. In

34. (I) know

High Frequency Words The 100 most common words used in spoken English.

35. Last

36. (I) like

37. Little

38. (I) love

39. (I) make

40. Many

41. One

42. More

43. Most

44. Much

45. My

46. New

47. No

48. Not

49. Now

50. Of

51. Often

52. On

53. One

54. Only

55. Or

56. Other

57. Our

58. Out

59. Over

60. People

61. Place

62. Please

63. Same

64. (I) see

65. She

66. So

67. Some

68. Sometimes

69. Still

70. Such

71. (I) tell

72. Thank you

73. That

74. The

75. Their

76. Them

77. Then

78. There is

79. They

80. Thing

81. (I) think

82. This

83. Time

84. To

85. Under

86. Up

87. Us

88. (I) use

89. Very

90. We

91. What

92. When

93. Where

94. Which

95. Who

96. Why

97. With

98. Yes

99. You

100. Your

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spellings

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