Unit 14, vocabulary

Game, Set and Match

Pages 122 and 123, Vocabulary

Athlete (n) – a person who competes

Decathlon (n) – an athletic contest which consists of ten track and field events

Pentathlon (n) – consists of five events

Heptathlon (n) – consists of seven events for women

Triathlon (n) -  three events

Discus (n) – The sport of throwing the disc for distance

Javelin (n) – a spearlike shaft used for throwing

Fencing (n) – a sport in which sabers are used for attack and defense

Shot put (n) – a sport in which a heavy ball is thrown

Hurdles (n) – a race in which athletes must leap over barriers

Pole vault (n) – a field event in which a leap over a crossbar is performed with the aid of 

                           a long pole

Skill (n) – the ability based on knowledge or practice, a craft

To ban (v) – to prohibit, to forbid

Speed (n) – how fast smth is, rapidity, rate of motion

Strength (n) – how strong smth is, force or vigor

Stamina (n) – the ability to keep going for a long time

To take up (ph v) -  to start an activity or a sport

All-round (adj) – opposite of narrow; versatile, efficient in all respects

Greatness (n) – perfection

Contestant (n) – a person who takes part in a contest/competition

Competitor/Opponent (n) – rival, the person you compete against

Club (n) – a group of people who like the same thing

Page 125, exercises 1 and 2, Vocabulary

Sport

Umpire (n) – a referee in a baseball, cricket or a tennis match

Referee (n) – a judge in every other sport

Spectator (n) -  a person in the audience

Team sports (n) – eg, football, basketball, rugby…

Individual sports (n) – eg. swimming, athletics, tennis…

Defeat (n/v) – the act of losing, to make someone lose; opp. of victory

Vocabulary related to the following sports:

1. Basketball: basket, basketball, backboard, shoes (high-topped shoes), shot clock, court
2. Cricket: ball, bat, gloves, helmet, knee roll, wicket and bail, pitch
3. Volleyball: ball, net, court, knee pads and shoes
4. Rugby: ball (oval), boots, mouth guards, upper-body pads, pitch
5. Tennis: rackets, net, ball, trainers, court
6. Football: boots(cleats), ball, shin pads, pitch, gloves, goals
7. Squash: rackets (racquets), balls, trainers, court
8. Hockey: rink, pitch, puck (disc), goal cage, sticks with blades
9. Badminton: shuttlecock (shuttle), rackets, net, court

Page 125, exercise 4

Phrasal verbs

Put someone through to someone – to connect somebody on the phone

Turn into something or someone – to become

Take after someone – to resemble, look like

Bring forward – to move to an earlier date

Get away with – to escape, not receive a punishment

Look into smth – to investigate

Look after smth or someone – to keep in good condition, take care of

Unit 10, vocabulary

Part 1

·         TV programmes:

1.      Chat show --- famous people speak about themselves

2.      Game show --- people play games and answer questions, quiz

3.      Music videos

4.      Sitcom --- a television or radio series about a particular group of characters  who deal with situations in a humorous way (situation comedy)

5.      Comedy show

6.      Series --- a set of programmes which are all about the same person or people

7.      Documentary --- deals with real people and events

8.      Reality TV --- doesn’t use actors to show real events

9.      Soap opera --- a television or radio series about the imaginary lives of a group of people

·         Adjectives used to describe programmes:

1.      Disappointing – below the expectations

2.      Depressing – makes you feel very sad

3.      Dreadful – very bad, terrible

4.      Entertaining – interesting, keeps your full attention

5.      Amusing – interesting, entertaining

6.      Exciting – you want to watch more

7.      Exceptional – one of a kind; the very best

8.      Fantastic -- wonderful

9.      Original – exceptional, one of a kind

10.  Boring – opposite of exciting

11.  Slow – nothing really happens

12.  Hilarious – super funny

13.  Popular – lots of people watch it

14.  Famous –known by everyone

15.  Enjoyable – one likes watching it

16.  Satisfying – up to one’s expectations, opposite of disappointing

17.  Suitable – for the right age or group of spectators

18.  Unbelievable – hardly believed

Part 2

·         Leisure time (n) – free time

·         Cast (n) – a group of people who act in a film or a programme

·         Script (n) – contains all the words that actors have to learn

·         Audience (n) – the spectators, people watching a show

·         Rehearsal (n) – a practice of a performance

·         Audition (n) – test for actors before they get the part

·         Play (n) – theatre performance, show

·         Critic (n) – a person

·         Review (n) – a judgement or opinion of a film, book, theatre performance

·         Stage (n)  - a place in the theatre where actors stand and perform

·         Act (v) – what actors do, to pretend you are someone else

·         Performance (n) - play

·         Performers (n) - actors

·         Backstage (n) – area behind the stage where all actors go when they finish acting

·         On the air/ off the air (phr) – live broadcast, shown on TV or radio/ NOT broadcast

·         Season (n) – set of series that belong to the same edition, broadcast in one part of the year

·         Schedule (n) – timetable, all the things that need to be done at a certain time

·         Broadcast (v) – to emit, to show to viewers

Unit 12, Vocabulary

Vocabulary --- Pages 104 and 105

FITNESS CENTRES

Whether (adv) – if

Fee (n) – the amount of money one needs to pay monthly, annually or weekly

Impact (n) – influence, collision

Session (n) – a period of time during which a service is offered

To build muscles (phr) – to work out and make your body stronger

To note (v) – take notice of, perceive

To admit (v) – to allow to enter; (n) – admission

Admission policy (n) – admission rules and criteria

To accompany (v) – to go along with sb

To sign up (ph v) – to enlist, to subscribe

To be approved (v) – to be in favour of

To get fit (phr) – to become stronger

In advance (phr) – beforehand, ahead of time

Goal (n) – aim, a desired end

Ballroom dancing (n) – recreational dance performed by couples

Appearance (n) – looks

Adventurous (adj) – full of risk and courage

To keep one on their toes (idiom) – energetic, ready, alert

To book (v) – to reserve

Equipment (n) – instruments, tools

To hire (v) – to rent, to posses for a shorter period of time

To design (v) – to plan skillfully

To suit (v) – to be appropriate, to accommodate, to be satisfactory

To come along (ph v) – to accompany sb

To strengthen (v) – to become stronger

To take part in (ph v) – to participate

In shape (phr) – in condition, fit, strong

To work out (ph v) – to physically exercise, to use weights

Personal trainer (n) – a one-on-one coach

Aerobics class (n) – jogging, rowing, swimming or often lighter exercise to music

Body building (n) – daily exercise including weights to build muscles

Vocabulary, Page 107, ex. 1

Prescription (n) – a piece of paper a doctor gives you to get medicine

Diagnosis (n) – a doctor’s opinion of what is wrong with you

Allergy (n) – when your body reacts badly to some things

Cure (n) – medicine, remedy or treatment

Symptom (n) – a sign such as spots or cough that shows you’re ill

Surgery (n) – a doctor’s office

GP (n) – a general practitioner, a general doctor

Injection (n) – a medicine which is put into your body with a syringe

Vocabulary, Page 107, ex. 2

Collocations with make and do

Make	Do
An appointment	Some exercises
A complaint	The housework
A noise	Your best
Up your mind	The washing-up
A fuss	Your homework
A mess	Well at something
A phone call	You good
A suggestion	The shopping
The bed
Friends
A mistake
Sure
A decision
An effort
Money
A meal

     

Conditional Sentences---Revision

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/if.htm

Irregular Verbs---Revision

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/simple_past-exercises.html

Unit 16, Vocabulary

On the Run

Pages 140 and 141, Vocabulary

Sympathy (n) – understanding

To commit a crime (phr) – to do smth illegal or wrong

To affect (v) – to influence, to shape, to cause a change

To break the law (phr) – to do smth illegal

Currently (adv) – at the present time, now

To be arrested (phr) – to make the arrest, to be detained by the police

To admit (v) – to say you did smth, to accept the blame

To claim (v) – to state, to say that smth is true although you are not sure

Innocent (adj) – not guilty, not having committed a crime

Guilty (adj) – you did smth wrong, having committed a crime

Burglary (n) – the crime of stealing things from a house

Suburb (n) – the edge of a city or a town, outskirts, suburbia

Insurance (n) – an agreement with a company, money you pay for safety reasons

Crime rate (n) – a measure of how much crime is committed

Failure (n) – the fact of not succeeding

Poverty (n) – the condition of being extremely poor

To push someone into smth (phr) – to make someone do smth

To turn to smth (phr) – to start doing smth

Honesty (n) – the quality of being honest, sincere, decent

To recognise (v) – to know someone or smth because you have seen them before

To search smth/someone (v) – to check whether smth is hidden somewhere

Suspicious (adj) – someone or smth that seems or looks guilty

To prove (v) – to show that smth is true

To plead guilty/not guilty (phr) – to say in court

Trial (n) – legal process

Jury (n) – a group of people who listen to facts and decide whether someone is guilty

Verdict (n) – a decision made at the end of the trial

Offence (n) – crime

Court (n) – the room where legal processes take place

Page 143, Vocabulary, Exercises 1 and 4

Shoplifting (n) – stealing from shops

Pickpocket (n) – a small thief who steals from people in the street

Robbery (n) – if you steal big things, like from a bank, jewellery shop...

Assault (n) – if you attack someone physically

Arson (n) – setting things on fire

Blackmail (n) – if you make someone give you money

Murder (n) – if you deliberately kill someone

Manslaughter (n) – unintentional killing of a person

To accuse (v) – to say that someone is guilty

                           Eg. He’s been accused of killing a person.

To charge (v) – to formally accuse, usually used in passive voice;

                           Eg. He has been charged with arson.

To suspect (v) – to think or believe that someone is guilty

                             Eg. They suspected James of robbery.

To apologise (v) – to say you’re sorry

                           Eg. He apologised for insulting her.

To let someone off (v) –  to allow someone to get away with a minor punishment

                           Eg. He was let off with just a fine.

To sentence (v) – to send someone to prison for a period of time

                              Eg. He’s been sentenced to life in prison.

To blame (v) – to accuse someone of smth

                               Eg. They blamed Peter for breaking the window.

A life sentence (n) – life in prison

A fine (n) – sum of money paid as a penalty for an offence

Community service (n) – the work one has to do as a punishment for an offence

A suspended sentence (n) – one has another chance but with an open file

Happiness and academic achievement

Read one of the following articles for your Writing Task 

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/15/03/because-i%E2%80%99m-happy

http://theconversation.com/its-true-happier-students-get-higher-grades-41488