Teachers Main Vocabulary Unit 11

Word / Phrase burn a CD ceramic cotton get a text glass metal nylon plastic play a video record a show rubber send a text upload pictures wood Part of speech phrase noun [noncount] noun [noncount] phrase noun [noncount] noun [count or noncount] noun [noncount] noun [count or noncount] phrase phrase noun [noncount] phrase verb noun [noncount] Phonetic Spelling /brn/ // /si di/ /srmk/ /kt()n/ /et/ // /tekst/ /ls/ /met()l/ /naln/ /plstk/ /ple/ // /vdio/ /rkrd/ // /o/ /rbr/ /send/ // /tekst/ /plod/ /wd/ Denition if you burn a CD, you put information onto it material made by baking clay and used for items such as dishes, plates, cups, etc. cloth made from the white fibers of a plant called a cotton plant to receive a written message on your cell phone a hard clear substance that is used for making objects such as windows or bottles a hard shiny substance such as steel or iron that is used to make things such as tools and machines a strong artificial substance that is used in making plastic and clothes a very common light, strong substance that is produced by a chemical process and used for making many different things to make a piece of equipment, like a computer, video player or cell phone show moving images to put images and sounds from a TV program onto a DVD or video to watch later a strong substance that bends easily and is used for making things such as tires and boots to transmit a written message from one cell phone to another to send pictures from your camera to your computer the substance that trees are made of, used for making furniture and other objects Sample Sentence

Level 2

I burned a CD of the photos from our trip. The vase was made of ceramic. She was wearing a dress made of cotton. I just got a text from my boyfriend. The glass in the window is cracked. Cars are made of metal. I prefer nylon guitar strings to metal ones. You can recycle plastic these days. I can play video on my new cell phone. I record my favorite show every week. My eraser is made out of rubber. Why didnt you send me a text to say you were going to be late? I havent uploaded the pictures from our trip yet. My new table is made of wood.

Photocopiable D.R. Macmillan Publishers, S.A. de C.V. 2010

Definitions taken from the Macmillan Essential Dictionary