Seasons of the yearspring, summer, autumn, winter
Countries, languages and nationalities
Names of countries, nationalities and languages, for example, Brazil/Brazilian, Canada/Canadian,
China/Chinese, France/French, Ireland/Irish, India/Indian, Italy/Italian, Spain/Spanish, etc.
Continents
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America.
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Appendix 2
Affixes
The words in the alphabetical list may be extended by the use of one or more of these affixes:
mini-with nouns, sometimes without a hyphen, e.g. minibus, mini-tour
non-with nouns and adjectives, e.g. non-essential
re-with verbs and their related nouns, usually without a hyphen,
e.g. rename, renaming
self-with nouns and adjectives, e.g. self-importance, self-confident
un-negative prefix, e.g. unsafe
-ablewith verbs, to form adjectives, e.g. affordable
-ed (-d)with verbs, to form adjectives, e.g. limited, used
-er (-r)with verbs, to form nouns, e.g. teacher, advertiser; shopper, also
comparative forms, e.g. brighter
-esefor nationalities/languages, e.g. Japanese
-essreferring to a woman or female animal, e.g. princess, lioness
N.B. it is less common to refer to women in this way nowadays,
and usually safer to use the ‘standard’ form e.g. actor, author
-estsuperlative forms, e.g. tallest
-fulwith nouns, for amount contained, e.g. spoonful; with nouns to form
adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, e.g. painful, peaceful
-ingwith verbs, for activity or state, e.g. reading, frightening
-ishfor nationalities or languages, e.g. Swedish; with nouns to form
adjectives, e.g. childish
-istwith nouns, for occupations, e.g. novelist, guitarist
-lesswith nouns to form adjectives, e.g. breathless
-lywith adjectives to form adverbs, e.g. seriously; with nouns to form
adjectives, e.g. friendly
-mentwith verbs to form nouns, e.g. enjoyment
-orwith verbs to form nouns, for people, e.g. inventor
-ywith nouns to form adjectives, e.g. hairy, sunny
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Appendix 3
Topic Lists
Clothes and Accessories
backpack
belt
blouse
boot
button
cap
cloth
(rain) coat
collar
cotton
dress
dry cleaning
earring
fashion
fasten
fit (v)
fold (v)
glasses
glove
go with (phr v)
handbag
handkerchief
hat
jacket
jeans
jewellery
knit
laundry
leather
lipstick
make-up
match (v)
material
old-fashioned
(adj)
pants
pattern
perfume
plastic
pocket
pullover
put on
pyjamas
raincoat
shirt
shoe
shorts
silk
size
skirt
sleeve(less)
socks
suit
sweater
sweatshirt
swimming
costume
take off
tie
tights
tracksuit
trainers
trousers
T-shirt
sweatshirt
swimsuit
try on
underpants
umbrella
uniform
wear (out)
wool(len)
Colours
(dark/light/pale)
black
blue
brown
gold
green
grey
orange
pink
purple
red
silver
yellow
white
Communications and Technology
access
address
airmail
by post
calculator
call (v)
call back
CD (player)
CD-Rom
chat (v)
chat room
click (v)
computer
connect
connection
delete
dial
dial up
digital
directory
disc/disk
download (n &
V)
DVD (player)
electronic(s)
email
engaged
enter
envelope
equipment
fax
hang up
headline
homepage
internet
invent
invention
IT
keyboard
laptop
(computer)
laser
machine
message
mobile phone
mouse
mouse mat
network
online
operator
parcel
password
phone
postage
postcard
print
printer
program(me)
reply
ring
ring up
screen
software
switch on
switch off
telephone
text
text message
turn off
turn on
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Education
absent
advanced
arithmetic
art
bell
biology
blackboard
board
break(time)
break up
certificate
chemistry
class
classroom
college
composition
corridor
course
curriculum
degree
desk
dictionary
diploma
drama
economics
educate
elementary
essay
geography
history
handwriting
homework
intermediate
instructor
IT
laboratory (lab)
languages
lesson
mark (v)
mathematics
math(s)
music
nature studies
notice board
pencil case
photography
physics
primary school
qualification
qualify
register
science
secondary
school
state school
study (v)
subject
technology
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