BOOST YOUR © VOCABULARY 3 Chris Barker PENGUIN ENGLISH GUIDESContents Unit Pages Introduction 4-5 1 People 6-11 Feelings and emotions; Character 2 Thesenses 12-17 The senses; Sight; Hearing; Touch; Smell; Taste 3 The body and actions 18-23 Common verbs of movement; Speed of movement; Verbs associated with parts of the body; Verb phrases; Prepositions of motion 4 Health 24-29 Common ailments and illnesses; Skin conditions; Common injuries; Going to the doctor; Patient; Doctor 4 Test yourself 1 30-31 Test exercises 1 ~ 6 (60 morks) 5 Sport 32-37 Sport; Equipment; Location; Verbs / nouns; Parts of the game; Scoring 6 — Education and jobs 38-43 Teachers at school; Studying at school; Exams; Studying at college / university; Careers; Applying for a job; Requirements for a job 7 Computers 44-49 Computers; Verb phrases associated with computers; The internet and e-mail; Computer knowledge 8 = Musicand drama 50-55 Types of performance; Places; Music (Performing; People in music; People in dance}; Drama (Parts of a theatre; The stage; Plays; People; Parts of o drama; Performing); Describing a drama / a performance Unit Pages 5 - 8 Test yourself 2 56-57 Test exercises 1 — 6 (60 marks) 9 Describing objects: shapes and materials 58-63 Two-dimensional shapes; Three-dimensional shapes; Edges, corners ‘and points; Metals and other materials; Parts of an object; Surfaces and textures; Openings; Measuring; Describing objects 10 Inthe countryside 64-69 Features of the countryside; Parts of a plant; Parts of a tree; The earth; Describing landscope features; Groups of animals; Cereal crops; Growing and harvesting; Countryside activities 11 Inthe town 70-75 The built environment; The town centre; Street features; Roads in and around town; Describing town and country living 12. Holidays, celebrations and festivals 76-81 Public holidays in the UK; Birthdays; Parties; Decorations; Special clothes and make-up; Christmas; Easter; Special days celebrated in the UK 9-12 Test yourself 3 82-83 Test exercises 1 — 7 (60 marks) Reference 84-87 Adjectives followed by prepositions, Transitive and intransitive verbs; Units of measurement; Dates of festivals and special days celebrated in the UK; Spelling rules; British ond American English Selfassessmentand progress check 88 Answer key A-H (Central pull-out section)People Translate the words and phrases. Feelings and emotions Adjectives to feel / to be . afraid (of) angry (about, with) ashamed (of) disappointed (about, in, with) disgusted (at, by, with) embarrassed (about, by) envious (of) excited (about, by, al) exhausted (by, from) frightened (of) frustrated (by, with) guilty (of, about) happy (about, for, with) hurt (by) jealous (of) proud (of) sad (about, for) shocked (at, by) sorry (about, for) surprised (at, by) tense (about) tired (of) upset (about, at, over, with) See page 84 in the reference section for example See page 85 for making the comparatives of two- syllable adjectives. sentences using the adjectives and prepositions above. Nouns fear anger shame disappointment disgust embarrassment envy excitement exhaustion fright frustration guilt happiness hurt jealousy pride sadness shock sorrow surprise tension tiredness hate, hatred love to be in a bad mood Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 1Character Opposites ambitious unambitious cautious impulsi cheerful miserable confident insecure, shy decisive indecisive easy-going difficult, fussy even-tempered bad-tempered, moody friendly unfriendly funny serious generous se eo mean, selfish hard-working lazy honest dishonest introvert extrovert kind unkind, cruel loyal disloyal mature childish, immature modest arrogant, big-headed* nice nasty, horrible open secretive, reserved optimistic pessimistic organized disorganized patient impatient polite rude, cheeky practical impractical relaxed, laid-back* .. strict, uptight reliable unreliable ly sensitive insensitive, thick-skinned* sincere . insincere strong weak Adjectives marked * are used in conversational, informal language. ng EE sce poge 86 for the British / American word list is always there for you. keeps promises ... and secrets. sticks up for you A friend is someone (whom) you can trust. I can’t stand | people who are (lazy) bullies. | were (calmer / more patient) I wasn't so (impatient) A friend is someone who | wish, Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 1 [71 Match the emoticons to the meanings. (Turn the page 90° clockwise to see the emoticons more clearly.) - f) surprised Emoticons Meanings a) exhausted b) indecisive ¢) really happy : d) upset -@ |e) shocked I-( f) surprised anRwena auUaRwN— 16 2 2. Find 14 adjectives to match to the statements below. Then write the opposites. 1 He always keeps his promises. 2 She can't stond waiting in bus queves. FEFNE OL R{ UD} E18 IF LE 3 Her room's a mess. She can never TIM|PLAITI II EINIT IS find anything tim] Pl{ule]s| rive |x 4 She tells really good jokes. lw tol 5 He stays in bed till 12 ond L|t Fw ole ely doesn’t help in the house. TIM] T] STERIL ABIL IE 6 She never offers to buy a drink ufa{ Re} R{ol{e] a[n|t ]s 7 He's never happy about anything. TI@tettitare toe 8 He thinks he knows everything. 9 He always thinks things are H]U]F/UININ| y[MI{s [N going to work out well. olel tl] rlml rl sltizric Iw ns what h 19 Heer meen vhatteson, Tver folnfe lz] tle [e fe tell her. Bly[r{[cfale|sfwic [Rr 12 If she feels like doing something, LlalzlvINio RP ly le she just does it. 13. He didn’t apologize, he just ignored her 14 That was such a stupid thing to do. Adjective Opposite Adjective Opposite } reliable. unreliable 8 2 9. 3 10 4 n. 5 12. 6 13. 7 Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 1> 3a Put the words in exercise 2 into groups, to help you remember them. a) ® O8 reliable impatient impulsive 2, 3b Complete these compound character-words and add them to the word . groups in exercise 3a 1 bad stempered 3 vrecessseeseeeecheaded 5. sees -skinned 2 CSY- eesti — 4 even= 6 back 4 How would you describe yourself? Use the adjectives in exercises 2 and 3, or any others that are appropriate. Good qualities Not-so-good qualities | Things I'd like to change Im But I'm sometimes I wish I wasn't so ‘How would you describe yourself? Warm, fanny, hard-working. generous .. Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 1 [95a Complete the questions with the correct preposition. Then answer them. ete ra ZINN PINS. I When were you last angry ..with someone? you ever been jealous anyone? Why? are you afraid w 4 What are you most proud 5 What sort of things do you get excited ? you ever been embarrassed anything? Do you want to tell us about it?! eae 5b All the adjectives in exercise 5a have nouns associated with them. What are the nouns? eee 3 vececeesteseeenes 5 QD eeceeeeeeeeeteee Aes ee 6 Z 6 Read about the qualities some British teenagers look for in a friend. Then write your own description of an ideal friend. George Kinet honest and loyal icks ap for you A good tivend is never in 0) Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 1'Z 7 What can you tell from a face? Read the magazine article. Then use it to write a description of your best friend. Is the description accurate? T | Martin Ricca Katie Holmes | Christina Aguilera | Enrique Iglesias His hair falls over | She wears her hair | She's gota small | His wide forehead Forehead | his forehead. This | off her forehead, so | forehead and a shows that he’s shows he’s quite | she’s strong and parting. This strong and honest. secretive. confident signifies an open personality, He's got thick She's got large Her large, almond- | He's got deep-set Eyes eyebrows and small | eyes. This shows shaped eyes show | eyes, so he’s eyes. This means he| that she’s loyal and | that she is friendly. | decisive. (If they're won't tell you much | completely honest small, it means that about his private the person is also li He's got a perfect | Her nose is small, | Her long, straight | His broad nose Nose nose, which means | which shows that | nose shows that she | shows that he’s that he’s modest. | she’s very fussy is sensible and strong and sporty . chee decisive. - He's got thin lips. | Look at that cheeky | She’s got a wide A thin upper lip This usually shows | smile! She’s a very | mouth, which shows that someone Mouth that someone is | reloxed and open | means thot she’s is fussy; a thin lower careful and person. patient and hard. lip shows that they cautious, working. ore ambitious. 8 Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize. Words Expressions momvuauawns Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 1The senses Translate the words and phrases. The senses sight hearing touch taste smell Sight (verbs and phrases) see check notice watch, look (1) (at) have / take a look (1) (at) stare (I) (at) glance (1) (at) gaze (1) (at) glare (1) (at) search (I) (for) browse (I) (through) . ‘examine (T) inspect (T) spot (T) Look at that bird! Where? | can't see it. We watched the sun go down: You look tired. You look as if you need a rest. (12) Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 2 Verbs marked (T) are usually transitive; verbs marked (I) are usually intransitive. All other verbs are both transitive and intransitive, For the use of transitive and intransitive verbs, see page 85 Hearing (verbs and phrases) hear sound listen (I) (to) overhear (T) Sorry, | can’t hear you. Listen to this new CD. V've never heard of the Corrs. Who are they? Your cough sounds terrible. You sound as if you need a good holiday. silent quiet noisyTouch (verbs and phrases) touch feel push pull drag rub kiss hit top itch scratch This jumper feels really soft. eel as if | could cry. I'm tired. | feel like having an early night. Smell (verbs and phrases) smell sniff stink (I) Ht smells | nice. delicious. horrible. strange. revolting. wo... Take the rubbish bag out. It stinks! It smells of cats in here. What are you cooking? It smells like curry. Get rid of that cheese. It smells horrible! Stop sniffing and blow your nose! Taste (verbs and phrases) taste It tastes | bitter. sour. disgusting. bland. Yuk! This ice cream tastes of garlic. This wine tastes like vinegar. It’s too tickle clap pinch punch (T) slap (T) smack (T) stroke (T) squeeze (T) hug shake hands ‘A pinch and a panch for the First day of the month. ‘A punch and a kiok for being so qick sweet. salty. spicy. See Boost Your Vocabulary 2, page 19, for adjectives describing food. Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 2 (13)1 Which senses do you associate with these body parts? Perigo ceases BNOSCreeeessersere . Shand QeYE vests 4 fongue ... 1 ear 2 Use the verbs and the adjectives to complete the captions. verbs feel smell sound look (x2) taste (x2) adjectives beautiful delicious revolting soft disgusting very clear _ tired 2b But you 14] Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 2\} 3a. Find 20 words to do with the senses and write them in the correct group. Qlo ly] soy u] N]>|c |] sight touch ufe[u[nivi nf oft [s [y tin] s|ellel cl t[z|[n [x E}G| LIAR E}] IT} UsI ju tla} al eH el clsl|r le s[z| rl rlfel wl elw]r [> | hearing taste tle] s[ tale] ele [m fu tle| s| tile) ol «le [s [s N[s|me{e{e} ttle ]H Kk} s|c{r}a|t] clH|w] ep] smen 3b Tick the four adjectives in exercise 3a. 3c Use the words in exercise 3a in the sentences below. Remember to put them in the correct tense. momnauawn— VW 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 He knew she was angry by the way she g/a1 | was so surprised fo see him | just stood there and ......cceeeeeeee They're obviously in love. They just at each other for hours. This is a library. Please be «2... I can’t work. It’s too ..... Did the customs officials vis. your luggage? Did you oss... anything unusual in his behaviour that day? | was in the next room, so of course I ....... .. what they were saying the dog. He won't bite . that mosquito bite. You'll make it worse.’ V . in here. B: ‘But it .. They were so pleased to meet again ~ they just .. .. each other for ages. This coffee’s very Put some sugar in it VOM veeeeseeeteeeteseee something burning. Your voice .....-. sucess Strange. What's the matter? How much sugar did you put in this coke? It’s far 00 «os. The dogs . ... each other, but they didn’t fight. Ben, don’t just . ve: past people! Say ‘Excuse me’ He must have been very rude, because she his face! Throw that cheese away, It .svsssetessssesenes f Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 2 [15]2 4 Underline the correct alternative. 1 I didn’t read the newspaper article in detail. | just glanced / stared at it. 2. | like hearing / listening to the radio first thing in the morning 3. She asked us to see / look at the blackboard. 4 | think you've got Joanne’s phone number in your address book. Can | have a look / examine? 5 Guess who smacked / tapped me on the shoulder as | was walking to college? 6 Do you laugh if someone itches / tickles the sole of your fool? 7. Ifyou can’t carry the suitcase, just drag / rub it along the ground. 8 Now, children, stand in line and don't push / pull 9 Simon says, ‘Clap / Smack your hands.’ 10 Can you spot / notice the difference between these two pictures? 5 Complete the speech bubbles. 2 Ican't M any more toothpaste 1 This curry is . out of this tube. too SPICY. is % Tf only she'd rather than squeeze the life out of me 5 That cigar revolting ia Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 26 What are the missing words? 1 You sound. as if you don't want to go to Cheryl's party. 2 You ... good in bright colours. 3 This new shampoo makes your hair ... : as soft as silk 4 Have you . sa. of ‘scratch cards’? 5 You .. : as if you've seen a ghost. What's the matter? 61 css like going out tonight. What about you? 7 That after-shave lotion Bl. 7 Try this quiz. Circle A, B or C. Re ELT Which do you prefer to touch? Asilk Bwood © sand Which do you prefer to eat? A sweet things B savoury things € spicy things Do you squeeze the tube of toothpaste A from the top? B from the middle? © from the bottom? When you're buying a new T-shirt, do you A try on lots of them? B examine lots carefully, then try one on? © have @ quick look at one and take it straight to the cash desk? like old socks! . as if | could run a marathon. 5 When you meet a friend of a friend for the first time, do you A shake hands? B kiss them? C just say ‘hello’? 6 Ifyou nave a magazine, do you A. browse through it before deciding what you want to read? B start at the beginning and go through to the end? © start at the end and work backwards? coa'1vg 1o'ea eg so'1a ey 1o'za'eve. veonrerdus pve] 60 ‘19 2vg euonown ge seeyiod nq sooo pue wiem ro4] 49a ‘ewp swiod - nod 8t-+!] SISKEUY ‘anueéio 00 dewad ing je>qae pul ue P05 sured 8-9) oyanp pue aguas uado a, 004, sud e1-6 (E. 8 Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize. Words Expressions momydAanrons Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 2 {13] The body and actions Translate the words and phrases. Common verbs of movement walk (I) run (I) fall (I) iog (I) hop (I) skip (I) dance (I) jump (I) slide (I) climb chase (T) Speed of movement rush hurry (up) slow down Verbs associated with parts of the body bite blink kick knock suck swallow wave whisper whistle wink cough (I) grin (I) hiccup (1) sneeze (I) snore (I) brush (1) comb (1) lick (T) pat (T) For verbs associated with sports, see page 33. Verbs marked (T) are usually {ransitive; verbs marked (I) are usually intransitive. All other verbs are both transitive and intransitive. For the use of transitive and intransitive verbs, see page 85, Verb phrases O stond (up) O it (down) @ lie (down) @ shoke hands @ shoke your head Q nod your head @ bump your head @ bend your knees Q fold your arms D cross your legs 8) Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 3 The verbs above all have an identical noun with the same meaning. breathe (noun: breath) chew point press (T) “tl SA omy ° : "3 es 8x ay 8 "S@ bite your nails @ bite your tongue ®B blow your nose ® clear your throat B kneel down B bump [into something) G@ lean (on / against something) B trip over (something) ® fall over (something) K ?) Prepositions of motion XS NN SSB & BE sce page 86 for the British / American wordlist Boost Your Vocabulary 3 Unit 3 [19