- 1. BOOST YOUR 0 VOCABUL Y1Chris BarkerPENGUIN ENGLISH
2. Contents Unit Pages Unit Pages Introduction 4-5 5 - 8 Test
yaurself 2 56-57 Test exercises 1 - 5 Meellng I!!!Qple 6-11 Saying
hello a nd goodbye; Introducing Free lime 58-639 yourself and other
people; Personal details; Activities; Talking about post
octMties;Tlfles; Friends; British I American WOf"d list Music:;
Muslcol instru ments 2 family 12-7 10 ~h~ ~-~ Male and female;
Fomity members; CO&OUrs; Shades; Clothes and footwear; Life
stages; 's 1:"" of clothes; Style 3 Describing people:age 18-23 11
Food and drink 70-75 _ ....;; ", appearancea"nd Basic food; Drinks
; Fruit; Vegetobtes; Meet; Age; Hair ~; Hoir colour; Eye ccOOur;
Prepe-ed food Shades of colour; Height; Measurement of height;
Measurement of weight; Build 12 Cauntrles, nallanalltles and 76 - 8
lanquQQes 4 House and home 24-29 Somecountries and nationalities:
Europe; Description; Rooms I areas; My room ; Europe I Asio; Midd
le East and Asia; North Location: prepositions Americo; Central
America; South America; Africa ; Australosta; The twelve most
wKIe1y spoken languagesI - 4 Test l1Qurself30-3 Test exercises 1 -
5 9 -12 Test yourself 3 82-83 Test exercises 1 - 55 Time 32-37
Days; Months; Years; Dates; Seasons; Reference 84-87Time
prepositions; Time adverbials; Times The English a lpha bet; Height
a nd weight; Numbers; Some basic spelling rules; British6 Ufeathome
38-43 and American EnglishBefore school; After school; Adverbs a
ndphrases of frequency; Jobs arou nd theself assessment and
proqress check 88house; Pets; Meals at school and at home 7 _ =
:=... _ Answer key A-HSchool _ ....;;:;;44 -49 (Centrol pcll-cct
section)Main school subjects in UKschools; People;Exams; Non-lesson
time; After-schoofactivities and dubs; School rooms and places8
5pprl 50 - 55 Sport / AdMty; Penon; Spom ....,ts;Winning a nd
losing 3. Meeting people Translate the words and phrases. Saying
hello and goodbye Informal Formal Hi. Good morning. Hello. Good
afternoon. Good evening. Goodnight. Bye! Goodbye.See you.See you
lofer.See you soon.See you tomorrow.A: How are you? B: Fine,
thanks. / I'm OK, thanks. And you? A: Mm, not too good. / Mm, nof
great B: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. A: How are things? B: Fine,
thanks. / Not bod, thanks. Introducing yourselfand other people
Informal Formal My nome's (John). A: Let me introduce (Moria) . I'm
(John). B: Pleased to meet you. This is (Mario) . C: Pleased to
meet you, too. A: Nice to meet you. Welcome to {London). B: Nice to
meet you, too. Boost Your Vocabulary I Unit 1 4. American last name
zip code cellphone pen pol gel along Female Mrs married women Miss
unmarried (single) women Ms married or unmarried women surname
postcode mobile phone penfriend gel on British Boost Your
Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 r7l Male Mr adult men Titles Mr Mrs Miss Ms You
can canme Wayne Connolly (,/) or Wayne (,/) bat not Mr Wayne ~).
Yoa can callmyDad Mr Connolly o: Personaldetails First name(s} .
Surname . Mole / Female . Address . Street . Town / City ..
Postcode . Dote of birth . Phone number . Mobile phone number .
e-mail address . Friends She's my best friend. He's my penfriend.
We're good friends. We're in the same class at school. We're
classmates. We're neighbours. I know him / her welL I don't know
him / her very well. I don't get on very well with him / her. We
get on very / really well. We don't get on very well. What's your
surname? Could you spell that, please? Could you repeat that,
please? Yoo can callme Miss TracyBradshaw (,/) or Miss Bradshaw
(,/) bat notMiss Tracy ~). 5. Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 abel 2
Complete the clues to answer the question in the crossword. nom e?
e 's Ben 5 6 7 1 11 8 9 10 They're very import ant! Who are they? ,
1 G E TI 2 3 I I4 Conversation 2 A: Goo d m n i n g. W __ t's-your
s B: Mar rio t t. M y n Mar rio t t. A: C 0 u I d you s p _ _ _ f
hot, P 1_ _ s e? B: Yes. M A double RIO double T. A: N e t 0 m t
you, Ben. 1 2 We on really well. (3) A: How ore you? B: I'm ,
thanks. (2) ........... ......... How are you? (5)
.................. to meet you. (7) My name is Anna . (5) My is
Smith. (7) We're the same class. (2) A: How are you? B: I'm ,
thanks . (4) 9 How are ? (6) 10 It's latel I must go ! (9) 11 you
tomorrow. (3) 3 4 5 6 7 8 Clues Conversation 1 A: H e I I o. Ij 0 ~
are y 0 ~ ? B: Not g r __ t. A: I' m S 0 __ y h ear tho t. Complete
the conversations. 3 Who is speaking? Write the letters in the
correct pictures. a) Good rnorninq. .everyone. 11 1 b) Mmm, not
great. c) Hello. d) Pleased to meet you. e) See you later. f)
Goodnight. 6. 4 Draw lines to link the personal details. First name
[email protected] Date of birth 12, Rose Street
Street 0029583795 Town / City 13 April 1989 Posfcode Milton Keynes
Phone number Tracye-mail address MK39DG5 Put the words in the right
order. Start with the word in the centre of each circle.
!~!:~.~~.~~:r..~~!~ .~~~~.~!:~' . 2 3 4 5 Read about Tracy's best
friend. Then write about your best friend . .~~.~~~
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.~~/f... Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 9 7. 7 i Read about Alex.
Then complete your personal details and introduce yourself. Hi! rm
Alex Fraser. You can contact me ... at 14 Clifton Road. Bath. BA4
6LH or on 010 587 9998 or on 9012 564901 at [email protected] rol
Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1 FIRST NAME(S) SURNAME ADDRESS Alex..
~ ...... . Fraser.... .. ~ ~ . 14 Clifton Road... .... .... ... ..
.. ..... ... ~~~! .~~1. ~~J:1...... PHONE NUMBER 010 5879998 MOBILE
PHONE 9012 564901 NUMBER . E-tMIL ADDRESS ~!~/~~~'!~t :~?:~~..
FIRST NAME(S) SURNAME ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER MOBILE PHONE NUMBER
E-tMIL ADDRESS 8. Sa Put the missing phrases in Conversation 1 or
2. Fine, thanks. Hello, Mark. I'm Rosa. Hi. Pleased to meet you,
too. How are you? Conversation 1 Sarah ~f?!!9.'.~~':'~ Mark Hello .
. Sarah . Let me introduce my neighbour, Laura Green. Laura Mark
Hello. Pleased to meet you. Conversation 2 Kate Hi. Jack Kate This
is my friend. Rosa Hello Jack Hi, I'm Jock. . . 8b Which
conversation is between teenagers: 1 or 21 .. 9 You are with Simon,
your English penfriend. You meet one of your classmates in the
street. Write the conversation. You Hi . Classmate You Simon
C1cissmate Write ten words and five expressions you are going to
memorize. Words 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . 2
Expressions 1 4 3 5 . . .. . . 10 . Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 1
A 9. Boosl Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 Translate the words and
phrases. IArt Department I parent guardian relation / relative ..
COUSin Male / Female grandparent . grandchild .. (plural:
grandchildren) (plural : women) girl Female grandmother .
granddaughter . woman Family grandfather grandson (plural: men) man
Family members Male Male and female boy father ...... ....
......... mother Dad ... ........... Mum stepfather ....... ....
..... stepmother brother . .. ... .... . .... o.. sister
stepbrother ........ ... ... stepsister holfbrother .......... ..
.. . halfsister husband .............. wife son . .. . . .. .. . ..
.. . . daughter uncle .. .. .. ........ .. aunt nephew ... .....
... .... niece life stages baby .......... ...... child ...... ....
.... teenager .. .. .... ....... adult ....... ... ..... 10. ...
and these af'e mygrandparents _. Hello. fly name'sShamina. Tve got
a siste and a baby brotbe We five with 00f' parents in London.
GarFamilyis qpite large. Tve got roaroonis. Faar ancles and
sevencousins: . My parents are divorced. This is mymother _ Silvio
is Tommaso's grandmother. Tommaso is Anno's brother. Roberto is
Tommaso's fatner. Anna Angelo = Silvio I oberto = Sabina See page
86 for the British / American word list. 's Boost Your Vocabulary 1
Unit 2 13 I haven't got anycants
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.z::s;:::::::=~or orcles. Oar ramily's apite small Have you got any
brothers and sisters? I've got a brother and a sister. He's got on
older sister and a younger brother. I'm an only child. My po rents
ore separated. My parents are divorced. Our family's quite small.
Our family's quite large. 11. Complete the twenty family words and
circle them. Look for the words horizontally ( .. ) and vertically
( 'Y ). " 1h j-,"" ._ 1 R A N D LQ I ., ~I~- l' D 3" U ,! c . E 4
"" B 5~ C 0 5 - N 6" I I I U T R 7~ 5 I 5 ... E ? IR: B ,," - 0 .,
9 W 10~ I 'D'1 - U G T E ,. A ,. II ! 11 ~ M 0 T ? .,. R N F I I,
"1 12 "" F E 13~ ... A D ? I [N I A 14~ P .... R E ., T ""N 15 16~
G ., A N D C . I r D 7 17 "" 1 1B~ N E P ? E ? ., 0 '1 19~ ? R A N
D ., A T H E ., [fi 2 Put the words in exercise 1 into groups. Male
Female Male / Female grandmother guardian Boost Your Vocabulary 1
Unit 2 12. 3 4 Who are Wayne's relations? 1 2 3 4 5 His father's
mother's husband is His father's brother is His mother's sister's
daughter is His sister's daughter is His sister's son is Choose
five members of your family and write their names. ~r. X~~~!1.~:'
.~':?!~~(~.~~~.f~.~.~!~~' 1 2 3 4 5 5 Write details for you in the
chart. Adam Peter R1cldtt Mum: Jill Dad: Pet.er Brothers: TI.m,
Mark, Sam (all older) Actor and singer .Kellendria Trinade Roland
I've got a large family: Mum, Dad : and one brother; : aunts ,
uncles and : cousins. : No, not at the moment. Singer 6 Use the
chart in exercise 5 to write about Adam, Kelle and yourself. Adam
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'!!':''!!:~ .,!q~~.i.~ .~~f! .q'}~ !':'Y. r:'.c:~:s. . ,}I?~~. is
Peter. !:'(~.9.o.! . Kelle You Boosl Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 rsl
13. 4 .3 .2 . 1 (sister's nome?) 2 (parents?) 3 (grandparents?) 4
(large or small family?) 5 (aunts and uncles?) 1 (brothers and
sisters?) .?~~:~ .~'?t. c!.~~~t~:. ~nd a baby brother. 2 (large or
small fomily?) : ::: :: ::: : : : : ::: : : : . 3 (aunts? .. ) . 4
lunde5?) ::: :::: ::: :: ::::: :. 5 cousins?) . Shot1l'''O How good
is your memory? You have one minute to read about Shamina and
Jonathon on page 13. Now write sentences about Shamina and
Jonathon. Don't look at page 13. ~ 1 ~~~r. . 8 I Write the word
which describes each of these life stages. Boost Your Vocabulary 1
Unit 2 i7bl Now look at page 13 to check your answers. 14. 9a Read
the clues and identify the people. Write their names in the family
tree. ~~ .... ~ (@.~.)~ 'r - ' .............. T ......... .. .. ..
. ~ Ii~ l.... ... ........ T ... . . ... . . ..... ........., ....
{fJj~ .......-cr ~ Clues Luke's mum is David's daughter. luke is
very young. luke's uncle is called Paul. Sally is Paul's sister.
Emma's got a younger sister called Diana. David and Mary are
husband and wife. Diana's father is ca lled Neil. . . . . . .. . .
. . .. .. .............. ....... ....... .eliAre you good at
writing puzzles? Write some clues for a puzzle about your own
family. Ask a friend to complete it. Write ten words and five
expressions you are going to memorize. Words 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 .
. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. Expressions 1 2 4 5 3 .. . . . . Boost
Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 2 17 15. Describing people: age and
appearanceTranslate the words and phrases. Age youngin her teensin
his twentiesHowald are you?I'm 14. / I'm 14 years old.He's in his
twenties.She's in her thirties.Hair length short medium length long
Hair colour brown black fair blonde red grey white middle-aged old
Eyecolour blue brown grey green Shades ofcolour dark light He's not
very old.not very quite very She's quite old.Her heir's very
long.What does he / she look like?What's her hair like?She's got
dark brown hair.What colour hair has he got?He's got short, fair
hair.What colour eyes has she got?She's got light blue eyes.They're
a sort of greenish brown.Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 3 16.
Measurement of height Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 3 (l91 See page
86 (or the British / American word list. stone pound Measurement of
weight kilo See page 84 (or height and weight abbreviations. metre
centimetre foot (plural: feet) inch (plural: inches) Height toll of
medium height short 1 metre = 3.28 feet 1 centimetre = 0.39 inch 1
foot = 12 inches Build small big slim of medium build well-built
muscular How toll is he? He's (quite) tall. He's of medium height.
He's (quite) short. He's about 1 metre 75. How much do you weigh? I
weigh about 50 kilos . 17. 1 I Describe the age group of these
people. 1 She's about 43 or 44. She's in her forties. 2 He's 52. 3
She's 16. 4 He's about 27 or 28. 5 She's 3. The words in the puzzle
all describe the colour and shade of hair and eyes. Complete the
words. 1..... 11~ 2~ I B 5~ I B 8~ 6 .... 3 ..... A I 4~ D A R K 7
..... W I I D I I 9 ..... G I E 10~ L I I T I 3 Put the words from
the puzzle in exercise 2 into the correct group. Some words can go
in both groups. Hair colour / shade Eye colour / shade f/9!:ff .
.cfp.r:H . Boost Your Vocabulary I Unit 3 18. 5 4 How good is your
moths? Use the information See page 84 for on page 19 to find the
answers to the quiz. height and weighf abbreviations. w ueh d JIll
weigh?al in kilos? .................kgb) in pounds? ...............
..Ibcl in stones and pounds? .... st.... .Iba) in metres and
centimetres? .....m....cm bl in feet and inches? isbeavier? a) 10
kg D b] 20 Ib o ieh Is laller? a]2 m D bIB' D Use the words and
phrases in the box to describe the height and build of these
people. 542 very muscular big tall quite well-built small short not
very of medium build slim of medium height 1 !,!t;:~.~l!~t.
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