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Boost Your Vocabulary 2
Boost Your Vocabulary 2
ier => iest early earlier earliest heavy heavier heaviest 4 One-syllable adjectives which end in a single consonant: double the consonant before adding -er or -est comparative superlative big bigger biggest hot hotter hottest wet wetter wettest British / American spellings When the vowel which comes before the final consonant is not stressed, or when it is spelled with two letters: do not double the consonant comparative superlative quiet quieter quietest great greater greatest Do not double y or w at the end of words new newer newest Adjectives and adverbs 1 To make an adjective into an adverb: add -ly adjective adverb nice nicely auie! avietly Adjectives which end in -y adjective adverb yo => ily noisy noisily easy easily Adjectives which end in -le: drop the e before adding -ly adjective adverb simple simply terrible terribly See Boost Your Vocabulary 3, for the comparatives and superlatives of two-syllable adjectives. 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Se a treet tener an post box mailbox / drop box standard lam, floor chemist’: x bua ostman / postwoman| mail carrier Sgndard lamp floor tome Esinibanr drug store / pharmacy Roxy Cinema Roxy Theater ped! eee ceil le etal roll tole pope a news deoler / fm movie washbasi news stand it port - fosnpasio oa toes Fi cence liquor store adverts commercials 10 Holidays (See page 64.) foe clothes boske airdresser’s beauty shi hold shelots op ‘oliday vacation chest of drawers | dresser. ecard / toy) shop | {record / toy store 7 Money (See poge 44.) countryside country notice board Sone, boord lectrical goods, electrical supply purse coin purse pockage holiday package tour radio al ¢ store Poaaom clock radio clothes sh store change purse walking hiking wardrobe closet (buill-in type) es shop clothing store cashier teller carovan site troiler pork jetached house single forniy hoe corner shop convenience stor full board American plan semi-detached house] duplex/two-famil market former’ : conenilal cpatomer service desk’ | i : suplex ily Re gal deal emer's market current account checking account ii elevator herhdet- halle (house hes got@ sole on | is having a scle cheque book check book first floor second floor bunosiow eae fre You being May | help you? paying-in book deposit slips Could put it]on my. | Please charge it to fot ‘partment Is on special offer. | it I pocket money / allowance room my room, name of sireet | Gh nome of street W5.on spe | I's on sole. spending money coravan trailer city centre downtown foothach You hove o helping on o market | helping at , in pitch (space for a tent)| tent site ee out across from on hol doy toothache. stall » | a market ploy area playground outs where i on vacation ‘ill h .) mini-golf / crazy golf | miniature golf olen i cash registe 9 ure gi Seauhdtaaddeeh tuce o head of lettuce checkout counter pony trekking pack trip eating out See page 18.) 5 Travel and transport mean cheap / stingy cycle hire bicycle renial packet (of crisps) | bag (of potato chips 7 (See page 32.) careful with money | thrifty to hire to rent 10b (of ice-cream) | carton (oF ieecceeena) coac bus careless with money _| @ spendthrif tin <7 Ke streetcar / trolley 11 Landscape and weather (See poge 70.) grill = broil motorbike uel : 8 Personai belongings, clothes and shoes | [5 goud deal of mostly sunny ce plate soled plote scooter moped” (See page 50.) sunshine, table mot place mot transport transportation / transit rucksack backpack / ccypack sunny periods parlly sunny takeaway fokeout ree subway mobile phone cell(ular) phone midday noon : starter ceed {et-lvagege (otice) | baggage room diary date book ; bill check atleast restroom: organizer 12 The animal world (See page 76.) horrible awiul / terrible per gents | men's room brooch pin 7 chips French fries iia women's / hale slide borrette se 7 | air sli jemonade lemon-lime drink refreshments sted bal trainers running shoes / Underdone jom, also jelly timetable schedule. sneakers undercooked standard closs second class flat shoes flats 4 Places in towns (See page second class) lace-ups Oxfords: waivers (See page 24.) olteeitet no-smoking cor slip-ons loafers y station train station boter core” plimsolls sneakers | sports centre the gym / heolth ch dining cor spotted polka-dot lub sleeper le \ sleeper / sleeping cor zip | zipper Boost Your Vocabulary 2 Reference Boost Your Vocabulary 2 Reference [87]~vet Meoesanient ana progress check Self assessment Fill in the chart when you have completed each unit. Which How well did | You wrote down| Which vocabulory | youdo inthe | some worde vocabulary sections were | exercises? and expressions | sections do you the most very| quite | not | fo memorize. | need to go useful? How many of | over again (e.g. Hair them can you | before you do style) remember? _| the test? Tick the correct | Words 10 Part of the line. | Expressions /5 1 Physical description 2 House and home 3. Eating in and eating out een 4 Places in towns aE J Test score: / 60 5_Travel and transport E& _] 6 Cinema, television and radio ee 7 Money GE ] 8 Personal belongings, clothes and shoes Test score: / 60 9 Phone, e-mail ond letters 10 Holidays 1 Landscape and weather U2 The animal world Test score: 760 Progress check How much do you feel you know after work How much of the vocabulary did you know before you worked through the units? ing through the units? Less than 25% | About 50% More than 60% Units 14 Units 5-8 Units 972