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BOOST
YOUR
0
VOCABUL
Y1
Chris
Barker
PENGUIN
ENGLISH
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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
; In
troducing
Free
lime

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
~
;
Ho
ir
colour;
Eye
ccOOur

Americo; Central America;
South
America;
Africa ; Australosta; The
twelve
most
wKI
e1y
spoken
languages
I - 4 Test l1Qurself \
30-3\
Test exercises 1 - 5
9
-12
Test yourself 3
82-83
Test exercises 1 - 5
5
Time
32-37
Days
; Months; Y
ears
; Dates; Seasons;
Reference
84-87
Time prepositions; Time
ad
verbials; Times

and
at
home
7 _ = := _
Answer
key
A-H
School _
;;:;;
44
-49
(C
en
trol pcll-cct section)
Main school subjects in UKschools; People;
Exams;
Non
-lesson
time
; After-
schoof
activities
and
du
bs;
School
rooms a nd places
8 5pprl 50 - 55
Sport /
AdMty

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 yourself
and
other people
Informal
Formal
My nome's (John).
A: Let me introduce (Moria) .
I'm
(John).

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Vocabulary
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Unit
1
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Male
Mr
adult men
Titles
Mr
Mrs
Miss
Ms
You
can can
me
Wayne
Connolly
(,/) or
Wayne
(,/)
bat not
Mr
Wayne
~).
Yoa

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
not
Miss
Tracy
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Boost
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Vocabulary
1
Unit
1
abel 2
Complete
the

I I
4
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

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
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y h
ear
tho
t.
Complete
the
conversations.
3
Who

[email protected]
Date
of birth
12,
Rose
Street
Street
0029583795
Town / City
13 April 1989
Posfcode
Milton
Keynes
Phone number
Tracy
e-mail address
MK39DG
5 Put
the
words
in
the
right
order. Start
with
the
word
in
the
centre of each circle.

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Vocabulary
1
Unit
1
FIRST
NAME(S)
SURNAME
ADDRESS
Alex

~

.
Fraser ~ ~
.
14
Clifton
Road.
.

.

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PHONE
NUMBER
E-tMIL
ADDRESS
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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
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·
Mark
Hello
.
.

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

.
.
10 .
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Your
Vocabulary
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Unit
1 A
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Your
Vocabulary
1
Unit
2
Translate
the
words
and
phrases.
IArt Department I
parent
guard
ian
relation / relative
COUSin
Male
/
Female

stepfather

stepmother
brother
.
.

o
sister
stepbrother stepsister
holfbrother
. halfsister
husband
.

wife
son
. . .

.


fly
name's
Sham
ina.
Tve
got
a siste» and a
baby
brotbe«
We
five
with
00f'
parents in
London.
Gar
Fam
ilyis
qpite
large.
Tve
got
roaroonis.
Faar
ancles
and
sevencousins:
.
My
parents are

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or
orcles. Oar
ram
ily
's
apite
smal
l
Have you
got
any
brothers
and
sisters?
I've
got
a
brother
and
a sister.
He's
got
on
older
sister
and

words
horizontally
(

)
and
vertically
(
'Y
).
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2 Put
the
words
in exercise 1
into
groups.
Ma
le
Female
Male
/
Female
grandmother
guardian

daughter
is
His sister's
daughter
is
His sister's son is
Choose
five
members
of
your
family
and
write
their
names
.
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2

Trinade
Roland
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I've
got
a
large
family:
Mum
,
Dad
:
an
d one
brother
; :
aunts , uncles
and
:
co
us
ins
. :
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•
No,
not
at
the
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Vocabulary
1
Unit
2

3 (aunts?
) .
4 lunde5?)
:::
::::
:::
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:::
:.
5 cousins?) .
Sho
t1l
'''O
How
good
is
your
memory?
You have
one
minute
to
read
about
Shamina
and
Jonathon
on
page
13.

Unit
2
i7
bl
Now
look
at
page
13 to check
your
answers.
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Read
the
clues
and
identify
the
people
.
Write
their
names in
the
family
tree.
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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.
. . . . .

. . . .
to memorize.
Words
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
.
.

.
Expressions
1
2
4
5
3

.

medium length
long
Hair
colour
brown
black
fair
blonde
red
grey
white
middle-aged
old
Eye
colour
blue
brown
grey
green
Shades
of colour
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?

/
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

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

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.
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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

to
describe the
height
and
build
of
these
people
.
5
4
2
very
muscular big
tall
quite
well-built small short
not very
of medium build
slim
of medium height
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.
4 .
2
5

age
height
weight
build
hair
colour
hair
length
eye
colour
7 Use
the
information
from
the
chart
in exercise 6 to
write
a description
of
yourself
and
of
one
of
the
other
people
.
(age

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(eye colour) .:
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9
Write
five
quiz
questions
about
your
favourite
pop
star
or
sports star
to
ask
a
friend.
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House and home
Translate
the
words
and
phrases.
Description
flat
block (of flats)
house
Rooms / areas
.'


ground
floor
.
16 first
floor

17 stairs .
18 balcony .
19 terrace .
20 pafio .
21 garden .
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My
room
armchair
bed
blinds
bookcase
bookshelf
(plural: bookshelves)
corpet
ceiling
chair
chest of drawers
computer
cupboard
curtains
desk
door
duvet

a garden.
My room is at the front of the flat.
What's
your room like?
It's quite big. .
I share my room with my sister.
There's a desk' under the window.
There are some posters on the walls .
There are some blinds at the window.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

middle
of
.
at the back of .
on the right of .
on the left of .
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British
/ American
word
list.
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1 Use
the
words
in
the
circle to describe
where
you live.
.
~
.'!~~.
!'!.

2 has
your
house
or
flat
got?
~
the
kitchen
~y'
~~'!~~
!
tf?~
.~~.~~.~
.
2~
3
Which
other
rooms
/ areas has it
got?
~
4 n
!r~.
~!~~.!I?~
.
sj
~
6

the
things
you've
got
in
your
room.
If
you've
got
other
things
in
your
room,
add
them
to
the
list .
11

.
0

. D
5
D
15 D
6
D
16
7
D
17
8
D 18
9
D
19
10
D
20
5
Match
the
prepositions
to
the
pictures.
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