4 Recording vocabulary

1 Work in groups. Discuss these questions.

1 Have you got a vocabulary notebook? If not, where do you write new vocabulary?
2 How do you write the meaning of new words in your notebook?
3 How do you try to remember new vocabulary?
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2 Work in pairs. Look at the vocabulary
notebooks of two Spanish students, A and B.
dangerous (adj) = peligroso
What extra information is in notebook B? (opposite: safe)
break (irreg verb, past: broke) = romper
A He fell and broke his leg.
dangerous = peligroso a tooth (pl: teeth) = un diente
break = romper sunbathe (reg verb) = tomar el sol
tooth = un diente not take the sun
information (uncountable) = información
sunbathe = tomar el sol
I’d like some information.
information = información
go on holiday [US: vacation] = ir de vacaciones
holiday = vacaciones I went on holiday last month.

3 a Look at these words from the Student’s Book. Write them in your vocabulary notebook.
Write extra information about each word.
win  crowded  mouse  picnic  stay  apartment

b Work in pairs. Compare your vocabulary notebooks. What information did your partner
write about each word?

4 a It is often useful to organise new vocabulary into a wordmap. This can help you
remember words. Fill in the gaps in this wordmap with the words in the box.
a sofa  a fridge  a shower  a single bed  a plant

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a washing a coffee table

machine living room
kitchen
a TV
a sink
a cooker an armchair
things in
the house
a washbasin a double bed
a toilet
bathroom bedroom
a bath
other things 4
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a carpet a window
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b Work in pairs. Look at the words/phrases in Vocabulary 9.1 SB p147. Make a wordmap
with the words/phrases.
c Compare your wordmap with another pair.
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