Seasons of the year

spring, 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

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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